PARADISE LOST – ASCENSION (2LP VINYL)

2-LP
Rock / Black Metal
Gatefold Sleeve
Five years after the triumphant Obsidian (#2 in Germany, #4 Switzerland, #5 Austria), British kings of doomngloom are back! Blending Metallica-esque riffage, Type-O heaviness, and Nick Holmes vocals between Gahan, Eldritch and death growl, PARADISE LOST and their new album Ascension are a shining example that some bands get better with age! More than three decades into their career, and with over two million albums sold, Paradise Lost remain the undisputed kings of metals dark side. Formed in Halifax in 1988, the band quickly became noted as the pioneers of gothic metal through their early groundbreaking albums like 1991s aptly-titled Gothic, a mixture of heaviness intertwined with shadowy melody and atmosphere. Never a group to remain creatively static, across their career theyve explored a myriad of avenues of dark music, from sludgy doom-death roots, to conquering the metal mainstream with