Paradise Lost celebrate 35th anniversary of their album »Gothic«; remastered anniversary editions out May 15th via Peaceville Records!

Paradise Lost are celebrating 35th anniversary of their album »Gothic« with a brand new visualiser video for »Eternal«.

Screenings based on handmade drawings by Costin Chioreanu, originally created 10 years ago for Paradise Lost at Roadburn 2016, are now reassembled and sped up by Frankie Statham as an anniversary celebration visualiser for »Eternal«.

Paradise Lost’s »Gothic«, originally released in 1991, will be reissued on May 15th, 2025 via Peaceville Records. All reissues include a booklet containing the band’s recollections of the period. Remastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios.

35th anniversary editions are available to pre-order now HERE!

Paradise Lost formed in 1988 in West Yorkshire, UK, when vocalist Nick Holmes & guitarist Gregor Mackintosh came together with the idea of taking metal beyond the conventional styles of the time. They were influenced by acts such as Candlemass, Celtic Frost & Morbid Angel, and concocted a unique atmosphere of their own as a result. This was already apparent when their debut album »Lost Paradise« appeared on Peaceville Records in 1990, and blended death metal with doom and some melodic elements, but it wasn’t until their follow-up album, »Gothic«, that the band truly made its mark.

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 whole sub-genre: Gothic Doom Metal, upon its release in 1991. Creating a more sombre & atmospheric form of dark extremity, with the introduction of Gregor Mackintosh’s highly distinctive & unmistakable lead guitar melodies, Paradise Lost established themselves as among the pioneering UK bands of the early nineties, becoming highly influential to a generation of subsequent greats.

Line-up:
Nick Holmes – Vocals
Gregor Mackintosh – Lead Guitar
Aaron Aedy – Rhythm Guitar
Stephen Edmondson – Bass Guitar
Matthew Archer – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well