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PARADISE LOST Prepare For Ascension With New Album By Larry Petro, News Monkey Wednesday, June 11, 2025 @ 12:42 AM Out September 19th; First Single/Video "Silence Like The Grave" Launched - advertisement - Photo Credit: Ville Jurrikkala Icons of goth and doom, PARADISE LOST will release their 17th album Ascension on September 19th with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's first album in 5 years, following 2020's Obsidian, was produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh and mixed/mastered by Lawrence Mackrory. Ascension is a testament to the band's longevity and relevance over their 35+ year career, encompassing their signature styles of gothic, death and doom fans have cherished along the way. Ascension's album cover fittingly features the painting The Court of Death (1870-1902) by renowned British artist George Frederic Watts, which hangs in the Tate Gallery in London. The painting depicts Death as an enthroned angel flanked by allegorical figures of Silence and Mystery guarding sunrise and the star of hope, while a warrior surrenders his sword and a duke his coronet, showing that worldly status offers no protection. The painting's bleak, prophetic vision embodies Ascension's dark, tormented soundscapes as mournful verses collide with dire, foreboding riffs. Commenting on the record, vocalist Nick Holmes says: "Ascension is a cavalcade of molten misery, a vigorous sorrow filled stroll through a wicked world of glorious triumph and pitiful tragedy." Today, PARADISE LOST offer a glimpse into their melancholic masterpiece with the record's first single and music video, "Silence Like The Grave". Stream "Silence Like The Grave": https://paradiselost.bfan.link/sltg Pre-order Ascension: https://paradiselost.bfan.link/ascension WATCH THE "SILENCE LIKE THE GRAVE" MUSIC VIDEO ON KNAC.COM HERE. Ascension Tracklist: "Serpent On The Cross" "Tyrants Serenade" "Salvation" "Silence Like The Grave" "Lay A Wreath Upon The World" "Diluvium" "Savage Days" "Sirens" "Deceivers" "The Precipice" Produced by Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet Studios in East Yorkshire, UK & NBS and Wasteland Studios in Sweden Mixed/Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory PARADISE LOST will be performing alongside KING DIAMOND and at festivals in Europe this summer before embarking on the first part their "Ascension of Europe" tour this fall. Tickets are available at https://paradiselost.co.uk/tour-dates/. PARADISE LOST Tour Dates: June 13 - Oberhausen, DE - Turbinenhalle (w/King Diamond) June 14 - Ludwigsburg, DE - MHP Arena (w/King Diamond) June 16 - Milan, IT - Alcatraz (w/King Diamond) June 17 - Zurich, CH - Komplex 457 (w/King Diamond) June 18 - Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting June 21 - Lublin, PL - Lublin 2025 June 28 - Vana-Vigala, EE - Hard Rock Laager 2025 June 30 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy July 1 - London, UK - Roundhouse July 4 - Joensuu, FI - Ilovaari Festival 2025 July 6 - Sariyer, TR - Headbangers' Weekend 2025 July 10 - Malakasa, GR - Rockwave Festival 2025 July 17 - Malaga, ES - Sun and Thunder Festival 2025 July 31 - Bergen, NO - Beyond The Gates 2025 Aug 1 - Czaplinek, PL - Pol'and'Rock Festival Aug 8 - Jaromer, CZ - Brutal Assault 2025 Aug 15 - Eindhoven, NL - Dynamo Metal Fest 2025 Oct 9 - Manchester, UK - New Century Hall Oct 10 - Wolverhampton, UK - KK's Steel Mill Oct 11 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Newcastle University Oct 12 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Garage Oct 14 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms Oct 15 - Bristol, UK - Electric Oct 16 - Southampton, UK - The 1865 Oct 17 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall Oct 19 - Oignies, FR - Tyrant Fest 2025 Oct 20 - Paris, FR - Elysee Montmartre Oct 21 - Lyon, FR - La Rayonne Oct 23 - Köln, DE - Live Music Hall Oct 24 - Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU - Rockhal Oct 25 - Dornbirn, AT - Conrad Sohm Oct 26 - Padova, IT - Hall Oct 28 - Munich, DE - Backstage Werk Oct 29 - Prague, CZ - Palc Akropolis Oct 30 - Zagreb, HR - Boogaloo Zagreb Oct 31 - Vienna, AT - Simm City Nov 1 - Budapest, HU - Durer Kert Nov 3 - Geneva, CH - PTR/L'Usine Nov 4 - Nurnberg, DE - Z-Bau Biergarten Nov 5 - Utrecht, NL - Pandora Nov 6 - Antwerpen, BE - Trix Hall Dec 13 - Bradford, UK - Bradford Live Back to Top

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