Paradise Lost ‎– The Lost And The Painless (BOX, 6 x CD +DVD)

Paradise Lost ‎– The Lost And The Painless
Label: Peaceville ‎– EBVILE025
Format: 6 X CD Limited EdiTION, DVD, DVD-Video, PAL
Country: UK
Released: 26 Nov 2021
Style: Death Metal, Doom Metal

A fascinating and comprehensive 6CD/DVD boxset with 92-page book that collects studio, demo and live material from the early years of Gothic Doom Metal pioneers, Paradise Lost.

Creators, pioneers & purveyors of the whole Gothic Doom Metal scene which subsequently came to prominence in the early 90s, Britain’s Paradise Lost rose from humble Northern roots to become one of the UK’s leading artists in the metal genre throughout the decade and beyond, remaining as relevant and revered as ever to this day after a career spanning over three decades.

Marking 30 years since the release of the milestone that is the band’s sophomore album, ‘Gothic’, ‘The Lost and the Painless’ is an expansive 6CD/1DVD set containing the full works of both the formative and Peaceville years of the UK Gods. From the early incarnation of the band finding their feet in a death metal landscape still in its relative infancy, to their early live appearances showcasing the clear talent of the Yorkshire quintet, this deluxe set also incorporates the band’s legendary studio albums in the shape of the influential deathly doom debut, ‘Lost Paradise’, as well as the ground-breaking & genre-defining follow-up, ‘Gothic’.

The included DVD features four shows, leading with the ‘Live Death’ concert from 1989, and followed by a trilogy of captured performances between 1990 & 1991, as Paradise Lost were beginning to mark their gradual ascension with a host of now classic tracks from their early repertoire.

The ‘Lost Paradise’ and ‘Gothic’ albums, plus ‘Gothic’ EP have been specially remastered for this release by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios.

Also contained in the set is a 92-page book written by prolific music journalist, Nick Ruskell, delving into those essential early years of the band, as described by vocalist Nick Holmes & guitarist Gregor Mackintosh with their recollections of their early efforts to put Paradise Lost firmly on the map, as well as additional thoughts from a selection of prominent members of the scene, such as (among others) Peaceville founder Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw, Barney Greenway of Napalm Death, My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe, & also Chris Reifert who himself embarked upon a tour with the Englishmen with Autopsy back in 1990. Furthermore, the book contains an amount of previously unseen photos recovered from the band’s early promo shoots with photographer Porl Medlock.

The foreword for ‘The Lost and the Painless’ comes courtesy of long-time appreciator of all things dark & gothic, Dani Filth, vocalist of UK extreme metal masters, Cradle of Filth.o become one of the UK’s leading artists in the metal genre throughout the decade and beyond, remaining as relevant and revered as ever to this day after a career spanning over three decades.

Marking 30 years since the release of the milestone that is the band’s sophomore album, ‘Gothic’, ‘The Lost and the Painless’ is an expansive 6CD/1DVD set containing the full works of both the formative and Peaceville years of the UK Gods. From the early incarnation of the band finding their feet in a death metal landscape still in its relative infancy, to their early live appearances showcasing the clear talent of the Yorkshire quintet, this deluxe set also incorporates the band’s legendary studio albums in the shape of the influential deathly doom debut, ‘Lost Paradise’, as well as the ground-breaking & genre-defining follow-up, ‘Gothic’.
The included DVD features four shows, leading with the ‘Live Death’ concert from 1989, and followed by a trilogy of captured performances between 1990 & 1991, as Paradise Lost were beginning to mark their gradual ascension with a host of now classic tracks from their early repertoire.

The ‘Lost Paradise’ and ‘Gothic’ albums, plus ‘Gothic’ EP have been specially remastered for this release by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios.

Also contained in the set is a 92-page book written by prolific music journalist, Nick Ruskell, delving into those essential early years of the band, as described by vocalist Nick Holmes & guitarist Gregor Mackintosh with their recollections of their early efforts to put Paradise Lost firmly on the map, as well as additional thoughts from a selection of prominent members of the scene, such as (among others) Peaceville founder Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw, Barney Greenway of Napalm Death, My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe, & also Chris Reifert who himself embarked upon a tour with the Englishmen with Autopsy back in 1990. Furthermore, the book contains an amount of previously unseen photos recovered from the band’s early promo shoots with photographer Porl Medlock.

The foreword for ‘The Lost and the Painless’ comes courtesy of long-time appreciator of all things dark & gothic, Dani Filth, vocalist of UK extreme metal masters, Cradle of Filth.

Tracklist:
CD1 - THE DEMOS
PARADISE LOST, 1988
01. Drown In Darkness
02. Internal Torment
03. Morbid Existence
FROZEN ILLUSION, 1989
04. Paradise Lost
05. Internal Torment
06. Frozen Illusion

CD2 - LOST PARADISE, 1990
01. Intro
02. Deadly Inner Sense
03. Paradise Lost
04. Our Saviour
05. Rotting Misery
06. Frozen Illusion
07. Breeding Fear
08. Lost Paradise
09. Internal Torment II

CD3 - GOTHIC, 1991
01. Gothic
02. Dead Emotion
03. Shattered
04. Rapture
05. Eternal
06. Falling Forever
07. Angel Tears
08. Silent
09. The Painless
10. Desolate

CD4 - GOTHIC EP
01. GOTHIC (mix)
02. ROTTING MISERY (Doom Dub)
03. BREEDING FEAR (Demolition Dub)
04. THE PAINLESS (mix)

CD5 'LIVE DEATH', LIVE IN BRADFORD UK, 1989
01. Deadly Inner Sense
02. Frozen Illusion
03. Breeding Fear
04. Paradise Lost
05. Our Saviour
06. Rotting Misery
07. Internal Torment
LIVE IN LIVERPOOL, 1989
08. Internal Torment
09. Our Saviour
10. Plains Of Desolation
11. Drown In Darkness
12. Paradise Lost
13. Nuclear Abomination

CD6 - LIVE IN LUDWIGSBURG, GERMANY, 1991
01. Intro
02. Dead Emotion
03. Gothic
04. Paradise Lost
05. Breeding Fear
06. Eternal
07. Shattered
08. Frozen Illusion
09. Angel Tears
10. The Painless
11. Our Saviour
12. Deadly Inner Sense