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Paradise Lost Última vez em Ankara: Primeira vez!

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Milyon Performance Hall

Bahçelievler Mah. Azerbaycan Cad. No:41, 06490 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey

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Abertura dos portões: 21:30

Para fãs de: Metal.

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Paradise Lost biografia

Paradise Lost are a band hailing from Halifax, England who formed in 1988. Since debuting, they have released 14 studio albums and become one of the true pioneers of Gothic metal, making them one of the most influential metal bands of the 1980's and 90's.

Beginning life playing a preposterously heavy mix of death and doom metal, Paradise Lost were arguably one of the most fully formed metal bands of their time, releasing four demo tapes in two years when its members were barely out of secondary school. What's more is that even though the music they were playing was proudly niche and nigh on un-listenable for many metal fans, the independent label Peaceville Records could see the unbridled talent in the band, and signed them up in 1989, a little over a year after they formed. The band released their first two albums with Peaceville, debuting with 1990's “Lost Paradise” and continuing with 1991's album “Gothic”, which saw the band evolve beyond their original sound, beginning to become the band we know today.

Shortly after the release of “Gothic”, the band left their label to sign to Music For Nations, who released their third album “Shades of God” in July 1992. The band had already added keyboard sounds and female vocals to their sound but it was this album that saw the band dramatically change their overall sound, with swathes of acoustic guitar on the record combined with lead singer Nick Holmes adopting a genuine singing voice instead of his then-trademark death growl. As the 1990's went on, they went from strength to strength, building up an enormous cult following in Europe that sent their 1997 album “One Second” to the peak of the German, Swedish and Finnish album charts.

Ever since then, the band have remained one of the biggest cult acts in alternative metal, never afraid to strike out in a strange new direction while still continuing to release hit records the world over. With 14 studio albums released and counting, there doesn't seem to be a force alive able to stop Paradise Lost while they're in their prime and for that, they come highly recommended.

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Formed in Halifax over 25 years ago, Paradise Lost are one of the most important metal bands of all time to a certain breed of metal fan. While it could be argued that every metal band in existence is a cult act since heavy metal in the pop charts is rarer than an edible diamond and mainstream radio play isn’t much more common. However, the influence of Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh’s band means that most metal movements of the past quarter of a century can be traced back to them in some way. And they also have a fan-base that could make Directioners hang their head in shame. Their following is only one part of what makes a Paradise Lost concert utterly unmissable. It’s quite something to see an audience in such rapt attention when listening to a band’s music; it’s something else entirely to watch one of the most thrillingly versatile acts in Metal. With every song comes a switch from either the pulverising doom metal of their early albums, or the electro-rock of their mid period, all the way to their more traditional metal of their recent albums and every single one of them sounds like the most natural thing in the world to them. Although it is to be expected considering the band have one of the most stable line-ups in heavy metal and have done so for as long as they’ve been around. That doesn’t mean that it’s not mind blowing to watch, no, in fact it should be a ritual for any metal fan to see them, just to see how it’s done by the band who could be the authority on Alternative Metal.

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