Paradise Lost: the Byronic men of doom
LONG BEFORE MISERY was fashionable, PARADISE LOST were writing songs that wrenched at the heartstrings and brought depth and colour to the gloom. The entirety of the Halifax heroes’ early efforts are compiled on The Lost And The Painless (Peaceville) [9], a seven-disc (and one cassette) compendium of a pivotal moment in the evolution of heavy music. From their early demos and debut album, Lost Paradise, to the seminal Gothic and two full live shows, this classy box set is both the UK death/doom motherlode and a deeply swanky artefact to fresh shed tears over.