Shades of God is the third studio album by British metal band Paradise Lost, released in 1992. It retains the heavy instrumentation and growled vocals characteristic of the band's previous death-doom efforts, and also shows the beginning of the band's transition to a more melodic, gothic metal sound heard on the follow-up album Icon.

Shades of God
Studio album by
Released14 July 1992
RecordedMarch–April 1992
StudioLonghome Studios, Northamptonshire, England
Genre
Length52:56
LabelMusic for Nations
ProducerSimon Efemey
Paradise Lost chronology
Gothic
(1991)
Shades of God
(1992)
Icon
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh.

No.TitleLength
1."Mortals Watch the Day"5:12
2."Crying for Eternity"7:05
3."Embraced"4:29
4."Daylight Torn"7:53
5."Pity the Sadness"5:05
6."No Forgiveness"7:37
7."Your Hand in Mine"7:08
8."The Word Made Flesh"4:41
9."As I Die" (missing in vinyl edition)3:46
Total length:52:56
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Rape of Virtue"4:48
11."Death Walks Behind You" (Atomic Rooster cover)6:30
12."Eternal" (live)4:29
Total length:68:43

Personnel edit

  • Nick Holmes – vocals
  • Matthew Archer – drums
  • Stephen Edmondson – bass
  • Aaron Aedy – guitars
  • Gregor Mackintosh – guitars

Guest musicians edit

  • Sarah Marrion – vocals
  • Robert John Godfrey – keyboards

Production edit

  • George Chin – photography
  • Dave McKean – cover art, design, illustrations
  • Simon Efemey – engineering, producer, mixing

Charts edit

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 79

References edit

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Shades of God review allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Paradise Lost – Shades of God" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 26, 2014.