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Solitary One
About how love can drain the soul, it’s something that makes us all survive yet can be our total undoing once the bond of trust and love has been abused. It eats away at the soul like a terminal disease.
Tragic Idol
The beauty & innocence of youth, worshipping another Human being with an equal amount of susceptibility to
pain suffering and depression as the next person, but yet by some chance has been propelled into some godlike
status by a whim, but adulation eats away and makes the person ugly on the inside, believing their self
importance to be above others, not realizing their insignificance and real irrelevance in the grand scheme of
things.
Fear Of Impending Hell
The things in life that may or may not be coming to us. Most people tend not to think about any bad things that
may be coming their way and the subject of death is something that is scary to everyone. When my kids ask me
about it I try to give them answers that make them feel happy and confident, but in reality I’m as bewildered
as they are!
In This We Dwell
Fate is a nice ideal but in reality no-one knows what’s coming good or bad. This song about not having any hold
on the future. A path can be chosen but we never actually know where it’s going to lead, or the effect the
journey will have on us.
Honesty In Death
Initial thoughts were about how humble death makes people, how insignificant little problems are and makes
you realize what’s really important in life. I found this whilst researching the subject and it sums up the title
perfectly for me. Death is the only true honesty. In death there can be no lie and no deceit.
It is the ultimate truth that everyone must at one time face. Some wish for this truth and other spend their
lives running from it. But none can escape it. And none can deny it the final opportunity to speak.
Theories from Another World
The title has a sort of sci fi feel which we have never really used before, but mainly its more a luddite view of
modern day passion in a material world. Things thats are considered important to people compared to years
ago, and how much genuine joy they bring or are we kidding ourselves?
Worth Fighting For
Mainly thinking about self respect and being strong when others seek to put you down. Always thought such
things were left in the school playground but I think it’s something that stays for life.
Crucify
My father always used to say that typical life stresses were crucifying him, I always thought it was such a
dramatic way of stating that. He was just uncomfortable with a situation that would soon be remedied. I also
refer to an actual person as a literal crucifixion at the end, The words "..for eternity you’re my sentence" is my
favorite line on the whole album.
To The Darkness
A journey into the unknown or maybe just that my battles with Insomnia rage into my 40’s. I stare into the
darkness on most night for hours and hours. Usually the time when I worry about my children, my own
mortality, but mainly I’m annoyed that I cant get to sleep and have to be up in 4 hours!
Glorious End
A song about putting a brave face on things, when in your heart of hearts you know full well that something is
over. Or pretending to be faithless when you actually believe that the outcome could be positive. I dont think
anything comes from negativity, but sometimes facts have to be looked in the face Last Fallen Saviour
About having high expectations, then being crushed by disappointment.
Ending through Changes
About decisions and actions that bring on the end, maybe just the end of a chapter, but one thing that acts as
a catalyst and completely changes the dynamics of a situation.
Press release:
It’s fair to say the band’s new outing, Tragic Idol, is the album fans of the Icon and
Draconian Times era have been waiting on the edge of their seats for.
Recorded at The Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, England, with vocals laid down at
Fascination Street Studios in Orebro, Sweden and produced, mixed and mastered by Jens
Bogren (OPETH, BORKNAGAR), Tragic Idol is a no-holds-barred album that, according to
guitarist Greg Mackintosh, was “influenced more by classic metal and classic doom metal
than anything else.” Lead-off track ‘Solitary One’ the closing dirge of ‘The Glorious End’
echo this statement with their crushing doom approach, while the sledgehammer riffs of
‘Crucify’, ‘To The Darkness’ and ‘In This We Dwell’ draw Paradise Lost out of the goth
realm, simultaneously pulling naysayers of the genre into the darkness. This is par for the
entire course of Tragic Idol; for every plodding doom-oriented track there is a song loaded
with traditional metal riffs and guitar leads, making it a feast for anyone who takes
pleasure in being crushed by a wall of guitars.
Vocalist Nick Holmes leads the charge, as always, singing his guts out rather than opting to
growl and croon his way through the proceedings. In a day and age when gothic metal is
often defined by how closely the vocalist can mimic the late and great Peter Steele (TYPE
O NEGATIVE), Holmes attacks with a diversity and aggression that raises the bar for
veteran would-be goth heroes and newcomers to the scene.
Holmes’ lyrics have always been traditionally dark and introspective, and Tragic Idol is no
exception. There are no verses for the fantasy and folk metal set, no tales of boy-meetsgirl;
he chooses instead to focus on the depths of stark reality.
“I wrote a lot about truth and honesty,” says Holmes. “We've got a song called ‘Honesty In
Death’, and (my) initial thoughts were about how humble death makes people, how
insignificant little problems are. It makes you realize what’s really important in life.”
As for calling the album Tragic Idol, it’s the appropriate title for an album unleashed upon
a modern day society that, in general, believes all that glitters is gold. The title track is a
classic case of Paradise Lost putting life in perspective and pounding the message home:
“It’s about the beauty and innocence of youth,” Holmes says of ‘Tragic Idol’. “Worshipping
another human being with an equal amount of susceptibility to pain, suffering and
depression as the next person, but by some chance has been propelled into some godlike
status. Adulation eats away and makes the person ugly on the inside, believing their self
importance to be above others, not realizing their insignificance and irrelevance in the
grand scheme of things.”
Tragic Idol as a whole isn’t merely Paradise Lost’s long-awaited return to form; it’s a
soundtrack inspired by life, served up as a well-meant kick in the teeth.
Moi ce soir je passe mon tour xD
une édition limitée de l'album en CD ;
