Paradise Lost

Cirith Ungol | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: NOBLE ROT
• ASIN: B00108YGV0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is the Straw that Broke the Camels Back and was truly "Paradise Lost", March 12, 2008

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Robert W. Garven Jr. "robertgarven" (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paradise Lost (Audio CD)

I was one the founding members and drummer of Cirith Ungol. This was our last album. We were treated so poorly by the record company that it broke the band up after 22 years. We had little or no artistic control over the production of this album, and even though we paid a big time lawyer $$$ to review the contract, we unknowingly sold the rights to album forever. When all our other CDs were re-released by Metal Blade of Germany, Restless the company that owned the rights to Paradise Lost, refused to let this cd be re-released. We were not even contacted by the current company releasing it, and will not receive any royalties from its sale. I even tried to contact them and received no reply.

To add insult to injury our singer Tim Baker went to a local store and had to buy a copy of the CD. I urge you not to buy this CD and instead look for our other remastered CD's "Frost & FIre" & "King of the Dead" & "Servants of Chaos" these are still in print in Europe (only!) and they were the only projects that we had artistic control over.

I was so upset by this project and its production and aftermath I swore "That I would never touch another drumstick or play drums, if it meant being in the same business as these people". Even though we have been offered many reunion tours and dates I have kept my oath, and expect that I will keep it until death...

Playing drums and Cirith Ungol was my life and passion and it is sad that such a great band with such untapped talent and potential had such little support while other bands with so little talent became huge commercial successes.

Sincerely,

Robert Garven
Ventura, CA

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Many people Know this Band ROCKS or used to ROCK!, July 20, 2005

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Graham "gansonstudios" (Smithville, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paradise Lost (Audio CD)

I absolutely LOVE this cd. It's hard to find. At first I didn't like it. Over the years I have grown fond of it. Cirith Ungol is extremely UNIQUE. And I think a review says they are a rip off of Judas Priest. Not even close. The singer is raspy in a cool way. He does nothing remotely Judas Priest or a typical 80's Scream. In fact I'm rather shocked on how clear and clean some of the guitar chords are. This cd sounds modern to me, but old. Does that make sense? This cd will put you in a environment that is like a fantasy world of Movies like Lord of the Rings.

Much of their music is based off of Lord of the Rings. IF they were still around, I'm sure they would have been Extremely popular when the movies came out.

Cirith Ungol had a weird name. Their managers didn't do crap to promote them. They failed to launch Cirith Ungol on important tours and to help market cirith ungol. They did almost nothing for the band. The band struggled and had to find money to produce cd's out of their own pockets. This was their last cd. Sadly they are no longer a band.

I love the Song "Chaos Rising" This is an epic/dramatical song that is slow and speeds up to some really amazing guitar work.

There is no other Band who will ever sound like these guys again. I prefer these guys over most of this new crap coming out.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cirith Ungol, where did they go?, October 14, 2003

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M. Garland "mgarland16" (AL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paradise Lost (Audio CD)

These guys rock, and rock hard. They don't really sound like any other band to me, but they are definitely worth listening to. This album is quite a bit more polished than their first two offerings ("One Foot In Hell" and "King of the Dead"), which were very raw and very fast, the lyrics barely discernible.

"Paradise Lost" still keeps some of the raw power of their earlier albums, but is more melodic and tempered. 'Join the Legion' starts the album off proper with a good heavy song, then goes a little more campy with 'The Troll', kind of thrown in for comic relief so to speak. 'Fire' is an Arthur Brown cover song, but it's one of the best on here...you'll go around yelling "I am the god of Hellfire, and I bring you...FIRE!!" for days. I doubt seriously the "Cray World of Arthur Brown" ever envisioned such a heavy rendition of their song when they wrote it back in the sixties!! Things drop off a bit with 'Heaven Help Us' about the world's troubles and a plea for us to consider what we're doing to it, but then comes another of my favorite songs on here: 'Before the Lash'. This should be a classic, remembered up there with some of the great bands, and it is a perfect blend of the "moderately-slow but very heavy" style that makes this album so good, with some heavy lyrics to ponder about Man's cursed eternal life, "...to slave in endless fire, to cringe before the lash." Next, it gets a little fluffy with 'Go It Alone' and "..being born with a six string in his hand...". 'Nuff said. But, it picks up again with some more slow-but-heavy hitters with 'Chaos Rising' (hard to say if it's my second- or third-favorite on this album), then 'Fallen Idols' is a little drawn-out but good, and then the album ends with Chaos reigning in 'Paradise Lost'. But just so you know, this song is not an epic or anything grand like the title might imply (ie.Dante's 'Paradise Lost' it is NOT.)

So, this album is definitely worth having and I keep bringing it out from time to time when I get the chaos urge. Enjoy!