Paradise Lost Release Tragic Illusion 25 Compilation of Rarities
Hard to mess with Paradise Lost re-recording “Gothic.” Not that the original was in need of a revamp — frankly I think it still works even if it sounds dated — but it’s not like they’re saying there’s something wrong with the first version by making a new one. Amazing to think the places that Paradise Lost have gone sonically over their career, from their earliest days helping define gothic metal with the aforementioned song and album of the same name, to setting a course that a generation of European doom would follow alongside the likes of My Dying Bride and Anathema, each of whom has undertaken a varied journey as well.
A quarter-century on, Paradise Lost have hit on a solid balance of the elements that have shown up throughout their career. Their last two albums for Century Media, 2009’s Faith Divides Us — Death Unites Us and last year’s Tragic Idol, have been more than solidly executed, and they continue to refine what makes them who they are even as they seem to bask in the now-classic nature of their own atmospheres.
In other words, they like being gloomy and that’s just fine. To mark 25 years as a band, they just released the Tragic Illusion 25 compilation of rarities, remixes, and re-recordings. The PR wire has the details:
PARADISE LOST releases 25th anniversary compilation, ‘Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)’, today in North America
Gothic-doom metallers PARADISE LOST have released their 25th anniversary compilation, Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities), today in North America! To purchase Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities), please visit iTunes for a digital copy or CM Distro for a mint green 10″ vinyl (USA exclusive color; limited to 300 copies) with a CD insert.
Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities) track-listing:
1. Loneliness Remains*
2. Never Take Me Alive (SPEAR OF DESTINY cover version)
3. Ending Through Changes
4. The Last Fallen Saviour
5. Last Regret (Lost in Prague Orchestra Mix)
6. Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us (Lost in Prague Orchestra Mix)
7. Cardinal Zero
8. Back On Disaster
9. Sons Of Perdition
10. Godless
11. Missing (EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL cover version)
12. Silent Heart
13. Gothic 2013*
14. Our Saviour 2013*
*=tracks that appear on the limited 10″
PARADISE LOST “Tragic Illusion 25th Anniversary” EU Tour w/ LACUNA COIL and KATATONIA
Nov. 6th – Herford, Germany – Club X
Nov. 7th – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colos Saal
Nov. 8th – Dordrecht, Netherlands – Bibelot
Nov. 10th – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Oudegracht
Nov. 11th – Nuremberg, Germany – Hirsch
Nov. 12th – Vienna, Austria – Arena
Nov. 13th – Solothurn, Switzerland – Kofmehl
PARADISE LOST online:
http://www.paradiselost.co.uk
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http://twitter.com/officialpl
