Capsuletaker

I was just responding to the Appleseed reference. It was a little joke about the whole name thing. Godsmack had a similar situation due to Alice In Chains having a song called "God Smack" but it went deeper due to the logo, sound etc. They came up with a ridiculous story when asked about the name. It's honestly pretty funny and I'm sure it's floating around google somewhere. Definitely worth the read. As for the second part no worries I don't really read the details of every ad I see either so that stuff happens. The point is you gave it a chance and then shared it. Those things help a lot so thanks for doing that. Lastly music is subjective and different people hear different things. I feel like it's natural to compare new things to something you already know or look for influences within it. At the end of the day I can't tell you what it is or isn't because those things are up to the listener.

Man I almost wish I could sit here and say there was a situation like that. Ironically that would be so much easier than trying to ask anyone to believe that wasn't the case. In hindsight it's hilarious but at the time I was sitting there with a guy who inspired me greatly discussing freaking Redwood trees and a trivial coincidence. I'm like I want to get into the deep stuff like how you recorded LLO 1&2, tones, pedals, drum sounds but this elephant in the room has to be stuffed and mounted for my own sanity. Sorry I added an "S" on Illumination Ritual. Just blame ~~~voodoo, voodoo~~~

Hahaha, touché sir. Appleseed stayed at our place a few years ago after a show and we all had a pretty good laugh at that one. It was an unfortunate coincidence as we were formed/named in 2012 and Illumination Ritual came out in 2013. Basically Chris and I are both weird guys who apparently watch way too much National Geographic channel (long not funny story about where CR or CR's come from). However we do love that band so if people think we got it from there we can live with ourselves because at least we aren't Godsmack who managed to steal the name and the sound. P.S. How much does a Godsmack vinyl run these days? Asking for a friend.

Hey guys, This is Christopher (guitarist/keys of Cathedral Ring). I just wanted to jump in and drop a few lines about the ad in question. First I just want to say thanks for actually checking it out and sharing. We appreciate that we are even being discussed by people who actually know the genre. Also thanks for pointing out that overall we just sound like "ourselves". We are not out to bite anyone's sound or ride any coatails. Obviously we have a ton of influences but if the take away from a listen was we're just us that's a hell of a compliment or a good jab if you hate it, haha. As for the ad, I think abovetheearth summed it up quite well but to further clarify. It was a simple FFO: (insert staples). There was no "Sounds like..." anywhere in that ad or in any ad we've ever run. Basically due to the way Facebook operates it's difficult to reach people when your advertising budget is smaller so you kind of work within these frustrating cookie cutter parameters in order to reach as many people as possible. Personally I hate when albums I buy come with stickers listing other bands on them but I get why they work. Essentially that ad was just letting people know these guys are instrumental. We don't want to mislead people who hate that style while also attempting to reach those who love it. That's where those staples come into play because as we all know, even those who don't have a clue tend to recognize something like EITS. It's just a reference point or a flag that says this is or isn't for you. Anyway I know TLNR. Cheers, Christopher