On March 16th, cult metallers Paradise Lost will release a remastered version of their legendary seventh studio album, ‘Host’, and a first-ever pressing of the songs on vinyl.
As a first taste, the Brits have now unveiled a lyric video to their single So Much Is Lost (Remastered), which once was the first track to be released off their 1999’s ‘Host’. This album saw Paradise Lost moving further away from their previous death metal roots to a melancholic electro-pop sound.
The album will be available as digipack and in three different vinyl colours (black, clear and mint) for the first time ever.
The band’s latest doom metal monster Medusa is now in stores and has been featured in a number of end of year lists for 2017. Check out So Much Is Lost (Remastered) below!
We managed to catch up with guitarist Aaron Aedy as talked about the upcoming release and more!
So you will be shortly releasing a remastered version of your album ‘Host’, would you say these tracks are crisper and better sounding?
Gomez has done a sterling job in re-vitalising the tracks, they have been given back some of the dynamics that I thought were missing from the original mix.
Can you tell us something about the original release that no one else knew?
Well, not sure there is much that people don’t know, but an interesting fact is that we rented a manor house that was owned by the actress Jane Seymour and basically built a studio in it and lived there for a month whilst making it. Even my room was oak panelled with a four-poster bed in it. Very grand indeed.
How helpful has Jaime Gomez Arellano been remastering the album?
Gomez completely gets Paradise Lost and that was key in his understanding of what we were hoping to achieve with this remix.
How has the remastered version of So Much Is Lost gone down so far with fans?
What I’ve seen has been very positive, it’s also been a great song live in the past that might come back at some point. People are mainly surprised how much it actually fits into the set. Obviously, it’s similar, but the guitar sounds are much heavier live and that helps it slot in a set, even with the current material.
How has your UK tour gone down far and is there any particular venue you prefer playing?
The tour has been great so far, I’m writing this in Dublin and tonight’s concert looks like it will be a corker, we still have both Glasgow and Manchester to go, which are traditionally very good shows for us, so looking forward to those too, but aye, it’s been great so far!
So you have a few festivals coming up in Europe, would say playing at festival is different to a live venue?
The most important thing about any concert is the crowd, if they’re up for it, then it doesn’t matter which it is. They’re different in the way, that the only thing that can be bad about festivals is if you have a short amount of time to set up the stage between bands, which can make it a bit stressful for the crew etc, but we’ve got good people who make it happen.
If you could work with any band on a new song, who would it be and why?
Tough one, so many really, I can only answer on a personal level, rather than for PL, Tim Smith (ex-Midlake) would be cool, just because I like the music he wrote whilst in Midlake. Carpenter Brut would also be interesting one.
Will you be releasing new music in 2018?
This year will be used to support the Medusa album, so I imagine it’s unlikely, music might be written, but perhaps not released for Paradise Lost.