Icons of melancholic doom and gothic metal, PARADISE LOST have released their 17th album, Ascension, with Nuclear Blast Records.
PARADISE LOST's first album in 5 years, following 2020's Obsidian, was produced by the band's revered guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and mixed/mastered by Lawrence Mackrory and is adorned with artwork by renowned British artist George Frederic Watts' classic painting The Court of Death (1870-1902). Their latest, critically lauded masterpiece is evidence of a band still at the height of their prime 35+ years into a groundbreaking career. Soaked in misery and grief, Ascension soars with song's like "Tyrants Serenade", "Serpent on the Cross" and "Silence Like The Grave", that take listeners on an unforgettable journey through morose despair forged in soundscape of massive riffs and searing solos.
Commenting on the record's release, vocalist Nick Holmes states:
"It took us nearly 40 years to get here but we're still tuning our instruments to the key of despair! Please enjoy!"
PARADISE LOST has revealed a lyric video for their next highlighted track, "Lay A Wreath Upon The World", which you can listen to below.
Adding about the song, Holmes says:
"Lay a wreath upon the world serves as a harbinger of the impending tempest, where humanity will eventually obliterate all that it has created."
Purchase/Stream Ascension: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension
Ascension Tracklist:
"Serpent On The Cross"
"Tyrants Serenade"
"Salvation"
"Silence Like The Grave"
"Lay A Wreath Upon The World"
"Diluvium"
"Savage Days"
"Sirens"
"Deceivers"
"The Precipice"
Produced by Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet Studios in East Yorkshire, UK & NBS and Wasteland Studios in Sweden
Mixed/Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory
PARADISE LOST will embark on the first leg of the "Ascension of Europe" tour this fall. Tickets are available at https://paradiselost.co.uk/tour-dates/.
PARADISE LOST Tour Dates:
Oct 9 - Manchester, UK - New Century Hall
Oct 10 - Wolverhampton, UK - KK's Steel Mill
Oct 11 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Newcastle University
Oct 12 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Garage
Oct 14 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
Oct 15 - Bristol, UK - Electric
Oct 16 - Southampton, UK - The 1865
Oct 17 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall
Oct 19 - Oignies, FR - Tyrant Fest 2025
Oct 20 - Paris, FR - Elysee Montmartre
Oct 21 - Lyon, FR - La Rayonne
Oct 23 - Koln, DE - Live Music Hall
Oct 24 - Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU - Rockhal
Oct 25 - Dornbirn, AT - Conrad Sohm
Oct 26 - Padova, IT - Hall
Oct 28 - Munich, DE - Backstage Werk
Oct 29 - Prague, CZ - Palc Akropolis
Oct 30 - Zagreb, HR - Boogaloo Zagreb
Oct 31 - Vienna, AT - Simm City
Nov 1 - Budapest, HU - Durer Kert
Nov 3 - Geneva, CH - PTR/L'Usine
Nov 4 - Nurnberg, DE - Z-Bau Biergarten
Nov 5 - Utrecht, NL - Pandora
Nov 6 - Antwerpen, BE - Trix Hall
Dec 13 - Bradford, UK - Bradford Live
