Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
| Release date: | 12 June 1995 |
| Style: | Doom metal, Gothic metal |
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Disc I
01. Enchantment
02. Hallowed Land
03. The Last Time
04. Forever Failure
05. Once Solemn
06. Shadowkings
07. Elusive Cure
08. Yearn For Change
09. Shades Of God
10. Hands Of Reason
11. I See Your Face
12. Jaded
13. Walk Away [The Sisters Of Mercy cover] [bonus]
14. Laid to Waste [bonus]
15. Master of Misrule [bonus]
16. How Soon Is Now [2002 Re-release bonus]
17. Fear [2002 Re-release bonus]
Disc II Limited Edition Commemorative Tour Pack
01. Embers Fire [live]
02. Daylight Torn [live]
03. True Belief [live]
04. Pity The Sadness [live]
05. As I Die [live]
06. Weeping Words [demo]
07. The Last Time [demo]
08. Walk Away [The Sisters Of Mercy cover]
09. Laid To Waste
10. Master Of Misrule
11. Forever Failure [Video edit version]
Draconian Times (2011 Legacy Edition)
Disc I
01. Enchantment
02. Hallowed Land
03. The Last Time
04. Forever Failure
05. Once Solemn
06. Shadowkings
07. Elusive Cure
08. Yearn For Change
09. Shades Of God
10. Hands Of Reason
11. I See Your Face
12. Jaded
13. Enchantment [demo] [bonus]
14. Last Desire [demo] [bonus]
15. Forever Failure [bonus]
16. Shadowkings [bonus]
17. Once Solemn [bonus]
18. Hallowed Land [bonus]
19. The Last Time [bonus]
Disc II DVD
01. ''Draconian Times'' in 5.1 Mix
+ Forever Failure [video]
+ The Last Time [video]
+ Hallowed Land [video]
+ 16 pages booklet including liner notes from the band and exclusive new artwork [Regular jewel case version]
+ 36 pages booklet including liner notes from the band and exclusive new artwork [A5 digibook version]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 5
Top 200 albums of all time: 68
01. Enchantment
02. Hallowed Land
03. The Last Time
04. Forever Failure
05. Once Solemn
06. Shadowkings
07. Elusive Cure
08. Yearn For Change
09. Shades Of God
10. Hands Of Reason
11. I See Your Face
12. Jaded
13. Walk Away [The Sisters Of Mercy cover] [bonus]
14. Laid to Waste [bonus]
15. Master of Misrule [bonus]
16. How Soon Is Now [2002 Re-release bonus]
17. Fear [2002 Re-release bonus]
Disc II Limited Edition Commemorative Tour Pack
01. Embers Fire [live]
02. Daylight Torn [live]
03. True Belief [live]
04. Pity The Sadness [live]
05. As I Die [live]
06. Weeping Words [demo]
07. The Last Time [demo]
08. Walk Away [The Sisters Of Mercy cover]
09. Laid To Waste
10. Master Of Misrule
11. Forever Failure [Video edit version]
Draconian Times (2011 Legacy Edition)
Disc I
01. Enchantment
02. Hallowed Land
03. The Last Time
04. Forever Failure
05. Once Solemn
06. Shadowkings
07. Elusive Cure
08. Yearn For Change
09. Shades Of God
10. Hands Of Reason
11. I See Your Face
12. Jaded
13. Enchantment [demo] [bonus]
14. Last Desire [demo] [bonus]
15. Forever Failure [bonus]
16. Shadowkings [bonus]
17. Once Solemn [bonus]
18. Hallowed Land [bonus]
19. The Last Time [bonus]
Disc II DVD
01. ''Draconian Times'' in 5.1 Mix
+ Forever Failure [video]
+ The Last Time [video]
+ Hallowed Land [video]
+ 16 pages booklet including liner notes from the band and exclusive new artwork [Regular jewel case version]
+ 36 pages booklet including liner notes from the band and exclusive new artwork [A5 digibook version]
Top 20 albums of 1995: 5
Top 200 albums of all time: 68
Review
Lyrics Label: Music for Nations
Recorded at Great Linford Manor and Ridge Farm Studios.
Produced by Simon Efemey.
Engineered by Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman.
Assisted by Andy Griffin, Phil Wood and Phil Luff.
Mixed by Simon Efemey and Pete "Pee Wee" Coleman.
Mastered by Kevin Metealfe at Townhouse Studios, London.
Choir arrangements by the Guildford Dead Boys Choir.
Spoken dialogue on "Forever Failure" from "Charles Manson - The Man Who Killed The Sixties" produced by Box Productions for Channel Four Television Corporation.
2011 re-mastering and the 5.1 mix on the audio tracks by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden for Northern Music Co. Ltd.
Rating:
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Rating: 10 |
For a few years, the "happy folks" of Paradise Lost were used to making excellent albums such as Shades Of God or Icon, but nothing could really prepare us to this nuclear bomb, Draconian Times. This album, released in 1995, is, more than a confirmation, a real coup d?etat in the metal world: every listening, every note is a perpetual rediscovery. Tracks like 'Hallowed Land', 'Elusive Cure' or 'Forever Failure' exhale such beauty that there are no exact words to describe the emotion they make us feel. Read more ›› |
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| musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 From: UK |
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:00 So Roddy claims this is a good album for sexy times. Yay or nay, peeps?
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden  |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:03 Well, it's definitely their most "sexy" out of the metal albums they have released if you ask me. I could have said One Second or Host but they aren't metal so they couldn't take part of the discussion we had on the other thread.
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by Guest on 26.03.2012 at 23:05 Like I said in the Akercocke thread, the moment I saw it I figured someone is naming a band after Akerfeldt's cock.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Guest on 26.03.2012 at 23:05 Me neither but I'll bet it does the job far better than Gothic. Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:06 As far as I'm concerned, the meaning of their name is older than Opeth's frontman.... But Joe is right though. Their music is fucking hawt.
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:09 I'll channel my crazy Brit Civ teacher and write: (This was a joke). (that is written in his textbook every time he makes a lame pun. Also: "This was a digression" when he wanders off).
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:12 I know it was a joke, honey... It didn't stop me from giving some trivia though. It's apparently some kind of demon monkey from the Faust mithos.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:13 You didn't give trivia, you just teased with possible trivia  Anyway, Gothic might be a bit more... evil?
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:17 Well, not only that... I simply don't like it that much. Quite overrated  If I wanted to get it on with an "evil" PL album I would pick just pick their debut.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:19 Oh well. I pretty much prefer this one and Icon to their first two and everything else after, but the first two can be quite nice. I've never listened to anything in the genre so the novelty factor is there for me, though it will probably fade if I ever get further into it.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:22 What do you mean with this? That their albums would sound less good by getting into the genre?
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:25 Not less good, but less peculiar.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:27 To be honest... I highly doubt it. Take this word from someone who is neck-deep in the genres this band has played in their first couple of albums: The band is well known for a reason. I've heard my share of things and I'm yet to listen to a death/doom album that has the evilness, madness and overall sound of their debut, or a death/doom/gothic album like their second one (although I don't like it that much). I could go on with the later three (Shades Of God being a very unusual take on doom with the thrash elements thrown in the mix) but I think you get the point... I'm yet to hear stuff like these guys has done without being a carbon-copy. While I don't get as surprised as before (doesn't that happen with every genre?), they haven't lost their "different than the rest" vibe at all. That's why you can see their legacy in many bands nowdays. Specially Gregor Mackintosh's guitar style. Which has always being their trademark ever since the beginning.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:31 That actually sounds fairly logical, I could write the same thing about Images And Words
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:42 ...and I suppose you don't think that album is less peculiar after all these years, uh? To me, real masterpieces are never 100% obvious... They get there with some time after listening to many other albums and finally realise that the sound of that first album you heard was pretty unique. I gave PL's debut a 7 at first.... now it has just getting better the more I listen to it but specially the more I listen to everything else, that's why nowdays I have it as a 9.
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:46 No, it isn't. I've played it a lot but there's always something that hits me in it, something that says that no one will ever be better than this. Even if there are albums I'm more attached to, this is so monumental and significant that it gets to me every time. Releases like those are proof how much people's tastes insanely differ; the worth of such albums is proven by the fact that not a lot of people that hear them actually dislike them, and yet, I can approach Paradise Lost's early albums, listen to them for a while and say "hmm, cool groove" and forget about them for a couple of months, while you'll listen to Images And Words, say "nice melody there" and probably won't return to it again. But we're a part of the army madly in love with the opposing release.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Written by Milena on 26.03.2012 at 23:54 Heh, yeah... the difference now is that PL is kind of comming back to the quality it used to have (their last one was pretty much right in between Icon and Draconian Times both in sound and quality). While poor DT is going... well, yeah. (Heheheh Yes, I wanted to go there).
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Milena gloom cookie Posts: 4603 From: Norway |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.03.2012 at 23:59 Oh God don't remind me. :/ I've listened to pretty much only DT during the past week, as I always do when I'm down, and the difference between the old and new, or even the mid and new is... it's not the same people anymore. It's sad. Like I posted in the album thread, I hope for a return to form, but I shouldn't dare to hope for anything anymore. Cheers to Paradise Lost though!
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| Hughes Posts: 50 From: Greece  |
I bought this album when it came out i never was able to get into it and not sure i ever will haha, but i do know is one of those trademark albums in Metal History
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60961 From: Sweden  |
Im happy this album exist quate interestimg see Nick singing in clean vox, lil easyer understand , also music is good, last good album after this band totaly died , even new albums its like band has been brimg beck to life via quajda bord , not bad , but not same I cant forgiv to band when they start play disco crap, but about this album, it was expermental, in good menaing but maybe it was reason why band change a style?
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60961 From: Sweden |
Written by Guest on 13.09.2012 at 22:10 Because Im listenining band at way to school album by album in mp3 player and I need to talk, life is boring
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60961 From: Sweden |
When you move a rams whit a bord where are letters and aks spirits what was their name etc
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
That is a Ouija board NOT a Quajda board. Simple Oui means yes as well as ja means yes
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60961 From: Sweden |
Marcel when I was watchimh hauintimg and such programs when they pronauce name it sounds weird... its hear to hear spelling I never have interested on it , never have read correct name and never search it online ...... hhahahah when I will die somebody use this bord to call me, my spelling will piss them off whyle they try to figure out what Im try to say hahahhaha
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| Sznc Posts: 46 From: Vietnam  |
After multiple listens, i still cannot fathom why people on MS praise this p-o-c so much. This is neither gothic or death/doom, but straight forward heavy metal, a very bland and bad kind. Fast and rather aggressive instrument works that show little to no melody nor progression, leaving no place for atmosphere whatsoever. Extremely similar songs, none could really stand out from the rest or just not being boring for that matter. The vocal is ABSOLUTELY hollow with no emotions, and just to make things worse, it really contradicts with the music and becomes annoying really fast. A joke of music.
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104 From: The Netherlands  |
This album is, in my opinion, ridiculously overrated. While it's still very good, it's nowhere near the masterpiece it's made out to be. Honestly, I think their first three albums are all better than this.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden |
Better than Gothic, that's for damn sure for me. I still prefer their debut over anything else but this is just as good as Shades Of God (completely different music though). 
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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