Paradise Lost (+ Messa, Lacrimas Profundere)

PARADISE LOST :

With Paradise Lost we can welcome a prominent member of the British doom scene. In the 90s the band was part of the so-called ‘big three’ of death/doom metal, together with My Dying Bride and Anathema. Their second album ‘Gothic’ (1991) single-handedly defined the genre and ‘Draconian Times’ (1995) can safely be called a doom masterpiece. But the guys also look beyond the doom borders. For example, singer Nick Holmes and his team proved with the input of keyboards, drum computers and sequencers on ‘One Second’ from 1997 that they are not averse to experimenting.

The band from Halifax has been around for a long time (founded in 1988!), but the guys are far from worn out. This fall, their eighteenth (!) album ‘Ascension’ will be released, the successor to the very well-received ‘Icon 30’ from 2023, on which they gave their album, released in 1993, a new look.

MESSA : 

Messa emerged on the first day of 2014. The extreme diversity of their musical background immediately proved to be essential in the construction of the band’s sound: Prog, Black Metal, Punk, Dark Ambient, jazz, Blues and Doom… all those influences have been channelled into a sonic cauldron that the band defines “Scarlet Doom”.

LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE :

Lacrimas Profundere is a German gothic metal band formed in 1993. Known for blending doom metal and gothic rock, their style evolved from early melancholic metal to more accessible gothic sounds. Guitarist Oliver Nikolas Schmid has remained the core member, with recent albums like ‘Bleeding the Stars’ and ‘How to Shroud Yourself with Night’ revisiting heavier and more diverse musical themes.