PARADISE LOST

Some bands follow a genre, and some bands create one. PARADISE LOST belongs to the latter. The band formed in Halifax in the north of England in 1988 and was different from the very start. While others played as fast and hard as possible, they slowed down and let heaviness, melancholy and melody do the talking.

Today, they are regarded as pioneers of death-doom and as the single biggest influence on the entire gothic metal movement. The genre is even said to have taken its name from their second album, Gothic, from 1991. On this release, PARADISE LOST blended heavy, slow doom metal with a dark, melancholic atmosphere that would come to define their future sound.

With Draconian Times in 1995, the band truly won over the wider metal audience with the album’s big, lush sound. Since then, they have moved in many directions, from goth rock to electronic textures, but heaviness and melancholy have always been their hallmarks.

September 2025 saw the release of Ascension, the band’s 17th studio album and their first set of all-new material in five years, on which they return to their musical roots. Frontman Nick Holmes has called the album “a cavalcade of molten misery” and today, almost 40 years on, their spirit is completely intact. PARADISE LOST is still dark, beautiful and crushingly heavy, and we can’t wait to finally welcome these heavyweights to COPENHELL for the very first time!