Gothic (Paradise Lost album)

Gothic is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. The album, which was mostly described as death-doom when it was released in March 1991 on Peaceville Records, is in retrospect considered style-defining and name-giving for the genre of gothic metal.

The album has been re-released and remastered twice. The 2003 re-release contains two remixes of songs from Lost Paradise (1990), bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of the songs "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of Lost Paradise. In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. The album was performed in full at the 2016 Roadburn Festival and released by the band on Bandcamp.

Reception
AllMusic gave Gothic a three-star mixed review. In June 2005, Gothic was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth album overall to be featured there.

Track listing
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.

Personnel

 * Nick Holmes – vocals
 * Matthew Archer – drums
 * Stephen Edmondson – bass
 * Aaron Aedy – guitars
 * Gregor Mackintosh – guitars

Guest musicians

 * The Raptured Symphony Orchestra – orchestral sections
 * Sarah Marrion – vocals

Production

 * Keith Appleton – engineering
 * Richard Moran – cover art, photography