Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an English gothic metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifa… Read Full Bio ↴Paradise Lost is an English gothic metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, considered to be among the pioneers of the death-doom genre, and regarded as the main influence for the later gothic metal movement. Bands that have cited Paradise Lost as an influence, or have covered them, include My Dying Bride, Anathema, The Gathering, Amorphis, Cradle of Filth, Katatonia, Moonspell, Lacuna Coil, HIM, Nightwish and many others. As of 2005, Paradise Lost have sold over two million albums worldwide.
Their line-up has remained stable for such a long-standing heavy metal band, consisting of singer Nick Holmes, guitarists Greg Mackintosh and Aaron Aedy, and bassist Steve Edmondson. Holmes and Mackintosh are the principal composers, with almost all of the band's songs credited to them. During the years, the band has only changed drummers.
Early years and Peaceville Records (1988–1991)
After their formation in 1988, Paradise Lost released three cassette demos, Paradise Lost, Frozen Illusion, and Plains of Desolation, before being signed to Peaceville Records in 1989. They recorded their debut album, Lost Paradise, at Academy Music Studio in December of that year. The album was released in February 1990.
In November 1990, Paradise Lost returned to Academy Music Studio to record their second album, Gothic, which was released in March 1991. The band began to move away from the death/doom sound of their previous releases by adding keyboards and female vocal accompaniments.
Music for Nations (1992–1998)
Paradise Lost left Peaceville and were signed to the Music for Nations label and released Shades of God in July 1992. The band's musical approach continued to evolve with this album as evidenced by the addition of quieter passages in the song's compositions, the softening of vocalist Nick Holmes's death grunt, and Gregor Mackintosh's incorporation of acoustic guitar to his sound. The album contained the song "As I Die", later released as a single/EP.
In the summer of 1993, the band recorded their fourth album, Icon, released in September of the same year. The band continued to develop their sound away from their doom roots and more towards the dynamics and sound of "As I Die" from their previous album. On Icon, Nick Holmes abandoned his death grunt and started using a "James Hetfield-style bark". It was after this album, in December 1994, that original member Matthew Archer quit and was replaced by drummer Lee Morris.
The band entered the studio in January 1995 to record their fifth and most successful album, Draconian Times, which was released in June 1995. Mackintosh says about Draconian Times, "that it's the album by which everything else we do gets judged. Rightly so, as it's the backbone of our career and sound." The album charted in the Top 20 album chart in a number of countries including the UK and Germany.
Following the success of Draconian Times, and after four years of continuous touring, the band began to get bored with their signature sound and started to experiment with Depeche Mode-esque synth-pop and electronica. This new direction shaped their next album One Second, released in 1997, and was most epitomised by the lead single, "Say Just Words". The album was one of the band's most successful releases, particularly in Northern Europe, cracking the German, Swedish, and Finnish top ten charts.
EMI (1999–2001)
The band moved to EMI Electrola in Germany for its next album, Host, released in 1999, on which they continued to experiment with new sounds, appearing to shed their metal roots. While this album continued to alienate their traditional fanbase in places like the UK, it was their highest charting album in Germany, entering at number 4 on the Album Chart.
On the next album, 2001's Believe in Nothing, Paradise Lost continued this synth direction but adding rock elements to the music, forcibly by EMI at the time. Due to the loss of creative control, Mackintosh said that the album "doesn't really exist for him".
GUN Records (2002–2005)
In May 2002, the band signed to GUN Records, and on the album that followed, Symbol of Life, the metallic roots of the band began to resurface; the band decided to work with producer Rhys Fulber to reestablish their metal sound. The album included guest musicians Devin Townsend, Jamie Muhoberac, and Lee Dorrian.
In March 2004, Lee Morris left the band due to "personal and musical differences" and was replaced by Jeff Singer. Paradise Lost released their tenth, eponymous album in 2005, also on GUN Records.
Century Media (2006–2016)
The eleventh album, In Requiem, was released in the spring of 2007 on Century Media; it was generally well-accepted and highly rated by both critics and fans, pleased to see the band returning to their heavier, gothic metal sound similar to that of earlier albums like Draconian Times. The full-length was preceded by a single, "The Enemy" and on the single, Singer was finally listed as a permanent band member. In a recent video interview, Mackintosh and Holmes revealed that Singer had already auditioned for the band when Archer left, but they chose Morris instead because Singer "had a pink drumkit".
In November 2007, Century Media released the DVD Over The Madness, which documents the impact Paradise Lost has had on gothic metal and provides insight into the mindset and workings of Paradise Lost. Disc 2 includes further interviews, rehearsal footage, plus backstage and memorabilia sections.
On 13 August 2008, drummer Jeff Singer announced his departure from the band on the Paradise Lost official website. He wanted to be with his family, had an upcoming job, and the then-upcoming South American tour would interfere with that. As a result, Paradise Lost had to cancel the South American tour dates that they had planned. Soon after, on 28 August 2008, the Paradise Lost official website announced that the canceled South American tour has been reconfirmed and that Mark Heron from Oceansize would take over on drums.
At the beginning of 2009, Paradise Lost recorded an album with producer Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. At the time there was no full-time replacement for Jeff Singer and drums were played by Swedish drummer Peter Damin. On 16 March 2009, when recording for the album was already finished, the band recruited Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, ex-Cradle of Filth) as a full-time drummer for the band.
On 18 June 2009, Paradise Lost officially announced Faith Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us as the title of their album to be released on Century Media Records on 25 September 2009 in Germany, on 28 September 2009 in the rest of Europe and on 6 October 2009 in the US.
In late 2011, Paradise Lost began recording its 13th studio album Tragic Idol in The Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire. The album was released on 23 April 2012. Adrian Erlandsson was unable to play a few live shows for this album so the band got Jeff Singer again to fill in.
Paradise Lost performed some of their songs at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards with Cristina Scabbia on Paradise Lost's song "Say Just Words" and with Gus G. of a Black Sabbath cover, "Into the Void".
On 15 August 2013, the cover and artwork were released for their compilation album of b-sides titled Tragic Illusion 25. From September to October 2014, some of the songs from the album were released, such as a new song entitled Loneliness Remains, and older songs that were remade such as Our Savior 2013 from Lost Paradise and the self-titled song Gothic 2013 from Gothic. The album was released on 5 November 2013.
On 27 October 2013, it was announced that the writing for the 14th studio album will begin after their 25th-anniversary tour and the recording to the album will start in June 2014. On 29 December 2014, it was revealed that The Plague Within would be the title for upcoming album. On 26 January 2015, the release date for 2 June 2015 was announced, along with the producer, Jaimie Gomez Arellano and the recording location of Orgone Studios, London. Speaking to Rock Sins, Nick Holmes stated that the new album would have elements of all previous Paradise Lost material including a return to the death/doom of their early output, stating that "there's some songs that could've been written in 1989, a couple of really old school doom/death songs which are gonna surprise a couple of people when they hear it." The Plague Within is considered by many traditional fans to be their best and most complete album in many years, as well as being a true return to their signature sound.
Nuclear Blast (2016–present)
On 1 September 2017, Paradise Lost released their 15th studio album, Medusa. The band continued their return to a much heavier, more doomier sound. Singer Nick Holmes said "...definitely our heaviest album; the heaviest we've done." Medusa was well received by fans and critics alike.
2018 marked the band's 30th anniversary and was celebrated through select dates around UK and mainland Europe, including their first gig in the hometown of Halifax, as well as a South and North American tour with Sólstafir and The Atlas Moth. In November 2019, Decibel Books issued the band's authorized biography, No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost. The book was authored by American journalist David E. Gehlke.
In March 2020, Nuclear Blast announced the release of the group's 16th studio album, Obsidian, on 15 May. Nick Holmes described it as "one of the most eclectic albums we have done in some time, we have miserable songs, sad songs, slow songs and faster songs. Did I mention miserable?". First single, Fall from Grace premiered on 20 March, along with a music video. The next year, the band released a live album titled At the Mill; while the album was recorded live, the band played with no audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 7, 2022, drummer Waltteri Väyrynen was announced to have departed from the band, who found a temporary replacement in drummer Guido Montanarini. Montanarini also performs with Paradise Lost guitarist/keyboardist Gregor Mackintosh in the band Strigoi. Väyrynen since joined Opeth as their permanent drummer.
In October 2022, Mackintosh and Holmes announced the formation of Host, a synth-pop side-project that is "taking the concept of what we attempted to do on the Paradise Lost album Host but approaching it in a modern context". Their debut album, entitled IX, is scheduled to be released 23 February 2023 via Nuclear Blast. A music video for the single "Tomorrow's Sky" was uploaded to the label's YouTube page on 21 October 2022.
Style and influences
Paradise Lost's sound has been described as death metal, death doom or doom metal. They are also considered as a precursor and the creator of gothic metal, with the release of Gothic in 1991. Holmes stated: "The key with death metal singing is you’ve got to sing quietly". He cited Iron Maiden's singer Bruce Dickinson in his main influences along with Metallica for their Master of Puppets album. Holmes said that the band's early influences were Black Sabbath and Dead Can Dance: "the old Black Sabbath, that’s, to me, the inspiration for when we started the band". Mackintosh said that he took inspiration from "Tony Iommi a lot" and also "Johnny Marr [...] Jimi Hendrix and classic music", mixing all these styles with metal music and rock music. Mackintosh also stated that gothic rock was also an influence with bands like "Southern Death Cult and early Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, early Cure".
The band experienced a considerable shift in style between 1997 and 2002, on their albums One Second through Symbol of Life; One Second saw the heavy use of electronics and keyboards, and Holmes using clean vocals, with Host moving even more towards synthpop / dark wave. Believe in Nothing moved the band to a more alternative rock direction, with Symbol of Life reestablishing a heavier gothic metal tone. Both Mackintosh and Holmes expressed ambivalence about this period of the band, citing personal problems within the band at the time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(band)
Studio albums
Lost Paradise (1990)
Gothic (1991)
Shades of God (1992)
Icon (1993)
Draconian Times (1995)
One Second (1997)
Host (1999)
Believe in Nothing (2001)
Symbol of Life (2002)
Paradise Lost (2005)
In Requiem (2007)
Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009)
Tragic Idol (2012)
The Plague Within (2015)
Medusa (2017)
Obsidian (2020)
Their line-up has remained stable for such a long-standing heavy metal band, consisting of singer Nick Holmes, guitarists Greg Mackintosh and Aaron Aedy, and bassist Steve Edmondson. Holmes and Mackintosh are the principal composers, with almost all of the band's songs credited to them. During the years, the band has only changed drummers.
Early years and Peaceville Records (1988–1991)
After their formation in 1988, Paradise Lost released three cassette demos, Paradise Lost, Frozen Illusion, and Plains of Desolation, before being signed to Peaceville Records in 1989. They recorded their debut album, Lost Paradise, at Academy Music Studio in December of that year. The album was released in February 1990.
In November 1990, Paradise Lost returned to Academy Music Studio to record their second album, Gothic, which was released in March 1991. The band began to move away from the death/doom sound of their previous releases by adding keyboards and female vocal accompaniments.
Music for Nations (1992–1998)
Paradise Lost left Peaceville and were signed to the Music for Nations label and released Shades of God in July 1992. The band's musical approach continued to evolve with this album as evidenced by the addition of quieter passages in the song's compositions, the softening of vocalist Nick Holmes's death grunt, and Gregor Mackintosh's incorporation of acoustic guitar to his sound. The album contained the song "As I Die", later released as a single/EP.
In the summer of 1993, the band recorded their fourth album, Icon, released in September of the same year. The band continued to develop their sound away from their doom roots and more towards the dynamics and sound of "As I Die" from their previous album. On Icon, Nick Holmes abandoned his death grunt and started using a "James Hetfield-style bark". It was after this album, in December 1994, that original member Matthew Archer quit and was replaced by drummer Lee Morris.
The band entered the studio in January 1995 to record their fifth and most successful album, Draconian Times, which was released in June 1995. Mackintosh says about Draconian Times, "that it's the album by which everything else we do gets judged. Rightly so, as it's the backbone of our career and sound." The album charted in the Top 20 album chart in a number of countries including the UK and Germany.
Following the success of Draconian Times, and after four years of continuous touring, the band began to get bored with their signature sound and started to experiment with Depeche Mode-esque synth-pop and electronica. This new direction shaped their next album One Second, released in 1997, and was most epitomised by the lead single, "Say Just Words". The album was one of the band's most successful releases, particularly in Northern Europe, cracking the German, Swedish, and Finnish top ten charts.
EMI (1999–2001)
The band moved to EMI Electrola in Germany for its next album, Host, released in 1999, on which they continued to experiment with new sounds, appearing to shed their metal roots. While this album continued to alienate their traditional fanbase in places like the UK, it was their highest charting album in Germany, entering at number 4 on the Album Chart.
On the next album, 2001's Believe in Nothing, Paradise Lost continued this synth direction but adding rock elements to the music, forcibly by EMI at the time. Due to the loss of creative control, Mackintosh said that the album "doesn't really exist for him".
GUN Records (2002–2005)
In May 2002, the band signed to GUN Records, and on the album that followed, Symbol of Life, the metallic roots of the band began to resurface; the band decided to work with producer Rhys Fulber to reestablish their metal sound. The album included guest musicians Devin Townsend, Jamie Muhoberac, and Lee Dorrian.
In March 2004, Lee Morris left the band due to "personal and musical differences" and was replaced by Jeff Singer. Paradise Lost released their tenth, eponymous album in 2005, also on GUN Records.
Century Media (2006–2016)
The eleventh album, In Requiem, was released in the spring of 2007 on Century Media; it was generally well-accepted and highly rated by both critics and fans, pleased to see the band returning to their heavier, gothic metal sound similar to that of earlier albums like Draconian Times. The full-length was preceded by a single, "The Enemy" and on the single, Singer was finally listed as a permanent band member. In a recent video interview, Mackintosh and Holmes revealed that Singer had already auditioned for the band when Archer left, but they chose Morris instead because Singer "had a pink drumkit".
In November 2007, Century Media released the DVD Over The Madness, which documents the impact Paradise Lost has had on gothic metal and provides insight into the mindset and workings of Paradise Lost. Disc 2 includes further interviews, rehearsal footage, plus backstage and memorabilia sections.
On 13 August 2008, drummer Jeff Singer announced his departure from the band on the Paradise Lost official website. He wanted to be with his family, had an upcoming job, and the then-upcoming South American tour would interfere with that. As a result, Paradise Lost had to cancel the South American tour dates that they had planned. Soon after, on 28 August 2008, the Paradise Lost official website announced that the canceled South American tour has been reconfirmed and that Mark Heron from Oceansize would take over on drums.
At the beginning of 2009, Paradise Lost recorded an album with producer Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. At the time there was no full-time replacement for Jeff Singer and drums were played by Swedish drummer Peter Damin. On 16 March 2009, when recording for the album was already finished, the band recruited Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, ex-Cradle of Filth) as a full-time drummer for the band.
On 18 June 2009, Paradise Lost officially announced Faith Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us as the title of their album to be released on Century Media Records on 25 September 2009 in Germany, on 28 September 2009 in the rest of Europe and on 6 October 2009 in the US.
In late 2011, Paradise Lost began recording its 13th studio album Tragic Idol in The Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire. The album was released on 23 April 2012. Adrian Erlandsson was unable to play a few live shows for this album so the band got Jeff Singer again to fill in.
Paradise Lost performed some of their songs at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards with Cristina Scabbia on Paradise Lost's song "Say Just Words" and with Gus G. of a Black Sabbath cover, "Into the Void".
On 15 August 2013, the cover and artwork were released for their compilation album of b-sides titled Tragic Illusion 25. From September to October 2014, some of the songs from the album were released, such as a new song entitled Loneliness Remains, and older songs that were remade such as Our Savior 2013 from Lost Paradise and the self-titled song Gothic 2013 from Gothic. The album was released on 5 November 2013.
On 27 October 2013, it was announced that the writing for the 14th studio album will begin after their 25th-anniversary tour and the recording to the album will start in June 2014. On 29 December 2014, it was revealed that The Plague Within would be the title for upcoming album. On 26 January 2015, the release date for 2 June 2015 was announced, along with the producer, Jaimie Gomez Arellano and the recording location of Orgone Studios, London. Speaking to Rock Sins, Nick Holmes stated that the new album would have elements of all previous Paradise Lost material including a return to the death/doom of their early output, stating that "there's some songs that could've been written in 1989, a couple of really old school doom/death songs which are gonna surprise a couple of people when they hear it." The Plague Within is considered by many traditional fans to be their best and most complete album in many years, as well as being a true return to their signature sound.
Nuclear Blast (2016–present)
On 1 September 2017, Paradise Lost released their 15th studio album, Medusa. The band continued their return to a much heavier, more doomier sound. Singer Nick Holmes said "...definitely our heaviest album; the heaviest we've done." Medusa was well received by fans and critics alike.
2018 marked the band's 30th anniversary and was celebrated through select dates around UK and mainland Europe, including their first gig in the hometown of Halifax, as well as a South and North American tour with Sólstafir and The Atlas Moth. In November 2019, Decibel Books issued the band's authorized biography, No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost. The book was authored by American journalist David E. Gehlke.
In March 2020, Nuclear Blast announced the release of the group's 16th studio album, Obsidian, on 15 May. Nick Holmes described it as "one of the most eclectic albums we have done in some time, we have miserable songs, sad songs, slow songs and faster songs. Did I mention miserable?". First single, Fall from Grace premiered on 20 March, along with a music video. The next year, the band released a live album titled At the Mill; while the album was recorded live, the band played with no audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 7, 2022, drummer Waltteri Väyrynen was announced to have departed from the band, who found a temporary replacement in drummer Guido Montanarini. Montanarini also performs with Paradise Lost guitarist/keyboardist Gregor Mackintosh in the band Strigoi. Väyrynen since joined Opeth as their permanent drummer.
In October 2022, Mackintosh and Holmes announced the formation of Host, a synth-pop side-project that is "taking the concept of what we attempted to do on the Paradise Lost album Host but approaching it in a modern context". Their debut album, entitled IX, is scheduled to be released 23 February 2023 via Nuclear Blast. A music video for the single "Tomorrow's Sky" was uploaded to the label's YouTube page on 21 October 2022.
Style and influences
Paradise Lost's sound has been described as death metal, death doom or doom metal. They are also considered as a precursor and the creator of gothic metal, with the release of Gothic in 1991. Holmes stated: "The key with death metal singing is you’ve got to sing quietly". He cited Iron Maiden's singer Bruce Dickinson in his main influences along with Metallica for their Master of Puppets album. Holmes said that the band's early influences were Black Sabbath and Dead Can Dance: "the old Black Sabbath, that’s, to me, the inspiration for when we started the band". Mackintosh said that he took inspiration from "Tony Iommi a lot" and also "Johnny Marr [...] Jimi Hendrix and classic music", mixing all these styles with metal music and rock music. Mackintosh also stated that gothic rock was also an influence with bands like "Southern Death Cult and early Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, early Cure".
The band experienced a considerable shift in style between 1997 and 2002, on their albums One Second through Symbol of Life; One Second saw the heavy use of electronics and keyboards, and Holmes using clean vocals, with Host moving even more towards synthpop / dark wave. Believe in Nothing moved the band to a more alternative rock direction, with Symbol of Life reestablishing a heavier gothic metal tone. Both Mackintosh and Holmes expressed ambivalence about this period of the band, citing personal problems within the band at the time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(band)
Studio albums
Lost Paradise (1990)
Gothic (1991)
Shades of God (1992)
Icon (1993)
Draconian Times (1995)
One Second (1997)
Host (1999)
Believe in Nothing (2001)
Symbol of Life (2002)
Paradise Lost (2005)
In Requiem (2007)
Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009)
Tragic Idol (2012)
The Plague Within (2015)
Medusa (2017)
Obsidian (2020)
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02 Hallowed Land You'd love to be so far away It's not a long…
09_I See Your Face Coming back today, the pounding thoughts relay It's a time …
A Side You`ll Never Know How many times can I pass this by? On and on…
Accept The Pain Like a pill Like a pill these dreams Like a pill Kill almost…
Albino Flogged In Black Originally performed by Stillborn 'o you sweet, little six s…
All You Leave Behind On and on it rains On and on no shelter On and…
an eternity of lies All eyes see Such shattered scenes Of sorry surrender Secre…
Angel Tears [Instumental]…
Another Day Another day and the guilt is gone Another day will stress…
Another Desire leaving as the wind blows, i recall, i needed control pai…
As Horizons End To remain pessimistic found, In this hour of distress Till…
As I Die As I die... Stare as eyes uphold me And wait to see…
As I Die (live) As I die Stare as eyes uphold me And wait to see…
Ash & Debris Your beliefs shadow everyday (Never again) Live and breathe,…
Back on Disaster ""It's all I want Clear my mistakes All adhere to…
Behind the Grey I can't see much truth in what's being spoken I can't…
Beneath Black Skies This reprisal search for words Analyse what it's worth Set…
Beneath Broken Earth Before us the King As lifeless hearts sink Before us lays d…
Blood of Another You'll see the blood, blood of another You'll see the blood…
Breeding Fear Staring down into the depths Subconscious has taken my life …
cardinal zero Centuries, born to break my weary soul Sanctioning, scorn t…
Channel For The Pain I live all alone, I wonder why? I live all alone,…
Christendom Innocent, beneath this sorry veil see 'you have' Plenitude, …
Close Your Eyes For our saviour could not deny All born the same All born…
Colossal Rains Into a depth of haze, I'll see you dead The colossal…
Control Set your heart at a pace no one could follow Until…
Crucify Honesty Repentance 'til the grave With our prayer obsessed…
Cruel One I need time I know I need time I know But it's…
Cry Out Too ashamed to lie and so betray Too afraid denials slow…
Crying For Eternity Lying here alone and cold And I'm waiting fr the dawn Laught…
Darker Thoughts Drifting through loss We escape from the cost of the pain Th…
Daylight Torn I am oppressed by lack of power Holding on until the…
Dead Emotion Struggle with emotion Feel the pain burn deep Within our ner…
Deadly Inner Sense A sea of twisted shapes Seek salvage from this carnage Frust…
Death Walks Behind You Death walks behind you Death walks behind you Lock the door…
Deep Living life today When tomorrow brings this trail of despera…
Desolate [Instrumental]…
Despair In your hands I'm trying flight I can't die In your hands…
Deus - words are not availble inside the CD's booklet - ---------…
Disappear In living with a fear of chance, The chance of fear…
Divided This your only grace The art of conversation Regarding commo…
Don People say I'm in the way People say never betray Oh when…
Don't Belong People say I'm in the way People say never betray Oh when…
Don`t Belong People say I'm in the way People say never betray Oh when…
Drown In Darkness My body falls to the depths And darkness has engraved…
Dying Freedom As a withered hand grips right through fear The cold caressi…
Elusive Cure Take a pact, hide the fuel that's gathered here Pale in…
Embers Fire A fallen time that's bygone A crude elite that's from a…
Embraced ... Is what we are waiting for Lying deep in comfort,…
Enchantment Like a fever, fever inside of me Like a fever, fever…
Ending Days Searching From so far away I'll be back to stay Searching Fr…
Ending Through Changes It's the same again. The truth is not too plain No…
Erased I don't owe anything I don't owe anyone Shoot pride for all…
Eternal Why can't we hear The time must come for us to…
Fader It's in my heart It's in your soul You choose to judge Is…
Fäder It's In My Heart; It's In Your Soul, You Choose To…
Faith Divides Us ""A Mother's shame The Struggle For Intent Another's blame L…
Fall From Grace Oh! No celebration for the damned One last defiance on comm…
Fallen Children As creation reaches high Generations we deny Never again…
Falling Forever Sickened by the feelings within Laughing at my pain Forget …
Fear Quest for power to the born again And pray for silence…
Fear of Impending Hell Lies divided me I wonder Cries enlighten me I wonder Light…
fear of silence In this nightmare that you and I know best You and…
First Light ""There's no mistake Plea denied lying remains Fear so restr…
Flesh From Bone My reality, flawed you oppress me Immortality whored by God …
For All You On and on it rains On and on no shelter On and…
Forever You must feel frustration Cause your mind feels such tempta…
Forever After It's orchestrated by another hand Believe inferior dreams th…
Forever Failure You must feel frustration Cause your mind feels such temptat…
Forging Sympathy A mass of breathing souls For times are desolate Passing jud…
Forsaken What we don't know will set us free Until tomorrow What we…
Frailty Nature I've never shown so much redemption I've never show…
Frozen Illusion I lay in the darkest room, The door is locked, at…
Ghosts Life endures, it serenades Obliteration through wars Unholy …
Gone ACCEPT THIS BITTER PAIN ACCEPT THIS BITTER PAIN THERE'S TO…
Gothic Denying our restlessness Frustrations tension eludes The pas…
Grey In this autumn rain We're blessed with autumn skies (autumn …
Hallowed Land You'd love to be so far away It's not a long…
Hands of Reason I speak of people whose game is disguise The myth of…
Harbour The need to know gives a strange reaction The need to…
Honesty in Death In amidst the madness That only tears into myself The mist…
Hope Dies Young How could you know? As pure as driven snow Through a winter…
Host Hear your soothing comfort loud One knows it's not too quie…
How Soon Is Now I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that…
How Soon Is Now? I am the son And the heir Of a shyness that is…
I Am Nothing Aware of some Aware of nothing more I have no faith I…
I Can Hate You There's no provocation There's no sense of fear There's no…
I Despair In your hands I'm trying flight I can't die In your hands…
I Remain Blindness as we consider our fate Within our mortal wake T…
I See Your Face Coming back today, the pounding thoughts relay It's a time t…
Illumination Always, sometimes Always seems to be Chaos, crisis Always fe…
In All Honesty [Chorus:] Sit alone and celebrate good times of change Sit a…
In This We Dwell We adapt to pain In the hour we'll fight until the…
In Truth I'm, I'm in a picture with you You just seem to…
Internal Torment As you stare into the depths of darkness Illusions of your…
Internal Torment II 1: As you stare into the depths of darkness Illusions of…
Isolate I'm sent for elimination To where I cannot know, but I'm…
It's Too Late Feared and loathed besides It's such a tragedy I've seen al…
Jaded Opaque the dissident establishment That we all suffer Refill…
Joys Of The Emptiness Breathing here, And the air is clear Changes of which I…
Laid To Waste Resent a sense of feeding, demanding bleeding Unhinged a sav…
Last Regret Free the will to try Adapting over time Feel no wealth ins…
Laws Of Cause All this was the cause All this was because you rose All…
Leave This Alone Wish it all away; it's all the same to you Living…
Let Me Drown You don't trust anything Anything at all you know this You…
Living With Scars It's deaths intention We pass through the certain awaits U…
Look At Me Now I need it the most, most subtle Unnecessary trouble Abusing …
Lydia Through the searching lights that weave and dart Comes the s…
Made the Same You may need some hones words to heal You may need…
Master Of Misrule Wipe away the pouring rain It's too late to feel again What…
Mercy You live for times of solace Within a sign there's a…
Missing I step off the train I'm walkin' down your street again An…
Morbid Existence In my afterlife, I'll rise again Destroy all the ones…
Mortal Watch The Day Plead forgiveness father All my troubles fade from view Pa…
Mortals Watch the Day Plead forgiveness father All my troubles fade from view Pale…
Mouth Feel so low some days And only I can taste Resent security O…
Mystify Faced with Shame I accept a will that's long departed Phased…
Never Again Murder more or less The anger rages Blame your loneliness Bl…
Never For The Damned Never saw the light against the world Never seen a truth…
No Celebration Take my hand Hurray for the winter's come Cease my plans Exc…
No Forgiveness I have seen for myself The rogues of all life born And…
No Hope In Sight No hope in sight Daylight before them dies Enshrined the hor…
No Reason But you say it's all over You're down by the water There…
Nocelebration Take my hand Hurray for the winter's come Cease my plans …
Nothing Sacred My life is not too whole It's understanding why I take when…
Once Solemn Once solemn, the thing I'm leaving alone Once solemn, the lo…
One Second And for one second I lost my head and for…
Ordinary Days Breathing life, as true as hones work Breathing life, a trut…
Our Saviour 1: Kneel on the ground And pray to the Lord But will…
Over The Madness I've fallen down there once before I've fallen down there on…
Paradise Lost Claws of death, grips my life Empty my mind and my…
Perfect Mask I live behind the perfect mask Erase the rule forever I live…
Permanent Solution For the end, the time I'm feeling host And I'm turning…
Pity The Sadness Sadness lives after we die The pains of life increased outri…
Poison Come taste a century of hatred Free from the sanity of…
Praise Lamented Shade Never seen such doubt Never seen without Forever seemed so…
Pray Nightfall In my head this all is, In my head this…
Prelude To Descent Set me down, Oh set me down On hallowed ground again Wear…
Primal It's deep in the mind So slick by design I'll end up…
Punishment Through Time Neglect afraid to say Repentance awaits Rejected jaded dec…
Rape of Virtue Night reveals unearthly ways I felt (Failing lives) abrupti…
Rapture In agony we are now Twisted unblessed we must strive Repulse…
Ravenghast The riches gone A darker crown The liar found Mistakenly unb…
Red Shift There's something in the air that greets me There's somethin…
Rememberance I am the one, to which you'll go You are the…
Requiem Slow the art of fear Writhe against the fading In these sh…
Return To The Sun Fortunes jaws embrace At failures loss throughout the days …
Rotting Misery Unleashed upon man Their poisoning brains An empty grasp - a…
Sacrifice The Flame The darkest past Forever could last Beneath the sanctity I p…
Sanctamonious You You'll never know the pain that I fear You'll never known…
Sane Seasons of sun won't suffice But for you my guarding light I…
Say Just Words You get high, With your destructive instinct You get high, …
Say Just Words (edit) You get high with your destructive instinct You get high wit…
Sedative God You belong, don't look back, No excuses... When you're dow…
Self Obsessed I'm self-obsessed Wrong words I said It's clear that some th…
Sell It to the World It's not without it's consequence It's not without it's joy…
Serenity Till the last kingdom falls To a shelter repressed By a long…
Shades Of God The fire is gone, a time to search and then…
Shadow Kings A spiral movement, the ultimate mystery Will you show, will …
Shadowkings A spiral movement, the ultimate mystery Will you show....wil…
Shallow Seasons The sullen man before me turns a head and demonstrates The…
Shattered Struggle with emotion Feel the pain burn deep Within our ner…
Shine Too easy to explain Too easy to explain What you'll never ta…
Silent After all wars We lie, as shelter falls The world is but…
Silent in Heart ""And all the time I've wasted searching you pretend You…
Slave into what should not be done, into what was left…
Small Town Boy You leave in the morning With everything you own In a little…
Smalltown Boy You leave in the morning With everything you own In a litt…
So Much Is Lost What this seems to be, is real All of my life…
Solitary One Love fails to die Remain survives It feeds off life Wea…
Something Real Array of fortunate life But could you live through the fight…
Sons of Perdition ""And all I ever want is never And though I…
Soul Courageous I could not care less For oh, so many things…
Spirit They say spirit always stays They're all the same These days…
Sun Fading Got a right to show you how I feel Got a…
Sway Expel at cost I've looked for valuation Return what's lost I…
Sweetness You have a history of holding back A certain sweetness that…
Symbol Of Life All alone beside myself All alone beside myself And I've tro…
Take Me Down You aren't what I love You aren't what I need You aren't…
Terminal A frail form surrounds Infection, sorrow, screams aloud Trad…
The Devil Embraced I'm tired of dreams, I'm tired of almost everything Dreams d…
The Enemy ""Why can't you say sorrow Why can't you say think…
The Glorious End Faithless unrest, only the end we can see Fading distress a…
The Hour within the hour it finds me how come with you it…
The Joys of the Emptiness Breathing here, And the air is clear Changes of which I…
The Last Fallen Saviour ""Perceived as something you cannot wish A dream that someda…
The Last Time It's a struggle with a failures frown And it crashes in…
The Longest Winter The long lost winter acceptance woes A lasting slumber a sic…
The Painless Locked inside this peaceful tomb Entwined on seas of endless…
The Rise of Denial Ascending from your fallen past Life it's the same Attendi…
The Sufferer I find when I'm all alone That I feel so…
The Word Made Flesh It looks to kill And fails to wait in sight It twists…
Theories from Another World Erased by the words, consuming desolate In death in remorse…
This Cold Life I can take one day to achieve my goal, Then…
Through the Silence Drifting out of sight Fade into the night Drifting out of …
To the Darkness So determined to enslave A pain we've long disdained Seem …
Tragic Idol Ground below, just save me from it all Ground below, embrac…
True Belief Wretched will, host of pleasure surreal Closed the room wher…
Two Worlds The sense required is all too vague Within my faculties, bui…
Universal Dream We spend a lifetime In death we trade Until it's over Man…
Unreachable More than this A certain divide ask yourself why, More tha…
Victim of the Past Lost faith in others Lost faith in all Fading trust ever…
Waiting for God I bide my time on these lonely nights But it's always…
Walk Away Originally performed by Sisters Of Mercy And in the summer w…
Weeping Words Fear this more (the more) Than the hands of man's…
Widow You're breaking a chain Lying until you can erase the past B…
World Pretending Washed out your simple world But it seems to reappear With…
Worth Fighting For It's worth fighting for Failing now I wonder, turn the othe…
Wreck See the hands that wave their last goodbye Talk with friends…
Xavier Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale Fraught with d…
Year of Summer There's two arms you could break How low can you descend? Ap…
Yearn for Change Approaching a silence, a blur of subsidence Time may heal a…
Yern for Change Approaching a silence, a blur of subsidence Time may heal…
Your Hand In Mine Pay the deadly price Lift the fallen prize Told you soon wil…
Your Own Reality All that's lost never found, remains of all this... Never c…