Paradise Lost | Symphony For The Lost (2lp Pic Disc) | 2LP

Paradise Lost is a metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, UK. Along with Anathema and My Dying Bride, the band is credited with creating the death/doom subgenre and has been partly attributed with pioneering gothic metal. Its career has been marked by reinvention and experimentation, including work with producers from other musical genres.

Symphony For The Lost is a two-LP limited edition picture disc reissue released by Black Sleeves on 14 June 2024. It is a live recording made at the Ancient Roman Theatre of Philippopolis in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on 20 September 2014, with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra and the choir Хор Родна Песен. Levon Manukyan conducted, and Levon Manukyan and George Miltiyadoff arranged the symphony parts. Nick Holmes provides vocals and lyrics, Gregor Mackintosh plays lead guitar and the music is by him, Aaron Aedy plays rhythm guitar, Stephen Edmondson plays bass and Adrian Erlandsson plays drums.

Track List

Side A

1. Tragic Idol (Orchestral)
2. Last Regret (Orchestral)
3. Your Own Reality (Orchestral)
4. Over the Madness (Orchestral)

Side B

1. Joys of Emptiness (Orchestral)
2. Victim of the Past (Orchestral)
3. Soul Courageous (Orchestral)
4. Gothic (Orchestral)

Side C

1. The Enemy
2. Erased
3. Isolate
4. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
5. As I Die

Side D

1. One Second
2. True Belief
3. Say Just Words
4. The Last Time