Forest of Equilibrium is the debut studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released on 14 October 1991 through Earache Records.

[10] It is considered a classic of its genre, doom metal.

[6][11][12] Forest of Equilibrium was notably inducted into Decibel magazine's Hall of Fame in February 2006 being the 12th inductee for the Decibel Hall of Fame.

[13] In 2009, Earache Records reissued the album along with four "bonus" songs that comprise the long out-of-print 1992 Soul Sacrifice EP.

This deluxe digipak reissue also includes a poster of Dave Patchett's cover art and a new 40-minute documentary entitled "Return to the Forest" on DVD.