Lonzport: Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol from BigsBeatHeap

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

BigsBeatHeap posted Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol on 05/08

At May 8, 2012 at 8:47 PM , LoungeLonz said...: I'll be curious to hear if this lives up to the rather lofty expectation-setting review that Billy baited you with. Definitely getting some stout death march from the first track - way to deliver the goods.

Said Review is here:

Paradise Lost - 'Tragic Idol' (Century Media)

Tragic Idol in no way emulates the dark simplicity of early albums, nor does it walk the same path as their divisive mid-'90s output. What it does however – expertly, naturally and beautifully – is blend the myriad styles and influences of Paradise Lost’s long career into one monster of a modern metal album. Edgy, yet accessible, Tragic Idol is the sound of a band planting its flag on the sacred ground it has been threatening to reclaim with recent albums.

As if buoyed by Gregor Mackintosh’s foray into old school British death metal with his Vallenfyre project, the guitars on Tragic Idol are dirty and brutal in tone, but melodic and deft in content with the hypnotic repetition of licks on tracks like “In This We Dwell” and the classy soloing that launches “To The Darkness” firmly announcing the band as mainstream contenders without once ever calling their metal credibility into doubt.

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