Shades of God

Paradise Lost

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000001C5Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,468 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The British doom metal band's 1992 album features nine tracks. Music For Nations. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pretty nice!, February 15, 2000

By	Miki and Marina (Omsk, Russia) - See all my reviews

Are you still thinking is this the album for you or not? So read what I think, but seriously I truly don't know what to say when we talk about Paradise Lost, not because I don't have anything to say but because when you speak about Paradise Lost words are not enough. I am not a fan of this band but really appreciate their three albums: "Gothic", "Shades of God" and "Icon". After listening to them for several years I can admit that "Shades of God" is their best album though it is more inornate than "Icon". Of course "Icon" has very melodic elements of doom-goth metal and is cleverly made for success but doesn't have such a conception as "Shades of God", and I am able to listen to "Icon" with great pleasure just once in 6 months. After listening to "Shades of God", on the other hand, I can't abandon this compact disk on the deep shelf because I want to remember the melody and refresh the feelings over some time. There are some really catchy and very attractive melodies with gloomy poetry, mainly it concerns such songs as "Pity the Sadness", "Mortals Watch the Day" and "As I Die". Gregor really wrote beautiful music, and Nick has pretty nice vocal but can't say the same about his singing on the last albums, where he has a bad vocal, and maybe it would be better if he wouldn't sing at all, just a music playing. Back to the point: if you like doom-death music with smart melodies and performance - you have to listen to "Shades of God" - in any case it is not the worst album of Paradise Lost.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paradise NOT lost!, June 4, 2002

By	William A. Hooff Jr. (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

I don't understand why I'm reading all of these bad reviews of "shades of god". I had bought this album when it came out, then someone decided they had to have it so they stole mine! So here it is exactly 10 years later, I've bought it again and I must say this album is HEAVY! "NO FORGIVENESS" is a classic ballad of despair that will go down in history. Who would dare disagree with "As I die"?, a haunting, doom filled masterpiece! If you don't own this--buy it today! I know when I first heard this album that I had to have it--it gave me "chills", that's how you know it's a good album. Put this in the CD player and crank up the first track "Mortals watch the day", and know you have done the right thing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DREAMSCAPE, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

Discovering Paradise Lost after Icon was relased, I was immediately hooked. Moving backwards, their evolution is clear.... songs such as As I Die, Pity the Sadness, and No Forgiveness demonstrate the orchestrated guitar parts and goth overtones of the band< with lyrics that provide insight to pain we have all felt at some point or another. In all, the album is an awesome dreamscape of a tired soul.