Album: Host by Paradise Lost (1999)
Genre: Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: Host is the seventh studio album recorded by British band Paradise Lost. The album saw the band moving further away from their previous metal sound to something more akin to a melancholy style of synthpop. The singles "So Much Is Lost" and "Permanent Solution" had Music videos released for them as well. Due to an injury, Gregor Mackintosh often played keyboards instead of guitar while touring the album with his guitar technician playing his guitar parts.

Artist Background: More than three decades into their career, and with over two million albums sold, Paradise Lost remain the undisputed kings of metal's dark side. Formed in Halifax in 1988, the band quickly became noted as the pioneers of gothic metal through their early groundbreaking albums like 1991's aptly-titled Gothic, a mixture of heaviness intertwined with shadowy melody and atmosphere. Never a group to remain creatively static, across their career they've explored a myriad of avenues of dark music, f... Part of the Halifax, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Metal movement. Known for Gothic style.

Related Artists: My Dying Bride, Tiamat, Katatonia, Moonspell

Music Scene: Part of the Halifax, England music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Metal movement. Known for Gothic style.

Tags: Metal, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album

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Host is the seventh studio album recorded by British band Paradise Lost. The album saw the band moving further away from their previous metal sound to something more akin to a melancholy style of synthpop. The singles "So Much Is Lost" and "Permanent Solution" had Music videos released for them as well. Due to an injury, Gregor Mackintosh often played keyboards instead of guitar while touring the album with his guitar technician playing his guitar parts.

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