Gothic, by Paradise Lost

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1.	Gothic 04:43	buy track
2.	Dead Emotion 04:33	buy track
3.	Shattered 03:58	buy track
4.	Rapture 05:09	buy track
5.	Eternal 03:46	buy track
6.	Falling Forever 03:27	buy track
7.	Angel Tears 02:36	buy track
8.	Silent 04:35	buy track
9.	The Painless 03:58	buy track
10.	Desolate 01:52	buy track
11.	Rotting Misery (Doom Dub) 06:00	buy track
12.	Breeding Fear (Demolition Dub) 04:47	buy track

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PARADISE LOST’S SECOND ALBUM, WHICH INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO GOTHIC DOOM

Gothic was the album responsible for a whole sub-genre: Gothic Doom Metal, upon its release in 1991. Creating a more melancholy & atmospheric form of dark extremity, with the introduction of Gregor Mackintosh’s highly distinctive & unmistakable lead guitar melodies, Paradise Lost was quickly brought to the forefront as one of the pioneering bands of the early nineties, becoming highly influential to a generation of subsequent greats, including Katatonia.

The Gothic album was recorded in late 1990/early 1991 at the renowned Academy Studios in Yorkshire; a studio responsible for classic recordings from bands such as My Dying Bride, Anathema, Cradle of Filth, among many others.

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.

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released January 1, 1991

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Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label founded in Dewsbury, England in 1987 - artists over the years include Katatonia, Darkthrone, Paradise Lost, Opeth, Cradle Of Filth, My Dying Bride and Anathema

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