Track Listing
1. One second 2. Say just words 3. Lydia 4. Mercy 5. Soul courageous 6. Another day 7. The sufferer 8. This cold life 9. Blood of another 10. Dissapear 11. Sane 12. Take me down 13. I dispair Year: 1997 Label: Music For Nations - Official Site |
Paradise Lost - 'One second' - S. Spurrell
From the heavy murky depths of sludge-doom to today�s dark and trippy output that barely scraps the title �metal�, Paradise Lost just keep on developing. Not that this is a bad thing, if you�re looking for original and inspired music. This review is of an album that turned many a head, in either direction. �One Second� is a heavily produced and clean-cut album. A bit of a shock to those who remember the powerful guitars and dark dry-throat vocals from the likes of Gothic, but once you beat past the barrier there is whole world of tense muse within the style. Production and sampling are commonplace today, but rarely are they used give the music is cold inflection. ��Always remained true to themselves.� has often been said of the band; and if one is to use their own intelligence then they can too see the insipid coldness that defines the bands music through an incredible nine albums. One opening keyboard pattern sets the scene for the whole album. That is not to say that you have heard it all from the start; there is much to find. Paradise Lost have an unerring sense of direction. Not the most complicated of musical pieces, but always well played and well put together. Songs like Mercy and Blood Of Another are beautiful examples of how well Paradise Lost play on tension; dramatic and chilling. If there is to be any real criticism it is to say that one gets the feeling that perhaps there are too many tracks and that what has been said could have been done so in so much less. But in the end a strong album that still holds to its own in the face of foundless contradiction. Metal Obsessive Grade: 80% |