The band entered the studio in January 1995 to record their fifth and most successful album, Draconian Times, which was released in June 1995. It was after this album, in December 1994, that original member Matthew Archer quit and was replaced by drummer Lee Morris. On Icon, Nick Holmes abandoned his death grunt and started using a " James Hetfield-style bark". The band continued to develop their sound away from their doom roots and more towards the dynamics and sound of "As I Die" from their previous album. In the summer of 1993, the band recorded their fourth album, Icon, released in September of the same year. The album contained the song "As I Die", later released as a single/EP. The band's musical approach continued to evolve with this album as evidenced by the addition of quieter passages in the song's compositions, the softening of vocalist Nick Holmes's death grunt, and Gregor Mackintosh's incorporation of acoustic guitar to his sound. Paradise Lost left Peaceville and were signed to the Music for Nations label and released Shades of God in July 1992. The band began to move away from the death/doom sound of their previous releases by adding keyboards and female vocal accompaniments. In November 1990, Paradise Lost returned to Academy Music Studio to record their second album, Gothic, which was released in March 1991. They recorded their debut album, Lost Paradise, at Academy Music Studio in December of that year. History Early years and Peaceville Records (1988–1991) Īfter their formation in 1988, Paradise Lost released three cassette demos, Paradise Lost, Frozen Illusion, and Plains of Desolation, before being signed to Peaceville Records in 1989. During the years, the band has only changed drummers. Holmes and Mackintosh are the principal composers, with almost all of the band's songs credited to them. Their line-up has remained stable for such a long-standing heavy metal band, consisting of singer Nick Holmes, guitarists Greg Mackintosh and Aaron Aedy, and bassist Steve Edmondson. As of 2005, Paradise Lost have sold over two million albums worldwide. Bands that have cited Paradise Lost as an influence, or have covered them, include My Dying Bride, Anathema, The Gathering, Amorphis, Cradle of Filth, Katatonia, Moonspell, Lacuna Coil, HIM, Nightwish and many others. Paradise Lost is an English gothic metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, considered to be among the pioneers of the death-doom genre, and regarded as the main influence for the later gothic metal movement.
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