Yes, the rumors are true. Metal Blade has managed to find the holy grail of Heavy Metal, the album that hasn’t been available officially for decades, by one of the best Heavy Metal bands of all time – ‘Paradise Lost’ by mighty Cirith Ungol! Initially released in 1991 by Restless Records, Metal Blade has finally been successful in licensing the rights to this masterpiece!
On the 7th of October ‘Paradise Lost’ will be released for the first time ever as an official LP! Additionally, ‘Paradise Lost‘ will be available as a Digi-CD for the first time ever, including five previously unreleased bonus tracks! The album is now available for pre-order at metalblade.com/cirithungol .
The LP will be released featuring a special vinyl master, using the original (!) master tapes as a source, re-mastered by Patrick W. Engel at the Temple Of Disharmony studios, best sound guaranteed! The Digi-CD has been newly mastered from the original master tapes as well, done by Bart Gabriel. The CD features five bonus tracks (all alternative mixes from album tracks). Both, CD and vinyl, feature previously unreleased photos in the booklet as well as liner notes and song descriptions by band members.
‘Paradise Lost’ track listing:
- Join The Legion
- The Troll
- Fire
- Heaven Help Us
- Before The Lash
- Go It Alone
- Chaos Rising
- Fallen Idols
- Paradise Lost
- Join The Legion (alt mix) – CD only!
- The Troll (alt mix) – CD only!
- Before The Lash (alt mix) – CD only!
- Chaos Rising (alt mix) – CD only!
- Paradise Lost (alt mix) – CD only!
CIRITH UNGOL will perform live for the first time in 25 years at the 2nd installment of the Frost and Fire festival in Ventura, CA, taking place October 7th-9th (frostandfirefest.com)