PARADISE LOST — Draconian Times (review)

PARADISE LOST — Draconian Times album cover Album · 1995 · Gothic Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Warthur
Just like their fellow British death/doom pioneers My Dying Bride had on their The Angel and the Dark River, Paradise Lost's 1995 release sees them locked in on a Goth-doom trajectory, with sonorously intoned vocals and crunchy riffs. Paradise Lost retain a bit more of the death metal sound of their earlier albums this time, whereas at this point My Dying Bride had more or less completely abandoned sludgy death guitar, but otherwise if you like the one band's experiments in mingling the atmosphere of gothic rock with the techniques of doom metal you'll like the other's.

Between this one and Icon, I think I mildly prefer this one. Neither got me particularly enthusiastic on early listens, but with the passage of time and a little loosening of my expectations (and in particular, stepping away from the constant temptation to compare this to Lost Paradise or Gothic) really helped me see the virtues of both albums, and now I consider them to be exemplary gothic metal releases.
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