Style: Doom metal, gothic metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: A celebration of all the things that the band has done across their storied career
Thoughts: I wondered where Paradise Lost was going to go after Medusa. It completed their journey back to their roots by nearly completely eliminating the clean vocals and fully embracing the doom/death of their first two albums. Obsidian does the next logical thing and does a retrospective on all of their discography, giving the listener a glimpse of all the things that came before.
There are two songs I want to focus on. The first being the opener Darker Thoughts. This song shows the entirety of Paradise Lost's discography in one song. Starting with acoustic work and Nicks fragile clean vocals, the song bursts open with a string quartet, growls, and the full band playing their signature doom/death style. The balance between the acoustic portion, stringed section, and metal sections is the perfect analogy for the bands discography. Varied, well executed, and consistently excellent.
The second song is Ghosts. This song harkens back to One Second/Host and shows the bands love for 80's goth rock... specifically Sisters of Mercy. The opening riff could have been lifted directly from any of the three Sister's albums. The song sounds more like Paradise Lost once the chorus hits, but man that tribute to goth rock is amazing.
Paradise Lost is again at a crossroads. Where do they go from here? A new direction that no one thought possible? Do they continue to explore everything they've written? Who knows, but I'm curious to find out.
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