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Paradise Lost Reveals New Album Title

posted Jun 18, 2009 at 10:03 AM by Diamond Oz.  (21 Comments)

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British gothic metal legends Paradise Lost has announced that they will name their new studio album, "Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us." It will be released in September through Century Media Records.

Vocalist Nick Holmes states: "The thoughts behind the title Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us are very much self explanatory, there is so much division in the world caused by obstructing religious belief. We are all made of the same flesh and bone, what makes one religions better than the other, and would any true god allow his creation to destroy itself? The vast number of different so called faiths around the globe, just helps to strengthen my complete denial of any god, and force the belief that religion is nothing more than a man made cash induced fabrication to exploit a human beings natural fear of death."

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21 Comments on "Paradise Lost Reveals New Album Title"

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1. Downgasm writes:

killer band

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 5:53 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. I know more than you writes:

boring band

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 5:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Cynic writes:

Boring?? Did you hear "In Requiem"? Man that album was great, reinvigorated my Paradise Lost fandom. Can't wait to hear new material from them.

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Cynic writes:

Oh sh** I forgot they have Adrian Erlandsson on the kit too! Ohhhh I'm definitely picking this up now.

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. I know more than you writes:

yes. still boring.

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 7:58 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Cynic writes:

Compared too? Care to grace me with some recommendations?

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 8:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. I know more than you writes:

im not a big doom goth fan so take that with a grain. i like thrash.

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 8:11 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Diamond Oz writes:

I like thrash and doom. Do I win?

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 9:01 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. Fuck_A_Name writes:

I like doom thrash. Do I win?

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 9:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Diamond Oz writes:

I like Insane Clown Posse... no wait...

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 9:48 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Cynic writes:

I thrash like doom... no wait...

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 9:53 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. Diamond Oz writes:

I'm doomed to thrash... yyyeeaaahh

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 10:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. Cynic writes:

I hoard moths... :P

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 10:15 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. I know more than you writes:

i still know more than you so i win

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 10:24 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. Terminator writes:

I eat thrash and sh** doom :P

# Jun 18, 2009 @ 11:22 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. Terminator writes:

And lol at the concept of doom-thrash. That'd be some sort of paradox.

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 1:38 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. Cynic writes:

? - There's heaps of thrash/doom bands. Trouble, Solitude Aeturnus etc. - Now technical doom metal like Confessor - there's a paradox!

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 2:55 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. Terminator writes:

I guess I've never really thought of those bands that way - they may have some more uptempo riffs and solos, but I have a hard time tagging thrash onto their description. Do you have some song examples to help illustrate?

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 3:40 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. Cynic writes:

Well I guess you are technically right - slow thrash is a paradox. But Doom bands who have thrashy bits, I'd definitely slot a few bands in that category. Even a lot of Celtic Frost ("Dawn Of Mediggo", "Necromantical Screams") I'd describe as a doom/thrash mix (disregarding their avantguarde side). But the core example is pretty much all of Trouble's "Psalm 9". They've got thrashy tracks like "Bastards Will Pay", doom tracks like "Victim Of The Insane", and mixes like "The Tempter". Either way, sh** that album rules.

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 5:23 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. Terminator writes:

Oh, ok. I think I get you now. Psalm 9 for sure, but I guess I don't think they take it to the level of thrash. Which to me anything short of thrash isn't thrash - be it a riff, a song or a band. I've always considered Trouble as doom/heavy and in the same vein as say, Sabbath....which I don't at all consider thrash.

I've heard thrash used to describe anything with a palm-mute and a power chord, or anything that you can headbang to, which is not so. Heavy metal also often gets overlooked for its heavier aspects, I think. Both have similarities of course (same genre) but are not interchangable. Not sure if my point is clear?

Fvck, why am I telling you this? You're the last person I need to ramble on about genre divides to.

Celtic Frost is a paradox on they're own lol, they're kind of the "catch-all" metal band (minus power) so no fair citing them :P

When I first envisioned a doom-thrash experiment I grabbed the extremes of both and mashed 'em together. Imagine sunn O))) for the verse and angel of death for the chorus and solo for 20 minutes. Can you say whiplash? lol I though that combo would be pretty hilarious.

Good sh** though indeed.

now playing: holy terror - blood of the saints

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 1:33 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. Cynic writes:

Haha, yes I think I agree with you... and have a new idea for a band :P And yeah, it's weird how big CF is seeing how decidedly haphazard some of their music was put together. Good NP too, the Holy Terror song "Christian Resistance" has always been a thrash classic to me.

# Jun 19, 2009 @ 5:51 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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