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Line-up:
Nick
Holmes - Vocals
Greg Mackintosh - Lead Guaitar
Aaron Aedy - Rhythm Guitars
Steve Edmondson - Bass
Jeff Singer - Drums
Release
Date:
May
21th, 2007
Tracklist:
01. Never For The Damned
02. Ash & Debris
03. The Enemy
04. Praise Lamented Shade
05. Requiem
06. Unreachable
07. Prelude To Descent
08. Fallen Children
09. Beneath Black Skies
10. Sedative God
11. Your Own Reality
Website:
www.paradiselost.co.uk Check
also:
Surprise Of May 2007
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You
must never underestimate a big band… no matter how strong it is or
it is not...
it’s always capable of doing something great… you know the beast
is sleeping but if you disturb it so much then you will wake it up… and
it will tear you apart. Paradise Lost had a period where its
popularity was not on high levels… some have been cruel with the band,
some were expecting nothing from them and some very few were the
believers. Guess what?... the true believers were smiling at the very
end… “In Requiem” is a terrific heavy/doom melodic gloom metal
album that will shock all those that “believed” that Paradise Lost
is a “dead” and “uninspired” band anymore and they must split
up.
The same goes for the labels that dealt with the band in
the past as well.
Mixing
up elements from all their previous works… such as: “Paradise
Lost”, “Symbol Of Life”, “One Second” along with some heavy
atmospheric touches from “Draconian Times” and “Icon”, they
managed to record a fresh heavy goth melodic dark album that is
probably the best album the band has released the last decade. Songs
like: “Never For The Damned”, “Ash & Debris”, “The
Enemy”, “Requiem”, “Unreachable”, “Prelude To Descent”,
“Fallen Children” and “Sedative God” will prove to every rock
fan out there that Paradise Lost is still alive, strong and kickin’!
I
can’t wait to see all those Cassandra’s, that were foreseeing the
band’s end... to write down how much they love the band and what a
great band Paradise Lost is! I have already read things like that from
people that were cursing the band some years ago… things here are
simpler than you think. You underestimate a big band then you will be
sorry for ever… Paradise Lost made it again… because they can and
they will do it again because they are capable of doing it… so
simple… let’s enjoy their inspired gloomy tunes… nothing more or
less…
by Thanos Aggelakis 9/10
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