The Serpent's Gold
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The Serpent's Gold is a compilation album by the band Cathedral
, released in 2004 on Earache Records
. It consists of 2 discs, The Serpent's Treasure (a "best of") and The Serpent's Chest (demos and rarities).
Cathedral (band)
Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre. They later on changed their doom style,...
, released in 2004 on Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
. It consists of 2 discs, The Serpent's Treasure (a "best of") and The Serpent's Chest (demos and rarities).
Disc 1 - The Serpent's Treasure
- "Ride" - 4:46
- "Hopkins (Witchfinder General)" - 5:18
- "Autumn Twilight" - 5:49
- "Midnight Mountain" - 4:55
- "Soul Sacrifice" - 4:32
- "Enter the Worms" - 6:05
- "Stained Glass Horizon" - 5:30
- "Vampire Sun" - 4:07
- "Cosmic Funeral" - 6:59
- "Ebony Tears" - 7:42
- "Melancholy Emperor" - 5:35
- "Equilibrium" - 6:04
- "Utopian Blaster" - 5:38
- "Voodoo Fire" - 5:11
- "Imprisoned in Flesh" - 1:38
Disc 2 - The Serpent's Chest
- "Hide & Seek" - 1:41
- "Neophytes for Serpent Eve" (Demo Version) - 8:16
- "Violet Breath" - 3:00
- "Night of the Seagulls" (Demo Version) - 5:24
- "Magic Mountain" - 6:16
- "A Funeral Request" (Live in Brussels, Belgium 18/4/94) - 9:06
- "The Olde Oak Tree" - 4:01
- "Schizoid Puppeteer" - 12:14
- "Carnival Bizarre" (Demo Version) - 9:30
- "Rabies" (Witchfinder General Cover) - 4:41
- "Blue Light" (Live in Tokyo, Japan 30/5/01) - 9:56
- "Commiserating the Celebration (Of Life)" (Demo Version) - 3:14
Credits
- Scott Carlson – BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Brian DixonBrian DixonBrian Dixon is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian Politician.Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing...
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– Vocals, Compilation - Victor GriffinVictor GriffinThe Very Reverend Victor Gilbert Benjamin Griffin , is a Church of Ireland priest, theologian and author. He served as Dean of St...
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– Drums - Garry Jennings – Bass, Guitar, Drums, KeyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, Backing Vocals, Compilation - Adam LehanAdam LehanAdam Lehan is known for being the guitarist of the doom metal–stoner metal band Cathedral . He played guitar, acoustic guitar and 12 string acoustic guitar, and wrote many songs for the albums Forest of Equilibrium, Soul Sacrifice, Statik Majik and The Ethereal Mirror...
– Bass, Guitar - David Patchett – Cover ArtCover artCover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e...
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– MasteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced... - Leo Smee – Bass
- Dan TobinDan TobinDan Tobin was an American supporting actor who generally played gentle, urbane characters, sometimes with a concealed edge of malice....
– CompilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter... - Mark Ramsey Wharton – FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, Drums, Penny WhistleTin whistleThe tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...