| Paradise Lost Metal Hammer June 2007 [3] < -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
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Goth metallers will be pleased that the electronics have been stripped back to a glacial atmospheric presence and the return of the down tuned �Black Album� style riffology. Singer Nick Holmes ponders his position outside of the Eden of high-flying metal success and says: �It�s difficult to say if compromising on the sound would have helped us or not. Around the late 90�s, we completely avoided going to America, to concentrate more on Europe. In retrospect it�s easy to say if we�d done more over there we�d be more established but we tend not to look back and say, �We should have done this, we should have done that,� because it doesn�t matter. It isn�t going to change a damn thing. You could easily end up becoming embittered. I don�t think there�s an easy route to success, you just have to work hard at it and hope for the best.�
When we mention his career resembling that of Satan, to be fair, he at least thinks about it for a bit before harrumphing: �Yeah, well I�ve leafed through that book a few times but it seems to me that there�s too much open to interpretation there. There�s too much stuff that can be taken as metaphor for whatever you want. It�s a really difficult question to answer. Maybe you can say we�re sticking two fingers up at the record industry but it�s not actually the case at all because you can only stick two fingers up at everyone else for so long before your eventually vanish because you�ve alienated everyone. You have to conform at some point I think or you won�t get anywhere.� [NEXT] [PREV] [MUSIC] [HOME] |
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