Paradise Lost Announces Live Album/DVD "Symphony For The Lost"

Returning with opus number fourteen, "The Plague Within," earlier this year (reviewed here), British goth metal band Paradise Lost is set to round off the year with a special release.

"Symphony For The Lost" is a live album/DVD which captures Paradise Lost performing at the epic Ancient Roman Theatre of Philippopolis in Bulgaria, featuring the Orchestra of State Opera Plovdiv and Rodna Pesen Choir. The set will drop November 20, 2015 via Century Media.

Filmed in September 2014, vocalist Nick Holmes comments on the coming release: "We have recorded elements of orchestration many times in the studio over the last two decades, as many of our songs lend themselves well to classical arrangement. However, we have never before had the chance to play with a real orchestra in a live situation, so it was very exciting to have the opportunity to play with the Plovdiv Philharmonic and doing that in such a prestigious location as the Roman theatre."

The epic performance was orchestrated by conductor Levon Manukyan, who has previously given the classical treatment to works by Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Nirvana, Judas Priest and many more as well as collaborating with Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish) and other prestigious soloists.

"Symphony For The Lost" presents classic and current Paradise Lost songs in an astonishing musical fashion, alongside an impressive visual setting within the captivating atmosphere of The Ancient Roman Theatre of Philippopolis in Plovdiv. A teaser trailer is available below, and you can still catch the band live on these upcoming dates:

Feb 04, 2016 - 70.000 Tons of Metal, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Apr 14, 2016 - Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands (playing entire Gothic album)
May 27, 2016 - Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, USA