PARADISE LOST: Nick and Greg Discuss the Band’s First Gig in New Album Trailer Out Now! “Obsidian” Out on May 15th!

May 6, 2020 Eric Peterson Brutal News, Press Releases Comments Off

The history of death, doom and gothic metal gets a new chapter soon: On May 15th, PARADISE LOST release their new masterpiece “Obsidian”. In a series of trailers that the band launched recently, Nick and Greg have been sharing memories from the band’s early days with fans. Today, the guys take their audience back to the first gig of PARADISE LOST:
https://youtu.be/emaNGRz5B6o

You can order “Obsidian” now in various formats here:
https://nblast.de/ParadiseLostObsidian

To get your hands on one of the exclusive bundles that Crashrecords are selling with tickets for PARADISE LOST‘s release show at The Warehouse in Leeds on September, 17th, check out their online shop:
https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/product/paradise-lost-obsidian-bundle-pre-order/

More on “Obsidian”:
‘Darker Thoughts’ (TEASER): https://youtu.be/-IydwhaibhU
‘Fall From Grace’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/QWqNcw-oIbU
‘Nick and Greg discuss ‘Fall From Grace (OFFICIAL TRAILER)’: https://youtu.be/VkuIRhkr0Ns
‘Nick and Greg discuss the scene when the band has started (OFFICIAL TRAILER)’: https://youtu.be/-pPeO9R1YJo
‘Ghosts (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urugx_wSBy8
‘Nick and Greg discuss the band’s first rehearsal’ (OFFICIAL TRAILER): https://youtu.be/sJ8z55kq2Ug

The sixteenth PARADISE LOST studio album, “Obsidian“ eschews its immediate predecessors’ gruesome, myopic approach in favour of a richer and more dynamic deluge of black shades. From the deceptive elegance and dual atmospheres of opener ‘Darker Thoughts‘ through to the crushing, baroque doom of war-torn closer ‘Ravenghast‘, “Obsidian“ reveals a band in masterful control of a broad array of vital ideas. Most noticeably, the record boasts several songs that draw heavily from the much-loved, Kohl-encrusted days of ‘80s gothic rock: in particular, newly-minted PARADISE LOST anthems ‘Ghosts‘ is a guaranteed dancefloor-filler at any discerning goth nightclub.

Formed in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1988, PARADISE LOST were unlikely candidates for metal glory when they slithered from the shadows and infiltrated the UK underground. But not content with spawning an entire subgenre with early death/doom masterpiece “Gothic“ nor with conquering the metal mainstream with the balls-out power of 1995’s “Draconian Times“, they have subsequently traversed multiple genre boundaries with skill and grace, evolving through the pitch-black alt-rock mastery of ‘90s classics “One Second“ and “Host“ to the muscular but ornate grandeur of 2009’s “Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us“ and “Tragic Idol“ (2012), with the nonchalant finesse of grand masters. The band’s last two albums – “The Plague Within“ (2015) and “Medusa“ (2017) – saw a much celebrated return to brutal, old school thinking, via two crushing monoliths to slow-motion death and spiritual defeat. Consistently hailed as one of metal’s most charismatic live bands, PARADISE LOST arrive in this new decade as veterans, legends and revered figureheads for several generations of gloomy metalheads. In keeping with their unerring refusal to deliver the expected, 2020 brings one of the band’s most diverse and devastating creations to date.