In Requiem

Paradise Lost

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 5, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000PAAI3E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #116,088 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: PARADISE LOST
Title: REQUIEM
Street Release Date: 06/05/2007
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Genre: HEAVY METAL

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You know, they didn't actually go away, July 6, 2007

By	Justin Gaines "Corporate Rocker" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I've noticed in various metal publications (as well as the reviews here) that Paradise Lost's 2007 album In Requiem is being hailed as a "return to form" and the band's best album since 1995's Draconian Times. What exactly did the band have to "return" from? I suppose Host and Believe in Nothing could be considered below Paradise Lost's usual high standards, but One Second, Symbol of Life and Paradise Lost were all fantastic albums. In Requiem is simply the logical extension of those recent works.

I will grant that In Requiem seems like a tighter, more focused album than its predecessors. The band seems far more interested in writing good metal songs than in coming up with dance beats, which is fine by me. Once again, Paradise Lost demonstrates why no one can touch them when it comes to balancing a dark atmosphere and subject matter with completely irresistible melodies (see for example, songs like Enemy and Beneath Black Skies). There isn't a lot of experimentation, nor are there any Dead Can Dance or Smiths covers this time around. Of course, I tend to think that Paradise Lost can do whatever they want at this point, considering the fact that they pretty much invented the whole gothic metal genre.

So yeah, it's a really solid album. I just think that most of the praise it is receiving could just as easily have been heaped upon either of the band's previous albums. I do think that the cover artwork for In Requiem is one of the best, if not the best, of the band's album covers to date.

3.0 out of 5 stars not as good as there past..., February 18, 2009

By	Adam Tambascio - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

compared to gothic, one second, or reflections, they went in a totaly different definately gets a bit to get used to.

5.0 out of 5 stars a smorgasbord of musical textures, December 12, 2008

By	king beagley "metal maven" (warsaw, in usa) - See all my reviews

Paradise Lost must have loads of talent. they seem to put other textures in their music in addition to the rhythm guitar riffs and drums and bass.
Song no. 3 "The Enemy" has a choir section in it, and song no. 4 "Praise Lamented Shade" has a keyboard riff in it. singer Nick Holmes sounds like James Hetfield of Metallica fame on some songs and then uses it his own voice. if you like Paradise Lost, you should also get some Kamelot too, which is another cultured band.