- Gothic (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Gothic
Type = studio
Artist = Paradise Lost
Released = March 1991
Recorded = Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire. November 1990 - January 1991
Genre =Death/Doom Gothic metal
Length = 39:24
Label =Peaceville Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Lost Paradise "
(1990)
This album = "Gothic"
(1991)
Next album = "As I Die "
(1992)"Gothic" is the second full-length album released by British Heavy metal band Paradise Lost.
It's a seminal work, being one of the major influences on the modern genres of
Doom metal (especially on theDoom/Death sub-genre) along with albums such asCandlemass ' "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus " andMy Dying Bride 's "Turn Loose the Swans ".fact|date=December 2007. Of particular note is the use of female vocals, rather unconventional in Heavy metal scene at the time.The album is also considered as one of the first to which the tag "Gothic metal" can be applied.fact|date=December 2007The 2003 re-release of this album appended two remixes of songs from "
Lost Paradise ", bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds.Remixed/live versions of "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003
digipak re-release of "Lost Paradise".Track listing
#"Gothic" – 4:51
#"Dead Emotion" – 4:38
#"Shattered" – 4:01
#"Rapture" – 5:09
#"Eternal" – 3:55
#"Falling Forever" – 3:35
#"Angel Tears" – 2:40
#"Silent" – 4:42
#"The Painless" – 4:02
#"Desolate" – 1:51Additional tracks on re-release
#"Rotting Misery" – 6:00
#"Breeding Fear" – 4:47Credits
* Nick Holmes - Vocals
* Gregor Mackintosh - Lead Guitar
* Aaron Aedy - Rhythm Guitars
* Stephen Edmondson - Bass guitar
* Matthew Archer - Drums
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