Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009)

2016-07-05T12:37:27Z

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009)


1. As Horizons End 05:21
2. I Remain 04:09
3. First Light 05:00
4. Frailty 04:25
5. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 04:21
6. The Rise of Denial 04:47
7. Living With Scars 04:24
8. Last Regret 04:24
9. Universal Dream 04:17
10. In Truth 04:50

Nick Holmes - Vocals
Stephen Edmondson - Bass
Aaron Aedy - Guitars (rhythm)
Gregor Mackintosh - Guitars (lead), Keyboards
Peter Damin - Drums

Paradise Lost's career trajectory comes virtually full circle on 2009's Faith Divides Us -- Death Unites Us, an album that sees the British metal veterans resuming virtually the exact same accessible goth doom style that characterized their most commercially and critically successful albums, in essence making it sound like the would-be successor to 1995's Draconian Times. Of course, in the real world, that successor was 1997's One Second, which initiated the group's often still remarkable but widely underrated voyage into a decade's worth of electro-goth rock experiments before the start of its metallic "rehabilitation" via a tentative eponymous set in 2005 and its far more focused follow-up, In Requiem, a couple of years later. At this point, many of the band's long-polarized fan base probably guessed what might come next, but few really believed they'd actually come face to face with that which they had longed for over so many years…well, careful what you wish for. Just kidding. Luckily for all involved, Faith Divides Us -- Death Unites Us comes across not as a white flag of acquiescent apology for questionable career choices but as a proudly borne ensign backed up by a steady stream of skillfully realized anthems of sublime despondency -- "As Horizons End," "First Light," "Last Regret," the title cut, etc. -- too strong in their own right to be dismissed as self-plagiarism on any level. So are there exceptions to the musical templates established of old? Very few, verging on nonexistent, but they include Nick Holmes' reaching for unprecedented higher registers on "I Remain"; the guitar harmonics punctuating the energetic "Frailty"; the nearly stoner rock'n'doom of "Universal Dream"; and the lingering electronic fireflies hovering just beyond sight (but you know they're there) on portions of the album closer, "In Truth." All of which supports the level of fan excitement surrounding Faith Divides Us -- Death Unites Us and asks the next question: could a full-fledged devolution into the primal dirge of the band's formative death/doom origins be next? Don't hold you breath, but stranger things have happened throughout Paradise Lost's increasingly intriguing career. --- Eduardo Rivadavia, allmusic.com

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Paradise Lost - Medusa (2017)

2017-07-30T14:43:08Z

Paradise Lost - Medusa (2017)


1. Fearless Sky
2. Gods Of Ancient
3. From The Gallows
4. The Longest Winter
5. Medusa
6. No Passage For The Dead
7. Blood & Chaos
8. Until The Grave
9. Frozen Illusion (bonus track)
10. Shrines (bonus track)
11. Symbolic Virtue (bonus track)

Nick Holmes - vocals
Greg Mackintosh - guitar
Aaron Aedy - gitar
Steve Edmondson - bass
Waltteri Vayrynen – drums

U.K. gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST are putting the finishing touches on their new album, recorded at Orgone Studios in the misty countryside of Woburn, England. Together with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano, they have forged the follow-up to their highly acclaimed release "The Plague Within" (2015), which brought them a step closer to their death metal roots. This time, PARADISE LOST will haunt their fans with a heavy, doom-ridden monster, as lead guitarist and songwriter Greg Mackintosh reveals. "The new album is slower, sludgier and more doom-filled than ever before," he said. "Eight riff-laden monster tracks of sheer Northern misery."

PARADISE LOST's fifteenth studio album, titled "Medusa", see the light of day at the end of summer via Nuclear Blast. As some might know, Medusa is considered a hideous Gorgon in Greek mythology — a winged female monster with living venomous snakes in place of hair and everyone who dares taking a look at her will immediately turn to stone.

Formed in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1988 and still boasting four of its five original members, PARADISE LOST is widely credited with co-founding the gothic metal genre with its sophomore album, "Gothic" (1991). Through the years, PARADISE LOST has changed its style effectively and reinvented itself again and again. They elbowed their way from their original melodic death metal sound on their debut, "Lost Paradise" (1990) to the classic "Icon" (1993) and more experimental "One Second" (1997). Finally they went back to the roots with their most recent release, "The Plague Within", achieving some of the best reviews of their career.

In a 2015 interview with Isolation Grind, Holmes stated about "The Plague Within"'s heavier sound compared to that on some of PARADISE LOST's earlier albums: "We just tried to capture the spirit of the old days without forgetting everything else that has happened over the last 20 years. I don't think the album is back to our roots as such, as we couldn't have written an album like this 25 years ago."

Nick also talked about the progression of PARADISE LOST's sound, calling it "just evolution. Certain albums have taken us in significant directions, I guess 'Icon' was probably the first album to do that, and we continued that style until 'One Second'. It's too early to see if ['The Plague Within'] will be a new progression." --- blabbermouth.net

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