Paradise Lost
Biography
The British doom metal band Paradise Lost formed in Halifax, England in 1988; originally comprising vocalist Nick Holmes, lead guitarist Gregor Mackintosh, rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy, bassist Steve Edmonson, and drummer Matthew Archer, the group recorded a pair of demo tapes, Drown in Darkness and Frozen Illusion, before signing with Peaceville Records to issue their debut album Lost Paradise in early 1990. The follow-up, 1991's Gothic, was the band's breakthrough, its dark production and orchestral elements setting them apart from the competition; a major European tour also expanded Paradise Lost's fanbase dramatically. Signing with the Music for Nations label, they returned in 1992 with Shades of God, considered by many to be their high-water mark; an EP, As I Die, appeared later that same year, complete with cover art by the incomparable Dave McKean. After 1993's Icon, Archer left Paradise Lost, and was replaced by drummer Lee Morris; Draconian Times followed in 1995, with One Second released two years later. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
big fan of the music, but i try not to pay too close attention to the lyrics. what they are singing in one one line has no real relevance to what is sung 3 lines later, or sometimes even the next lime. it just rhymes and sounds cool, but as a therion fan, who likes a continuous story and read lyrics, it can be bothersome if im not careful, but extremely talented musicians.
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I'm starting to wonder why radio is still around? We have Paradise Lost.
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This song is 10 years ahead of its time
/ooo um linkin park, all these other wannabes out nw try to sond this good |
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Haven't seen Willow in awhile. Hopefully he got booted off Pandora.
I agree with Firmus Arma-it is more gloom than doom. |
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Just because you are dull and boring doesn't mean angel OF anarchy is on drugs. It's called artistic expression.
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they don't sound very doomy.. but I think they are very good.. my vision of doom is different!
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and our quited guilt is what clothes death-its what he keeps warm-its what he put on karen as she put her first downward step on the waterey staircase that descened to the definitive ending. suicide by drowning. shhhh-we don't talk about that. shhhh-its too personal -we don't know what she was thinking,goi n g thru......
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the rain pours down on all corpses in lakes and oceans as suicide sweeps around them in our guilted quilt.
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we see karens pain,where is her heart-oh karen where is your broken skull with fish swimming thru it-lake snakes coming out of your eye sockets
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and there she goes down amongst the reeds like virginia woolf and strands of her blond hair float to the top as an osprey flys by.the slow walk-the suicide strut-the long goodbye-see ya.....
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let me drown what was that karen let me drown i'm in the water-were you unhappy-what went wrong-did you call suicide prevention-l e t me drown-oh karen how can we -you will- you never listened-you will be at my funeral but you weren't around in my daily life-so-so-s o - so - d o n ' t frown-let me drown-and we did-karen died by drowning sept.15 2008
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God, I love this band.
One Second is one of my favorite albums of all time. |
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oh karen a drowned beauty- no one listened,ano t h e r addict down the drain-all is lost-all is lost-all is lost-and addicts are seekers-but what are they seeking ? - what are they finding ? it seems their little minds are lost never found and the drapes of doom drape karen in a cloak of wet death-a beauty without breath-but there is no shame and really no mysterey.
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in the fall where karen drowned,rave n s fly above and crows stay at the back in a memorial for the fallen karen-lost to a waterey funeral-down on a black bottom ruled by water spiders and flesh eating carp.and where her eyes used to be......wher e her heart used to be......oh ! karen
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she would wake up one morning-drin k a few beers-find some bricks-put them in backpack and walk into the chilly phoenix lake,after all these are draconian times. ""
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laura who lived with karen-wonder e d why did karen take her life she did not seemed depressed-sh o p e n h a u e r says when things are horrible for you more than they are good to you,then taking a life is an option.but knuckles said'these are draconian times-i heard karen was seen going to harry's tent a few nites ago-who knows what he had over her-somthing so bad that
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this decision based on someone living from revenge and karen woke up one indian summer morning drank two beers,filled her backpack with bricks and now she resides at the bottom of phoenix lake-true story
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lower the flags then and this was a long time ago and frankie knuckles was a soldier and smile was a new pitbull puppy and they walked the dead battlefield and on a soldier he found a poem in a soldiers pocket-he rembered her face-carried beyond hurtful rumours by grace-and when the wounds of your soul are due....i will think of you......
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and in these draconian times,the enemy was hiding beyond the thick banks of fog,a ragtag army of homicidal maniacs, Harry Potts and his men and i couldn't believe my eyes,was that monica's head on a stake ? smile looked at me,waiting for a signal but to unleash him now would be certain death.
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sister of ravens spoke in a thousand different languages at the same time,but it sounded like this''pride will kill you Mr. Knuckles'' Pride ? I'll have none of that'' '' don't you have ambition ? '' '' God's ambition'' '' but here in the enchanted forrest,ther e is no god and death stalks everyone'' and my god stalks death'' your god'' '' yes,my personal god ''........
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''let me drown '' it was smile talking-and frankie ran on the banks as the pit flashed down the racing river.potts men shooting at frankie and smile-knuckl e s had a plan-he had to get down to the bottom of the falls beore potts men or harry would burn and eat smile himself-unde r n e a t h a black cold sky-no forgiveness here-tonite.
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human blood ! smile had frenzied eyes and his chest was heaving.the excitement of a recent murder was pumping adrenlin thru smile's heart like the bullet train.'' now you've done it, did you kill one of pott's men ? '' and frankie tried to pry open smile's jaws to no avail. then smile barfed and two fingers sat atop the pile of vomit,the sky was black,full of ravens and now Knuckles knew he wasn't going to have a restful night.
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smile came running down the hill-death on his breath-smile what have you done ? and the choice will be mine-growing flowers of doom need water and smile needs justice or a reprieve-to be continued... . .
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I like these guys much better than type O negatives lame caca.
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crying out your name-only my pitbull, Smile, came out of the black fog and Monika is now forgotten a dead bride full of jeaously and vile and I thought the love would always last but promises and loyalties died except for the loyalty from my pitbull, Smile.
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everything can change in one second and it did for me, i died and then i lived again but my death took so long and was so real and so painful and only my pitbull, Smile, stood by me,loyal to the end never forsaked me like every other jealous untrustworth y s**tty human did.
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i do and then the bride put her hands up high and the bloody swans took her up to the criminal skies and i never saw my forsaken beautiful bride again. I wear a shroud of tragedy and my pitbull, smile, knows how painful every single waking moment is for me on every god damned day !
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One of the greatest metal albums ever made. Metallica Eat your hearts out! This is simply one of those instances where I wince at the music industry's inability to give credit where credit is do.
I've never met anyone I have recommended this album to, who didn't atleast like it. EXCELLENT!!! ! ! ! ! |
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'British Doom'
That concept entertains me. Apparently I like a British Doom Metal band. |
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Thank you, Pandora, for exposing me to another great artist--I love "Let Me Drown!"
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I swear every time i tune into pandora i discover another great band like this one!!!
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love grey on paradise lost
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