Paradise Lost announce 2nd leg of their "Ascension of Europe" tour for February & March 2026 • GRIMM Gent

Icons of melancholic doom and gothic metal, PARADISE LOST have announced the second leg of their “Ascension Of Europe” tour, expanding the original run, which will start on October 10th, by 21 new dates. Tickets are on sale right now, via https://paradiselost.co.uk/tour-dates/.

PARADISE LOST – Ascension Of Europe Part 2

06.02. NL Leeuwarden Neushoom
07.02. DE Hamburg Markethalle
08.02. DK Aarhus Voxhall
10.02. SE Gothenburg Pustervik
11.02. NO Oslo John Dee
13.02. SE Karlstad Nöjesfabriken
14.02. SE Norrköping Arbis
15.02. SE Stockholm Debaser
18.02. FI Lahti Finlandia-Klubi
19.02. FI Tampere Tavara-Asema
20.02. FI Helsinki Ääniwalli
21.02. EE Tallinn Helitehas
22.02. LV Riga Spelet
24.02. LT Vilnius Loftas
27.02. PL Gdansk B90
28.02. PL Warsaw Progresja
02.03. PL Wroclaw A2
03.03. DE Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt
04.03. DE Leipzig Felsenkeller
05.03. DE Hannover Capitol
06.03. NL Zoetermeer Poppodium Boerderij

STREAM / PURCHASE PARADISE LOST’S NEW ALBUM ASCENSION:
https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension

Ascension Tracklist:

1. Serpent On The Cross
2. Tyrants Serenade
3. Salvation
4. Silence Like The Grave
5. Lay A Wreath Upon The World
6. Diluvium
7. Savage Days
8. Sirens
9. Deceivers
10. The Precipice

Produced by Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet Studios in East Yorkshire, UK & NBS and Wasteland Studios in Sweden. Mixed/Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory.

PARADISE LOST will embark on the first leg of the “Ascension of Europe” tour this fall. Tickets are available at https://paradiselost.co.uk/tour-dates/.

PARADISE LOST Tour Dates:
Oct 09 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
Oct 10 – Wolverhampton, UK – KK’s Steel Mill
Oct 11 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – Newcastle University
Oct 12 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Garage
Oct 14 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Oct 15 – Bristol, UK – Electric
Oct 16 – Southampton, UK – The 1865
Oct 17 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Oct 19 – Oignies, FR – Tyrant Fest 2025
Oct 20 – Paris, FR – Élysée Montmartre
Oct 21 – Lyon, FR – La Rayonne
Oct 23 – Köln, DE – Live Music Hall
Oct 24 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
Oct 25 – Dornbirn, AT – Conrad Sohm
Oct 26 – Padova, IT – Hall
Oct 28 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
Oct 29 – Prague, CZ – Palc Akropolis
Oct 30 – Zagreb, HR – Boogaloo Zagreb
Oct 31 – Vienna, AT – Simm City
Nov 01 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
Nov 03 – Geneva, CH – PTR/L’Usine
Nov 04 – Nürnberg, DE – Z-Bau Biergarten
Nov 05 – Utrecht, NL – Pandora
Nov 06 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix Hall
Dec 13 – Bradford, UK – Bradford Live

More than three decades into their career, and with over two million albums sold, PARADISE LOST remain the undisputed kings of metal’s dark side. Formed in Halifax in 1988, the band quickly became noted as the pioneers of gothic metal through their early groundbreaking albums like 1991’s aptly-titled Gothic, a mixture of heaviness intertwined with shadowy melody and atmosphere.

Never a group to remain creatively static, across their career they’ve explored a myriad of avenues of dark music, from sludgy doom-death roots, to conquering the metal mainstream with the enormous, lush sounds of 1995’s Draconian Times, to more experimental, electronic leanings, leaving an influence on a trail of artists as varied as CRADLE OF FILTH, HIM, GATECREEPER and CHELSEA WOLFE.

Now, in 2025, the Yorkshire quintet return with their staggering 17^th album, Ascension, a record that sees their crown continue to gleam as it underlines just how they attained their position. Produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet studios in East Yorkshire, with drums and vocals captured at NBS and Wasteland studios in Sweden, its 10 tracks traverse the multitude of sounds in the band’s arsenal, from full-bore heavy metal to sky-high melody, all the while keeping a minor-key melancholy that remains irresistible.