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Gothic is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. The album, which was mostly received as death-doom[1][2] when it was released in March 1991 on Peaceville Records, is in retrospect considered style-defining and name-giving for the genre of gothic metal.[3][4][5]
| Gothic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 19 March 1991 | |||
| Recorded | November 1990 – January 1991 | |||
| Studio | Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, England | |||
| Genre | Death-doom, gothic metal | |||
| Length | 39:24 | |||
| Label | Peaceville | |||
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The album has been re-released and remastered twice. The 2003 re-release contains two remixes of songs from Lost Paradise (1990), bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of the songs "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of Lost Paradise. In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. The album was performed in full at the 2016 Roadburn Festival and released by the band on Bandcamp.
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [6] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[2] |
AllMusic gave Gothic a three-star mixed review.[6] In June 2005, Gothic was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth album overall to be featured there.[7]
Track listing edit
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gothic" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Dead Emotion" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Shattered" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Rapture" | 5:09 |
| 5. | "Eternal" | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Falling Forever" | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Angel Tears" | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Silent" | 4:42 |
| 9. | "The Painless" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Desolate" | 1:51 |
| Total length: | 39:24 | |
Personnel edit
- Nick Holmes – vocals
- Matthew Archer – drums
- Stephen Edmondson – bass
- Aaron Aedy – guitars
- Gregor Mackintosh – guitars
Guest musicians edit
- The Raptured Symphony Orchestra – orchestral sections
- Sarah Marrion – vocals
Production edit
- Keith Appleton – engineering
- Richard Moran – cover art, photography
References edit
- ^ Paradise Lost - Gothic Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 21 February 2024
- ^ a b Kühnemund, Götz. "PARADISE LOST - Gothic". Rock Hard (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Biography - Paradise Lost". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Thomas Vogel: "Interview mit der ehemaligen Gothic-Metal-Band Paradise Lost". In: Sonic Seducer, Summer Edition 1995, p. 30 (in German).
- ^ "Paradise Lost Bio". The Gauntlet. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gothic review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2011.
- ^ Chase, Jesse (June 2005). "Paradise Lost – "Gothic"". Decibel. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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