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Gothic (Paradise Lost album)

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Gothic
Studio album by
Released19 March 1991
RecordedNovember 1990 – January 1991
StudioAcademy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, England
GenreDeath-doom, gothic metal
Length39:24
LabelPeaceville
Paradise Lost chronology
Lost Paradise
(1990)
Gothic
(1991)
Shades of God
(1992)

Gothic is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost, released on 19 March 1991 through Peaceville Records. The album (which was mostly described as death-doom when it was released)[1][2] is retrospectively considered style-defining and name-giving for the genre of gothic metal.[3][4][5]

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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Rock Hard8/10[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

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All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.

No.TitleLength
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

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

Guest musicians

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  • The Raptured Symphony Orchestra – orchestral sections
  • Sarah Marrion – vocals

Production

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  • Keith Appleton – engineering
  • Richard Moran – cover art, photography

References

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  1. ^ Paradise Lost - Gothic Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 21 February 2024
  2. ^ a b Kühnemund, Götz. "PARADISE LOST - Gothic". Rock Hard (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Biography - Paradise Lost". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ Thomas Vogel: "Interview mit der ehemaligen Gothic-Metal-Band Paradise Lost". In: Sonic Seducer, Summer Edition 1995, p. 30 (in German).
  5. ^ "Paradise Lost Bio". The Gauntlet. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. Gothic review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2011.
  7. ^ Chase, Jesse (June 2005). "Paradise Lost – "Gothic"". Decibel. Retrieved 11 May 2018.