''Obsidian'' is the sixteenth studio album by British
gothic metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy met ...
band
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse (poetry), verse. A second edition fo ...
. It was released on 15 May 2020 via
Nuclear Blast.
Music videos were released for the songs "Darker Thoughts" and "Fall from Grace". ''
Metal Hammer'' named it as the 11th best metal album of 2020.
Track listing
Personnel
Paradise Lost
*
Nick Holmes
Nicholas John Arthur Holmes (born 7 January 1971) is an English singer, best known as the lead vocalist of British gothic metal/ doom metal band Paradise Lost and Swedish death metal band Bloodbath.
History and style
Holmes formed Paradis ...
– vocals
* Greg Mackintosh – lead guitar
* Aaron Aedy – rhythm guitar
* Steve Edmondson – bass
* Waltteri Väyrynen – drums
Other personnel
*Alicia Nurho – violin (1 & 7)
*Heather Mackintosh – backing vocals (8)
*Jaime Gomez Arellano – recording, mixing, and mastering
*Federico De Luca – layout
*Adrian Baxter – artwork
Charts
References
Paradise Lost (band) albums
2020 albums
Nuclear Blast albums
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