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PARADISE LOST
“At The Mill”
Album Review by Piers Renfree
9/10
Formed in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1988, the Goth Metal band Paradise Lost are considered by many to be pioneers of the Goth/Doom Metal genre. Many bands in the Goth and Metal scenes have cited Paradise Lost as a big influence on them, including Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Cradle of Filth, HIM, Katatonia and Moonspell.
Currently, the band consists of vocalist Nick Holmes, guitarists Gregor Mackintosh and Aaron Aedy, bassist Steve Edmondson and drummer Waltteri Väyrynen. To date the band has released sixteen studio albums – “Lost Paradise” (1990), “Gothic” (1991), “Shades Of God” (1992), “Icon” (1993), “Draconian Times” (1995), “One Second” (1997), “Host” (1999), “Believe In Nothing” (2001), “Symbol Of Life” (2002), “Paradise Lost” (2005), “In Requiem” (2007), “Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us” (2009), “Tragic Idol” (2012), “The Plague Within” (2015), “Medusa” (2017) and “Obsidian” (2020).
The sixteen songs here run for just under seventy four minutes, and were recorded in a live session during one of the lockdowns last year, to make up for the fact that the band (like every other band) had to cancel their tour. Unlike many live albums, this one has kept the raw, live feel and, close your eyes, you could almost be in the room with the band. That said, everyone is heard clearly, the sound is not muddied at all. The set-list is culled from the band’s extensive career and may well have been made from songs that were lined up to be played on their tour.
This is a worthy addition to the bands catalogue and fans could do a lot worse than purchase themselves a copy for their record collection.
TRACKLIST
Widow
Fall From Grace
Blood And Chaos
Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
Gothic
Shadowkings
One Second
Ghosts
The Enemy
As I Die
Requiem
No Hope In Sight
Embers Fire
Beneath Broken Earth
So Much Is Lost
Darker Thoughts
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