Paradise Lost announced the 2nd leg of their “Ascension of Europe” tour for February & March 2026, covering some more of mainland Europe and an extensive visit to the Nordic region!
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Legends of doom, Paradise Lost has shared the 3rd single ‘Tyrants Serenade’ from their upcoming album ‘Ascension’, out next month with Nuclear Blast!
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Goth and doom icons Paradise Lost revealed second single ‘Serpent On The Cross’, another track from their upcoming 17th album ‘Ascension’, set for release in September with Nuclear Blast. Before that, catch them this summer at a select amount of European summer festivals like Brutal Assault and Dynamo Metal Fest next month!
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Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!
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Brutal Assault has revealed its daily line-up yesterday and opened the sale of single day tickets for those who can’t afford to go a whole weekend but still want to get a taste!
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The line-up of Brutal Assault 2025 is 70% complete with the addition of over 30 more names with Opeth, Kerry King, Karnivool, Fear Factory, Cult of Luna, Paradise Lost and much more!
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Gothic doom metal outfit Tomorrow’s Rain announced their upcoming new album ‘Ovdan’ to be released in April via AOP Records, featuring a wide array of impressive guests from bands like Mayhem, Mercyful Fate, Sisters of Mercy, Dark Funeral and Sol Invictus! And last week, they shared the first single and video ‘Sunrise’!
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Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!
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Ukranian WWI experts of 1914 unleashed the first single ‘…And a Cross Now Marks His Place’ from the upcoming Napalm Records album ‘Where Fear and Weapons Meet’!
Out of nowhere, Graspop just dropped 74 new names for their 25th edition.
Photo Reports
On the first part of their ‘Ascension of Europe’ tour, Paradise Lost made a stop in Antwerp, bringing along Messa and Lacrimas Profundere for a night of doom and gloom. Of course we were there!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Sadus, Paradise Lost and Cradle of Filth!
Album Reviews
“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.
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In a sidestep from his usual boundary breaking noise mongering from Gnaw Their Tongues Maurice de Jong retraces his roots to its doomy beginnings with this celebration of classic old school death doom that is the Sombre’s debut ‘Into The Beckoning Wilderness’
Paradise Lost’s sonic architecture is still bound by the modern fashion of melodic gothic/doom, thus they seal their 16th chapter leaving you overshadowed in eerie silence.
Temple of Void is taking gradual progress shaping up their trademarks by every album, highly recommended for fans of Paradise Lost, Asphyx and Hooded Menace.
Reflections is an outstanding illustration of epic doom metal that showcases the artistic and exceptional talent of the trio.
This actually shows a different prospect of how Strigoi was formed, this is yet another vessel where Gregor Mackintosh exposes his creativity and talent.
Pulchra Morte blends the melodies with aggression and they do it with quality.
Ossuarium’s “Living Tomb” is an album that lives up to the hype. And can surely withstand the erosion of time and space, I would proudly place this album right beside Disma’s debut album “Towards the Megalith”.
Bloodbath still sounds filthy, morbid and brutal with technical qualities, this is a perfect record for fans of rotten old school death metal!!!
After shattering their own status as grandmasters of gothic doom a few years earlier with the groundbreaking, yet unorthodox ‘One Second’, they upped the ante and did away with their metal pedigree altogether on the daring, yet almost unanimously scorned ‘Host’.
Lists
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
A mix of doom & gloom, Americana, AOR and death metal… you can’t say that Samoth sticks to one genre only!
2017 seems to be the year one-man projects had the biggest impact on C’kes listening habits!
