This is a pleasant surprise, a long twelve years after Cathedral broke up! Originally recorded at the end of the sessions for final album The Last Spire, this near-thirty-minute song was left unmixed until producer Jaime Gómez Arellano rediscovered it. And although it's far from perfect, as a final present for fans and a reminiscence of past glories this is a fun way to spend half an hour. Starting with the weakest part, a near cacophonic noise intro of hellish yells and screams, the doom riffs finally start ringing out around the two-minute mark and it quickly becomes apparent that this is real doom as per the band's beginning and end rather than the stoner trips they took along the way, some genuinely heavy riffing from leaving a serious impact.

Indeed, the surprise here is how well the band juxtaposed their heavy doom stomps with their more eccentric and whimsical side, which can include everything from church organs to downright 70s funk lead guitars. It all sounds wonderful, of course, and ties together seamlessly, being far more listenable and enjoyable than you'd expect a near half-hour long piece to be once you're past the slightly irritating intro section. And although as ever it's possible to criticise this for being several shorter pieces stitched together, considering that this is the longest Cathedral song yet it more than works as intended.

Sections such as the proggy acoustic interlude around the 17 minute mark are a real delight to discover on initial listens and become highlights with experience, especially when contrasted against the following chugging section with near-spoken vocals from Dorrian. Yet highlights do come often, for personal taste peaking with those final slow, crushing doom riffs around the 24 minute section, leading to horror movie synth ambience which closes the track much better than it opened, horrifying and effective rather than drawn-out and irritating. For doom fans fond of the more original and obscure works from the likes of Reverend Bizarre, this will be highly entertaining, and of course although Cathedral fans may well prefer, say, the twenty-seven minute The Garden when it comes to epics from this band, this is well worth checking out even so. It leaves you feeling sad but proud of the legacy left by this British doom institution - Cathedral may be dead but this is a strong relic and they are sorely missed. More than encouragement for yet another full discography listen from the beginning!