PARADISE LOST To Perform Entire 'The Plague Within' Album In Bielefeld

British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST will perform their new album, "The Plague Within", in its entirety for the very first time on August 17 in Bielefeld, Germany.

Don't miss out on cheap tickets bundled with the new album on CD mediabook or vinyl, only available via EMP.de:

Special ticket + Mediaboo
Special ticket + Gatefold 2 LP

Says PARADISE LOST guitarist Aaron Aedy: "I hope you're all as excited as we are about the release of our new album; we can't wait for you all to hear it!

"We have organised an event in conjunction with our good friends at EMP and it's your chance to witness a one-off show in Bielefeld, Germany on the 17th of August where we will perform the album live in its entirety for what could be the only time ever! Sharing this event with PARADISE LOST folk will make for what promises to be a memorable evening for us all.

"Check out the EMP website for further details on the special event album/ticket bundles and help us celebrate 'The Plague Within'. I look forward to seeing you all there!"

"The Plague Within" will be released on June 2 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media. The CD was recorded at Orgone Studios (GHOST, ULVER, CATHEDRAL, ANGEL WITCH) in London with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano.

The official lyric video for the PARADISE LOST track "No Hope In Sight", taken from "The Plague Within", can be seen below. The band comments: "'No Hope In Sight' was one of the first tracks we wrote and it reflects a blend of styles. From death metal to gothic to classic rock. It's like all eras of PARADISE LOST wrapped up into one track. We hope you all like it!"

Regarding the musical direction of "The Plague Within", PARADISE LOST guitarist Greg Mackintosh told U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine: "It could be a bit of a Marmite album. Sometimes it's nice to do albums that are expected, in a way, but for a career like ours, it's important to do certain records and songs where you try something else.

"A certain track, like 'Flesh From Bone', is probably the fastest song we've done tempo-wise," he revealed, "while 'Beneath Broken Earth' is quite possibly the slowest.

"We weren't shying away from any period," he continued. "But it also had to be cohesive."

Greg added: "As it came together, the death metal elements became more prevalent, so the album ended up with more of those elements than we'd first anticipated. But it's got a good ebb and flow to it.

"We deliberately went down a different route, where we want it to sound like no one else in metal. Whether we've achieved that, I have no idea until everyone hears it."

The cover for "The Plague Within" was created by Polish artist, illustrator and architect Zbigniew M. Bielak, best known in the musical realm for his record cover illustrations, which, among others, include meticulously handcrafted artworks of WATAIN, GHOST and ENTOMBED A.D. albums.

Photo credit: Ester Segarra