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Paradise Lost - The Enemy

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Started by Kill_Hill (Brendan) in Other Bands & Artists

Taken fron the PL news section of their site

On April 13th, 2007 long-running British gothic metal leaders PARADISE LOST will release the first single taken off their much anticipated upcoming Century Media Records debut “In Requiem”, which sees the band combine the classic heaviness of “Draconian Times” with the melodic feel of their more recent studio albums. The new single “The Enemy” will only be released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.

The single will be available to UK fans in the May edition of Metal Hammer Magazine, and signed copies will be available at the Koko gig in London, as well as the Metalmania Festival in Poland. We will also be stocking the single for sale in the Paradise Lost online shop.

Go to http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news to see the art work and to read more about the release. :D

Posted on Fri, 16 March 2007 at 13:20

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mr self destruct wrote:

I do admire your tenacious plugging of PL but unfortunately I don’t think there are many people round here who could give a toss about them (except me and up_in_flames, and we go on the PL site anyway).

Posted on Fri, 16 March 2007 at 19:12

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up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:

talking about preaching to the converted, eh? :)

anyway, this all sounds very promising.

Posted on Fri, 16 March 2007 at 19:32

#3

mr self destruct wrote:

The American tour as support to Nightwish I think’s especially promising, as I’m sure they could get a whole new fanbase over there.

Posted on Fri, 16 March 2007 at 19:36

#4

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

mr self destruct wrote:

I do admire your tenacious plugging of PL but unfortunately I don’t think there are many people round here who could give a toss about them (except me and up_in_flames, and we go on the PL site anyway).

Hey, no harm in trying to brainwash a few Therapy? fans, some of them could do with it.

Posted on Tue, 20 March 2007 at 15:45

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KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:

I liked Icon and the one after that (draconian times?).

They kind of lost me after that. Saw them recently supporting Opeth and wasn’t that impressed to be honest.

Seem to be a bit more goth than death nowadays (not a bad thing).

Posted on Tue, 20 March 2007 at 15:55

#6

LunacyBooth wrote:

Love them :)

Posted on Tue, 20 March 2007 at 15:58

#7

mr self destruct wrote:

KJC Dublin wrote:

Seem to be a bit more goth than death nowadays (not a bad thing).

They haven’t been death since 1992!

Posted on Wed, 21 March 2007 at 13:08

#8

KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:

no shit? As I said above, why I haven’t liked them since the Icon follow up.

Posted on Wed, 21 March 2007 at 13:19

#9

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Think you’re getting your metals mixed up. Draconian Times ain’t death, nor was Icon. Shades of God, kinda. Gothic, more so. Lost Paradise, death.

You at the Dublin Opeth gig? I thought PL were alright at it, they only had about 35 minutes.

The new one is coming out on vinyl, which is great news as One Second was the last time they had a vinly release.

Posted on Wed, 21 March 2007 at 15:36

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KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:

Lyrically death, not necessarily musically.

Just preferred the overall arrangement and precision back then.

They weren’t bad at the Opeth gig, but wouldn’t say they were great either.

Posted on Wed, 21 March 2007 at 16:18

#11

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Some of lyrics on Enchantment from DT are about havin a wank, “reverse the frown and let the power surge, but when alone you can not resist the urge”. Nice :D

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 10:31

#12

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Alot of the earlier lyrics were about religion, death popped up too but so did other topics. the last album was about puppies and cushions.

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 10:42

#13

KJC Dublin (Karl) wrote:

Haha,

Fair enough.

I don’t know what it is about Paradise Lost that prevents me from really liking them - can’t put my finger on it exactly.

Saw them live and I wasn’t really blown away. Same goes for all of their recent releases.

When I want to listen to something goth like, I prefer Type O Negative.

Forgive me should I have sinned…

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 11:12

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Auto_Surgery (Mad Axe Man) wrote:

I haven’t checked out Paradise Lost for years, this thread made me dig out Icon and DT. Great albums!

What’s the new stuff like then? I saw them in Download, two or three years ago, which ever one it was where T? Headlined the Napster stage on the Sunday - they were pretty good although I didn’t recognize too many of the songs… I don’t thin they played anything of Icon and I prefer that to DT, mind you I’ve got a nasty habit of always preferring bands disaster albums to their critically acclaimed ones. I mean the guitar playing on True Belief is great, the lead intro then the dark riff

So what’s the new stuff like then?

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 11:40

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Icon is fantastic and it was critically aclaimed, not that the critics matter.

One Second came after DT. Totally different to DT, loads of piano, keyboards, less guitars but still heavy in a way. Great album, probably my fave.

Host went further onto keyboard and string land. You can’t tell if some bits are guitar or keyboards, the cheek. Steve Lyon produced it and he did programming for the Depeche Mode Songs of… tour. Some very DM bits on it. Its a good album, some love it some hate it. Personally i think its alright, but it doesn’t really do it for me though. It was ment to be a side project by the way.

Believe In Nothing came after that. It was a return to guitars but the mix went wrong and it came out sounding a bit weak and unPL like if you will. Some great tracks on it though. Some of my friends who never really got into PL think this album is great so there you go. I think its alright, some great tracks as i said but its not one i put often, although i will after this.

Symbol of Life was next and this was definatly a return to form. Rhys Fluber produced it and it sounds great. Lots of different styles as such on there. First couple of tracks are slightly industrial in so far as they are very tight and anthemic. They did a cover of small town boy by bronski beat for the digi pack cd and it was great. The guitars were pretty heavy and it saw the return of some lead playing from Greg, tasty. Great album, i’d highly recommend it.

The last one was self titled as it was their 10th lp and the first one was called Lost Paradise, clever eh. Very much a guitar album. Heavy stuff but it has some other stuff thrown in. Rhys Fluber produced it so the production was very good. Some graet lead guitar on this one from Greg, love the solo on ‘All you leave Behind’.

Thats the best i can do to give a run down, i’m not the best at describing the sounds of records so i’v probably done them an injustice. Check out their MySpace site and you might hear something off those records.

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 16:38

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mr self destruct wrote:

^ Not sure what you mean when you say Host was “meant to be a side project”? It was meant to be and in fact was a proper PL studio album.

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 17:03

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

It started out as a side project and then turned into a PL album and they have said that they should have probably released it as a side project.

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 17:11

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mr self destruct wrote:

Well, the music was influenced by Greg fucking around with his synths, but he writes all the music anyway so I’d hardly say you could label it a side project. They’ve since said what they’ve said after acknowledging Host alienated half their fanbase.

Posted on Thu, 22 March 2007 at 17:23

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

I get what you are saying but Host did start out as a side project and then turned into a PL album. Pistols at dawn?

Posted on Wed, 28 March 2007 at 14:40

#20

Auto_Surgery (Mad Axe Man) wrote:

I’ve just been onto what I think is their myspace page - not sure what to think really

Posted on Wed, 28 March 2007 at 15:40

#21

mr self destruct wrote:

Kill_Hill wrote:

I get what you are saying but Host did start out as a side project and then turned into a PL album. Pistols at dawn?

Rapiers at midnight would be more Goff, I feel.

Posted on Wed, 28 March 2007 at 16:24

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Anyone hear The Enemy on the metal hammer cd? its top notch. Went to the gig in London and i had a great time. Saw Matt Archer walking around Camden the next day but missed my chance of saying hello, ah well.

Posted on Sat, 14 April 2007 at 12:22

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up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:

Didn’t hear the enemy yet, as the single didn’t arrive in the shops on release day, of course. Gonna try my luck next week.

The setlist of the gig looks really good,so I’m looking forward to the dvd.
How did the older songs (sweetness, eternal, gothic…) come across? Was the music changed in order to fit nicks “new” singing style?

Posted on Sat, 14 April 2007 at 14:49

#24

mr self destruct wrote:

@ KH: I think I saw a photo of you when I was reading about the Koko gig on the PL board today. I enjoyed reading Jon Marks whingeing on about various things, as he usually does ;)

I’m looking forward to the new album, I reckon it should be a goodun.

Posted on Sat, 14 April 2007 at 18:12

#25

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

ya, for some reason i was trying not to look cool, i blame the mix of PL and gin!! Ah ya Jon like to tell it like he sees it, think he had a PL fan staying with him that pissed him off so…

The old stuff sounded great, Still the same structures and Nick just sings them they way he would if they had written them lately. Nice to hear Gothic, they had the female vocals and strings on backing track so i hope it comes out ok. Eternal was fantastic and its nice to see that Sweetness may get the dvd treatment.

Must say i had a great night, still smiling about it. :D

Oh ya and The Enemy single is great, comes with a 5 minute trailer of the documentry thats coming up

Posted on Mon, 16 April 2007 at 09:13

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up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:

Finally got hold of the single. This sounds very promising. I’m particulary blown away by the production and mixing of the songs. I guess we’re in for a treat with the whole of ‘in requiem’.

Posted on Mon, 16 April 2007 at 17:52

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Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Ya i like the production on The Enemy, nice and heavy with a goot bit o base. The played another song of the new record at the gig and it sounded good so the new album should be a thumbs up. Although I don’t think PL have ever produced a bad album.

Posted on Tue, 17 April 2007 at 14:32

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up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:

No, they never did a bad album, even Believe In Nothing could have been a strong album, if it had gotten the sound it deserved. So that’s the only one I’d call weak. (if I don’t count Lost Paradise :p)

Posted on Tue, 17 April 2007 at 16:01

#29

mr self destruct wrote:

I’ve never been a big fan of Shades Of God…

Posted on Tue, 17 April 2007 at 19:04

#30

Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:

Some of my favourite songs are on SOG. Daylight Torn, Pity the Sadness, Mortals watch the day. I’m not the greatest guitar player but my plan is to learn the solo for Pity the Sadness some day, i’m a while off it yet mind. Ever heard the live version of Daylight Torn that was left off the Harmony Breaks vid but was put on the DT bonus cd? Its great, i’ll email it to anyone who wants it. There are some weaker songs on it mind but i love the attidude of that record and the structures of the songs.

Listening to One Second for the first time in a long time the last few days and i forgot how good it was, probably my favourite PL album, although don’t hold me to that.

Ya BIN is weak but if some other band came out of nowhere and released it they would probably make the cover of Kerrrapp!! instead of getting a 1K review. Remember that? Bastards.

Posted on Wed, 18 April 2007 at 09:08

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