PARADISE LOST / SYMBOL OF LIFE

Paradise Lost were my favourite band when they did Gothic, Icon and Draconian Times, they were UNtouchable, One Second was quite good then Host and we all wondered what?! And then Believe in nothing we all said why!?

So who’s going to buy this? Well me!! And others who were so moved by their earlier work and want a return to form and it’s the form I want to talk about here. Why did we love them?

1. those incredible Guitar God melodic leads.

2. the passion in the voice.

The guitars are back and they are heavy. The leads less so but the sense of melody is back "Erased" track 2 is one of the best things they’ve ever done and includes female vocals and backing vocals from Lee Dorrian!! The voice is beginning to sound passionate again and if the weekly mags tell you to forget about this band tell ‘em to f**k off because art like energy cannot be destroyed.

Paradise Lost will return and this is proof because it’s the best thing they’ve done since 1995. I tested the ground the least you guys can do is follow me it’s safe.

By Arathorn

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 53 + 13 TRACKS