Paradise Lost

One Second

Advancing into new territory....and stumbling a bit

Review Score:

(6/10)
If you liked Paradise Lost for their early work this album's probably too soft for you. If you're not into gothic metal in the first place you'll probably see this one as some kind of joke. But if you find this album with no knowledge of PL and no expectations, you'll hear it for what it is: a grand, ambitious and inspired piece of work that any number of bands could make, but never would. One Second may not find much of an audience, being too verbose for its core audience and too dramatic for the mainstream. But there is a unique beauty in the lack of self consciousness and irony. When you realize how awful this record could have been you begin to appreciate the execution.

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