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Paradise Lost<\/a><\/strong> has a few good reasons as to why it took five years between Obsidian<\/em> in 2020 and Ascension<\/em> in 2025. According to Paradise Lost<\/strong> guitarist Greg Mackintosh<\/strong> in an interview with New Noise Magazine<\/a><\/em>, he had a handful of new material prior to the record that went into the trash: “I had about six or seven songs, and I just scratched the whole lot because I didn’t like it. It was the total wrong vibe for me,” he recalls.<\/p>\n A year later, after completing a tour, he returned to the writing process with a fresh perspective. That break, he says, was essential. “I think it was the right thing to do, because my outlook had completely changed,” he said, later added: “Because we scrapped the whole lot, and then went back to brass tacks, we actually went back in time and thought about the name Paradise Lost<\/strong> from the book.”<\/p>\n Part of that shift came from Paradise Lost<\/strong>‘s decision to re-record their classic Icon album, a project that unexpectedly reshaped how Mackintosh<\/strong> thought about music. “I think it was the right thing to do, because my outlook had completely changed,” said Mackintosh. “[It] changed my outlook on songwriting a little bit and guitar playing. It took me back to a style that I hadn’t really thought about in a long time, and I didn’t realize how much my style had changed over the years.”<\/p>\n 9\/20 Sheffield, UK Bear Tree Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
9\/21 Birmingham, UK HMV
9\/22 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
9\/24 London, UK Rough Trade East
10\/9 Manchester, UK New Century Hall
10\/10 Wolverhampton, UK KK\u2019s Steel Mill
10\/11 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Newcastle University
10\/12 Glasgow, UK Glasgow Garage
10\/14 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
10\/15 Bristol, UK The Electric
10\/16 Southampton, UK The 1865
10\/17 London, UK Islington Assembly Hall
10\/19 Oignies, FR Tyrant Fest 2025
10\/20 Paris, FR \u00c9lys\u00e9e Montmartre
10\/21 Lyon, FR La Rayonne
10\/23 K\u00f6ln, DE Live Music Hall
10\/24 Esch-sur-Alzette, LU Rockhal
10\/25 Dornbirn, AT Conrad Sohm
10\/26 Padova, IT Hall
10\/28 Munich, DE Backstage Werk
10\/29 Prague, CZ Pal\u00e1c Akropolis
10\/30 Zagreb, HR Boogaloo Zagreb
10\/31 Vienna, AT Simm City
11\/1 Budapest, HU D\u00fcrer Kert
11\/3 Geneva, CH PTR\/L\u2019Usine
11\/4 N\u00fcrnberg, DE Z-Bau Biergarten
11\/5 Utrecht, NL Pandora
11\/6 Antwerp, BE Trix Hall
12\/13 Bradford, UK Bradford Live\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\tWant More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n