On tour
Plovdiv Rowing Canal, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (July 24); Wacken, Wacken, Germany (July 29);The Piece Hall, Halifax, United Kingdom (August 1); Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland (August 7); Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl, Germany (August 12); Site de Kerampuilh, Carhaix-Plouguer, France (August 13); Pindelo dos Milagres, S. Pedro do Sul, Viseu, Portugal (August 21);Live Music Club, Trezzo sull'Adda (MI), Italy (September 26); Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain (September 27)
Artist Info
Genre
metal
Origin
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1988 - present)
Bio
Paradise Lost (formed in 1988 in Halifax, UK) began as one of the premier bands of the death doom metal genre (along with their former Peaceville labelmates Anathema and My Dying Bride) and pioneered the sound of early gothic metal.
Has Performed With
Samael, Pallbearer, Lucifer, Lacuna Coil
Artist Website
Critic Concert Reviews
XS Noize (Northern Ireland)
December 23, 2025
The line-up brought together three iconic bands with deep local roots — Paradise Lost from Halifax, Terrorvision from Keighley, and Bradford’s own New Model Army — each delivering a distinct take on heaviness, atmosphere, and performance.
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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)
October 22, 2025
Paradise Lost at The Garage, Glasgow
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Backseat Mafia
October 16, 2025
paradise lost, messa, high parasite. new century hall, manchester. 09/10/2025
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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)
March 5, 2022
It’s taken far longer than any of us expected – and it’s nowhere near back to pre-2020 levels – but the world is finally starting to heal. For some, tonight marks their first live show of the year, for others since the pandemic wreaked havoc across the world; in any event, despite the chill in the air there’s a buzz ar
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Backseat Mafia
February 19, 2022
So, the ‘Club’ was visibly swelling with palpable excitement and anticipation for the openers, Gothic Deities Moonspell, all the way from the warmer climates of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal. As they strode onto the oversized step that is the stage, Ribeiro et al looked genuinely happy to be spending the evening in o
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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)
November 20, 2021
Damnation Festival is the festival most metal fans await for the most as each year passes. The mixture of different genres is at its most diverse here. From tech-death to black metal to doom, its guaranteed that there will be someone on the bill for everyone.
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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)
August 24, 2021
When festival season was wiped out last year thanks to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, for us music fans, it felt a hammerblow with our summer being quiet and solitary away from the buzz of a packed crown or the roar of amplified noise on an outdoor stage.
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Past critic reviews published in
Rockbladet (Sweden), Rockbladet (Sweden), HeavyMetal.dk (Denmark), Louder Sound, Buzz Magazine (UK) and more
Image Credit
Ma Gorzata Mi Aszewska [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons
