PARADISE LOST Draconian Times

Orang kata Paradise Lost antara band yang start off Gothic Metal. Mungkin ada benarnya atas dasar album kedua mereka pada tahun 1991, bertajuk Gothic. Well, kita lompat pada album ke-5 ini sebab intro album ni antara intro paling cantik dalam dunia! Serius!

Eventually, suara growl vokalis dia dah hilang pada album ni dan kalau kita langkau kepada album yang terbaru, makin experimental dan hampir menjadi pop Metal terus yang menyebabkan kontroversi kepada die-hard mereka. Anyway, itu tak menjadi masalah bagi aku as long as it is good album. Pada aku, Paradise Lost is an innovative band and it shows in this album. Probably the few gothic Metal bands that I can tolerate.

PARADISE LOST Draconian Times
Draconian Times (1995) is the fifth album released by British metal act Paradise Lost. This saw them stray further from their doom/death roots, but it was their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, reaching #16 in the album charts, and is viewed as their finest album by many of their fans. It saw them progress from their previous album Icon, which already showed the band creating more accessible albums, yet not losing their patented anger and force.

This album is also cited as the pioneer for the gothic metal genre, and current bands such as Nightwish, Katatonia and Lacuna Coil claim to be avid fans of Paradise Lost.

The track "Forever Failure", includes a sample of the voice of Charles Manson several times during the song. "The Last Time" and "Forever Failure" were released as singles.

1. "Enchantment" – 6:04
2. "Hallowed Land" – 5:02
3. "The Last Time" – 3:47
4. "Forever Failure" – 4:18
5. "Once Solemn" – 3:03
6. "Shadowkings" – 4:41
7. "Elusive Cure" – 3:21
8. "Yearn for Change" – 4:19
9. "Shades of God" – 3:54
10. "Hands of Reason" – 3:58
11. "I See Your Face" – 3:17
12. "Jaded" – 3:26

English text taken from wikipedia