── REVIEW
★★★★☆
Paradise Lost
Gothic
The record that invented gothic doom. Paradise Lost took the death-doom template of their debut and introduced female vocals, delicate guitar passages, and a melodic sensibility that no one had attempted in this corner of the underground. The contrast between Nick Holmes' guttural roar and Sarah Marrion's ethereal contributions is still startling. 'Gothic', 'Dead Emotion', 'Shattered' — these songs hold up as masterclasses in tension and atmosphere. The blueprint for decades of bands that followed.