Paradise Lost - Unveil New Album Artwork

British gothic metallers Paradise Lost have unveiled the cover artwork for their new upcoming album Tragic Idol, set to be released on April 23rd, 2012, via Century Media Records. The album's artwork was designed by Parisian designer Valnoir, who has not only worked on this band's release, but also with artists such as Morbid Angel, Laibach, Ulver, Watain and more than 150 others. More album details were previously reported here.

[Also thanks to Rog-Mothoth for sending in this news!]

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Posted: 02.02.2012 by CyberSymphony

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Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 12:49 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 That slick logo is back Loading...
Lokaeda Account deleted	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 12:53 Lokaeda Account deleted Pretty ugly if you ask me. Loading...
Permafrost Posts: 44	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 13:46 Permafrost Posts: 44 And tragic it is. Please let the music be killing. Loading...
Slayerus23 Account deleted	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 14:09 Slayerus23 Account deleted I think the artwork is too bright and shocking. A little darkness would fit. Loading...
WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1352	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 14:28 WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1352 I like it. Its oldschool looking. It seems PL might be trying to return to their roots! Loading...
ImperialTroll Account deleted	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 15:19 ImperialTroll Account deleted I don't know why I remembered Blut Aus Nord's Album "777 Sects" When I saw this one. http://ring.cdandlp.com/osmoseproductions/photo_grande/115109955.png Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 16:42 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020 Going to stoner ---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 16:47 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 I have no idea if I like it or hate it. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
NeverAgain Posts: 35	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 20:37 NeverAgain Posts: 35 Love it! A very welcome change from the usual 'lonesome badass hero/EPIC fight scene/bleak landscape/gratuitous illegible black metal logo' album covers everyone seems to have been regurgitating in the last decade. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 20:39 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by NeverAgain on 02.02.2012 at 20:37 Love it! A very welcome change from the usual 'lonesome badass hero/EPIC fight scene/bleak landscape/gratuitous illegible black metal logo' album covers everyone seems to have been regurgitating in the last decade. Heh... I don't see as many of the "cliche covers" you are describing. Hmmm now I know why I don't like this cover. It looks like a cheap copy of the work by John Baizley. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:11 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 The artwork is fine, if not mindblowing... great to see the classic PL logo back though. Hopefully the music within reflects that! Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:42 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by Angelic Storm on 02.02.2012 at 21:11 The artwork is fine, if not mindblowing... great to see the classic PL logo back though. Hopefully the music within reflects that! I know names and logos usually don't have to mean anything... But it is nice to see the old logo. A part of me wants to dig the artwork but I can't. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Polaria Posts: 248	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:47 Polaria Posts: 248 I find this work quite reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style with those volutes. ---- Life is all the pain we endeavour. Loading...
@gent_-_orange Posts: 905	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:48 @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 21:42 Written by Angelic Storm on 02.02.2012 at 21:11 The artwork is fine, if not mindblowing... great to see the classic PL logo back though. Hopefully the music within reflects that! I know names and logos usually don't have to mean anything... But it is nice to see the old logo. A part of me wants to dig the artwork but I can't. It's nice artwork, but for the wrong band, for some reason I get a sort of Post Metal/Sludge vibe from it. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:52 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by @gent_-_orange on 02.02.2012 at 21:48 It's nice artwork, but for the wrong band, for some reason I get a sort of Post Metal/Sludge vibe from it. That's because the artwork totally looks like a cheap copy of the work by John Baizley (who you would totally recognize just by a google click in case you don't know his name). ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
@gent_-_orange Posts: 905	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:58 @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 21:52 Written by @gent_-_orange on 02.02.2012 at 21:48 It's nice artwork, but for the wrong band, for some reason I get a sort of Post Metal/Sludge vibe from it. That's because the artwork totally looks like a cheap copy of the work by John Baizley (who you would totally recognize just by a google click in case you don't know his name). I didn't know the name, but searching his name I knew the art style straight away. Loading...
Polaria Posts: 248	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 21:59 Polaria Posts: 248 Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 21:52 Written by @gent_-_orange on 02.02.2012 at 21:48 It's nice artwork, but for the wrong band, for some reason I get a sort of Post Metal/Sludge vibe from it. That's because the artwork totally looks like a cheap copy of the work by John Baizley (who you would totally recognize just by a google click in case you don't know his name). Spot on! http://art-nouveau.livejournal.com/501977.html Actually both artists are influenced by the Art Nouveau style from circa 1900. ---- Life is all the pain we endeavour. Loading...
Slayer666 Posts: 2466	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 22:06 Slayer666 Posts: 2466 Huh... This artwork definitely reminds me of BaN's latest, the style and colors used are quite a bit similar, methinks. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 22:34 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by Slayer666 on 02.02.2012 at 22:06 Huh... This artwork definitely reminds me of BaN's latest, the style and colors used are quite a bit similar, methinks. Can't tell if joking or just colorblind. Nothing remotely similar at all. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 22:41 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 22:34 Written by Slayer666 on 02.02.2012 at 22:06 Huh... This artwork definitely reminds me of BaN's latest, the style and colors used are quite a bit similar, methinks. Can't tell if joking or just colorblind. Nothing remotely similar at all. Yah I see that both employ blue and yellow/gold (-ish in the case of Paradise Lost) but the similarity ends there. Different style, subject matter, tone etc. Very nice cover though. Elegant and the muted tones are very classy. Loading...
Slayer666 Posts: 2466	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 22:44 Slayer666 Posts: 2466 Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 22:34 Can't tell if joking or just colorblind. Nothing remotely similar at all. Joking. Paying a homage to that Lugburz - The Light that Dwells in Rotten Wood thingy a while back. I was hoping you'd catch up on that. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 22:48 X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 Written by Slayer666 on 02.02.2012 at 22:44 Written by X-Ray Rod on 02.02.2012 at 22:34 Can't tell if joking or just colorblind. Nothing remotely similar at all. Joking. Paying a homage to that Lugburz - The Light that Dwells in Rotten Wood thingy a while back. I was hoping you'd catch up on that. I'm improving considering that this time I WAS skeptical that other time I actually thought you were serious. Then again, I fail too see why you need to joke with something... that isn't really funny ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
treptolemus aphotic_zoning Posts: 207	Permalink 02.02.2012 - 23:24 treptolemus aphotic_zoning Posts: 207 That's definitely some good news! I really like this band, waiting for the songs. April? hm oooukay ---- \m/etalstor\m/ Loading...
strade Posts: 677	Permalink 03.02.2012 - 06:02 strade Posts: 677 I for one love it. I think it looks freaking amazing. ---- My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com Loading...
Symmachus Posts: 2002	Permalink 03.02.2012 - 10:10 Symmachus Posts: 2002 It's definitely a different approach for Paradise Lost. And there's nothing wrong with that. The album artwork is well crafted. Loading...
Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435	Permalink 03.02.2012 - 17:59 Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435 I'm not a big fan of this kind of art, but I respect it and I know how hard it is to create something like this. Although I like the change of logo idea. Could this mean a change in their sound too? I like what they did in the last few years, but going back to their old sound would be nice too. ---- It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism. Loading...
Bleeding angel Posts: 601	Permalink 12.02.2012 - 23:18 Bleeding angel Posts: 601 Paradise Lost have changed a lot during these years. I love the old logo returns,hopefully with pinch of old glorious doom wave! Can't wait till 23th! Loading...
JohnDoe Account deleted	Permalink 12.02.2012 - 23:20 JohnDoe Account deleted I like the cover art. Looking forward to hearing this album. Loading...
PoolOfStool Posts: 5	Permalink 13.02.2012 - 21:35 PoolOfStool Posts: 5 To me it looks like it belongs on the cover of a Black Tusk album Loading...
Bleeding angel Posts: 601	Permalink 14.02.2012 - 12:27 Bleeding angel Posts: 601 Check this today : http://www.centurymedia.com/specials/pl_crucify/ Congratz to the winnerz Loading...