Paradise Lost Gothic Vinyl LP Corona Colour 2026
Tracklist:
- Gothic
- Dead Emotion
- Shattered
- Rapture
- Eternal
- Falling Forever
- Angel Tears
- Silent
- The Painless
- Desolate
DOUBLE DISC, 35th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE GENRE-DEFINING OPUSOF ATMOSPHERIC DEATH/DOOM FROM THE UK METAL LEGENDS - WITHREMASTERED AUDIO, 2CD EDITION INNCLUDES ADDITIONAL LIVE SHOWFROM 1991, PLUS EXTENDED BOOKLET CONTAINING THE BAND'SRECOLLECTIONS OF THE PERIOD / ALSO ON LIMITED CORONA VINYL WITHADDITIONAL 4 PAGE BOOKLET & REMASTERED AUDIOParadise Lost formed in 1988 in West Yorkshire, UK, when vocalist Nick Holmes &guitarist Gregor Mackintosh came together with the idea of taking metal beyond theconventional styles of the time. They were influenced by acts such as Candlemass,Celtic Frost & Morbid Angel, & concocted a unique atmosphere of their own as aresult. This was already apparent when their debut album 'Lost Paradise' appeared onPeaceville Records in 1990, & blended death metal with doom & some melodicelements, but it wasn't until their follow-up album, 'Gothic', that the band truly made itsmark.Recorded in late 1990/ early 1991 at the renowned Academy Studios in Yorkshire(responsible for classic albums from bands such as My Dying Bride, Anathema,Cradle of Filth, among many others), 'Gothic' was the album responsible for a wholesub- genre: Gothic Doom Metal, upon its release in 1991. Creating a more sombre &atmospheric form of dark extremity, with the introduction of Gregor Mackintosh'shighly distinctive & unmistakable lead guitar melodies, Paradise Lost establishedthemselves as among the pioneering UK bands of the early nineties, becoming highlyinfluential to a generation of subsequent greats.This new edition of 'Gothic', marking the album's 35th anniversary, is presented ondouble CD, with remastered audio courtesy of Jaime Gomez Arellano at OrgoneStudios. The bonus disc features the band 'Live in Ludwigsburg', 1991, performingtracks from 'Gothic' & their debut album. The release also includes a four page bookletcontaining recollections from the band on the period & the shaping of the album, asoriginally featured in 2021's 'The Lost & The Painless'.