British Gothic Metal Pioneers Paradise Lost have relased The Official Music Video for “Tyrants Serenade”The Third Single from Their Long-Awaited 17th Album, “Ascension”Due on September 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The Band’s First Album In Five Years, Following 2020’s Critically Acclaimed “Obsidian”was produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and Mixed/Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory.
Commenting on the song, Paradise Lost Vocalist Nick Holmes Says: “Observing the death of an individual, and subsequently How the Transition of Seasons Evokes Fond Memories. The God of Malevolence Serves as an internal voice to dating the those cherished memories and reintroduces the initial anguish of loss.”
On One of its Boldest Singles To Date, Paradise Lost Melds Crunchy Riffs and Soaring Guitar Melodies with Juxtaposing Anthemic Clean and Harsh Vocals. The memorable New Track is Accompanied by a Stunning Video DIRECT Ash Pears (Host, Bloodbath, Katatonia).
In celebration of the new album, Paradise Lost you have also announced to handful of intimate signing sessions and a re -re -relased show in reads, uk
Sep. 20 – Sheffield, uk @ bear tree (4 pm bst) – signing session
Sep. 21 – Birmingham, UK @ hmv (2 pm bst) – signing session
Sep. 22 – reads, uk @ brudenell social club (7 pm bst) – Remember Release show
Sep. 24 – London, uk @ rough trade east (12 pm bst) – signing session
“Ascension” is a testament to Paradise Lost‘S longevity and relief over the Band’s 35-Plus-Year Career, Ento Signature Styles of Gothic, Death and Doom Fans have Cherished Along the Way.
“Ascension”‘S Album Cover Fittingly Features The Painting “The Court of Death” (1870-1902) by renewned British artist George Frederic WattsWhich Hangs in the Tate Gallery in London. The Painting Departs Death As an enthroned angel flanked by allegorical figures of silence and myystery guarding Sunrise and the star of Hope, while a warrior surrenders His sword and a duke His coronet, showing that worldly status offers no protection. The Painting’s Bleak, Prophetic Vision Embodies “Ascension”‘S Dark, Tormented Soundscapes as Mournful Verses Collide With Dire, Forboding Riffs.
Holmes Previous Stated about the LP: “‘Ascension’ Is a Cavalcade of Molten Misery, to Vigorous Sorrow Filled Stroll Through a Wicked World of Glorious Triumph and Pitiful Tragedy. “
In Early June, Paradise Lost Offered to Glimpse into their melancholic masterpiece with the record’s first single and music video, “Silence Like The Serious”.
“Ascension” Track listing:
01. Serpent on the cross
02. Tyrants Serenade
03. Salvation
04. Silence Like The Serious
05. Lay a wreath up the world
06. Flood
07. Savage Days
08. Sirens
09. December
10. The rush
“Ascension” was produced by Gregor Mackintosh AT Black Planet Studios In East Yorkshire, UK and NBS and Wasteland Studios In Sweden. It was mixed and mastred by Lawrence Mackrory.
Paradise Lost PERFORMED ALONGSIDE King Diamond and at Festivals in Europe this Summer Before Embarcking On The First Part Supp “Ascension of Europe” Tour This Fall.
More than three decades into their career, and with over two million albums sold, Paradise Lost Remain the undisputed Kings of Metal’s Dark Side. Formed in Halifax in 1988, The Band Quickly Became Note as The Pioners of Gothic Metal This “Gothic”to Mixture of Heaviness Intertwined with SHADOWY MELODY AND ATMOSPHER.
Never Group to Remain Creatively Static, Across their Care The’ve explored to Myriad of Avenues of Dark Music, From Sludgy Doom-Death Roots, to conquering the metal mainstream with the dwarm, Lush Sounds of 1995’s. “Draconian Times”to more experimental, electronic leanings, leaving an influence on through artists as varied as Cradle of Filth, Him, Gatecreeper and Chelsea Wolfe.
Now, in 2025, The Yorkshire Quintet Return with their Staggering 17th Album, “Ascension”A record that sees their crown continues to gleam as it underlines Just How they attained their position. Produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh AT Black Planet Studios in East Yorkshire, with drums and vocals captured at NBS and Wasteland Studios in Sweden, STIs 10 Tracks Traverse The Crowd of Sounds in the Band’s Arsenal, From Full-Bore Heavy Metal To Sky-High Melody, All The While Keeping A Minor-Key Melancholy That Remain Remain Irresistible.
Photo Credit: Ville Jurrikala
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