‘The Longest Winter’

Winter comes early this year, and today, cult metallers PARADISE LOST unveil the lyric video for their first single ‘The Longest Winter’ off their upcoming studio album “Medusa”. Watch the haunting new clip here:

“I read a story about how wildlife was once beginning to flourish in the 30 mile exclusion zone after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 – particularly the wolf population,” Nick Holmes explains the background of the song. “It was nice to think that that no matter how much mankind tried to fuck the planet up directly or indirectly, life carries on in some shape or form. But humans are humans and I recently heard that there is already now ‘timed’ hunting trips organised into the exclusion zone…”

This crushing doom track will be one of the 8 songs to be included on the band’s 15th album, out on September 1st. The pre-order for “Medusa” has started and you can now purchase the full-length release in several formats:
Standard jewelcase CD
Digibook including 2 bonus tracks
Various coloured 180g LP (black / clear / copper / grey+red bi-coloured / gold / NB anniversary green)
Collector’s box including the digibook, gatefold picture disc, an exclusive 7”, a candle, poster, band photo card and poster flag.
Mailorder edition Collector’s box including the digibook, gatefold picture disc, a 7” featuring the tracks ‘Shrines‘ and ‘Symbolic Virtue‘, a candle, poster, band photo card, poster flag and exclusive cover artwork.

Pre-order the physical editions of the new album, including special merchandise here.
Or get the digital versions here and receive ‘The Longest Winter’ as instant grat.

Or in the band shop here.

In addition to the pre-order announcement, the band has revealed that they will perform an exclusive release show on September 1st at the LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart. For one night only, PARADISE LOST will perform their new album in its entirety as well as playing a very special setlist created by the fans! Click here to select YOUR 8 favourite songs that you want to hear in that set and discover 1 out of 10 song snippets from the new album once you cast your vote at this location.

For those who just can’t wait, a special 7” vinyl single will be released on August 8th for the song ‘Blood & Chaos’, available in 4 different colours listed below:
7″ black
7″ clear+red splatter (mailorder only)
7″ white+red bi-coloured (mailorder only)
7″ clear (mailorder only)

PARADISE LOST will embark for an extensive European journey and bring their label mates and US doomsters PALLBEARER, as well as SINISTRO from Portugal:

01.09. D Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn *Medusa in its entirety and exclusive setlist voting*
08.09. UAE Dubai – The Music Room (Majestic Hotel)

PARADISE LOST
w/ PALLBEARER & SINISTRO

27.09. LUX      Esch-Sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik
28.09. D         Herford – X
29.09. DK       Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
01.10. N         Oslo – John Dee
03.10. FIN      Helsinki – Nosturi
07.10. DK       Aarhus – Voxhall
10.10. CZ        Brno – Fleda
11.10. SK        Bratislava – Randal
13.10. SRB      Belgrade – Dom Omladine
14.10. HR       Zagreb – Boogaloo
15.10. H         Budapest – Dürer Kert
16.10. A         Vienna – Simm City
18.10. D         Nuremberg – Hirsch
19.10. D         Frankfurt – Batschkapp
20.10. D         Saarbrücken – Garage
21.10. CH       Geneva – L‘Usine
23.10. E          Barcelona – Razzamatazz 2
24.10. E          Madrid – But
25.10. E          Bilbao – Santana Z7
27.10.   FR      Grenoble – La Belle Electrique
28.10.   I          Fontaneto D’Agogna – Phenomenon
29.10. D         Munich – Theaterfabrik
30.10. CH       Pratteln – Z7
31.10.   FR       Paris – Le Trabendo
03.11. UK       London – Electric Ballroom
04.11. UK       Leeds – Damnation Festival
06.11. NL        Utrecht – Pandora
07.11. NL        Tilburg – 013
08.11. D         Cologne – Live Music Hall
09.11. D         Berlin – Columbia Theater
10.11. D         Weissenhäuser Strand / Ostsee – Metal Hammer Paradise*
12.11. FR       Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix*
(*PARADISE LOST only)

Or see the band this summer on the following festivals:

14./15.07.       S         Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
21.07.             PL        Katowice – Metal Hammer Festival
22.07.             D         Esslingen – River-Side Festival
03. – 05.08.     D         Wacken – Wacken Open Air
11.08.             A         Graz – Metal on the Hill
13.08.             B         Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
18. – 20.08.     F         Saint-Nolff – Motocultor Festival
25./26.08.       D        Wörrstadt – Neuborn Open Air

More info:
www.paradiselost.co.uk
www.facebook.com/paradiselostofficial
www.nuclearblast.de/paradiselost

On September 1st, PARADISE LOST‘s studio album “Medusa” will herald the loneliness and damp cold of autumn, as the legends from West Yorkshire return to their doom metal roots and deliver their 15th full-length release named after the Greek Gorgone whose sight turned people into stone.

The British cult metallers will premiere the first track off their freshly forged monster on July 7th, and can reveal a snippet from the upcoming single entitled ‘The Longest Winter’. Get a first impression of this new track, mixing typical PARADISE LOST melody lines with crushing doom moments, below:

In addition, the band can announce the “Medusa” track list will consist of the following eight songs:

Fearless Sky (8:30)
Gods Of Ancient (5:50)
From The Gallows (3:42)
The Longest Winter (4:31)
Medusa (6:20)
No Passage For The Dead (4:16)
Blood & Chaos (3:51)
Until The Grave (5:41)

Bonus tracks:
Frozen Illusion (5:45)
Shrines (3:59)
Symbolic Virtue (4:38)

On September 1st, for one night only, PARADISE LOST will perform their new album in its entirety at the LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany – more surprises about this exclusive show will be revealed soon, but since the tickets are strictly limited, make sure you get yours now via the NB shop.

Following this, PARADISE LOST will embark for an extensive European journey and bring their label mates and US doomsters PALLBEARER, as well as SINISTRO from Portugal:

01.09. D Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn *exclusive release show, Medusa in its entirety*
08.09. UAE Dubai – The Music Room (Majestic Hotel)

PARADISE LOST
w/ PALLBEARER & SINISTRO

27.09. LUX      Esch-Sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik
28.09. D         Herford – X
29.09. DK       Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
01.10. N         Oslo – John Dee
03.10. FIN      Helsinki – Nosturi
07.10. DK       Aarhus – Voxhall
10.10. CZ        Brno – Fleda
11.10. SK        Bratislava – Randal
13.10. SRB      Belgrade – Dom Omladine
14.10. HR       Zagreb – Boogaloo
15.10. H         Budapest – Dürer Kert
18.10. D         Nuremberg – Hirsch
19.10. D         Frankfurt – Batschkapp
20.10. D         Saarbrücken – Garage
21.10. CH       Geneva – L‘Usine
27.10.   FR      Grenoble – La Belle Electrique
28.10.   I          Fontaneto D’Agogna – Phenomenon
29.10. D         Munich – Theaterfabrik
30.10. CH       Pratteln – Z7
31.10.   FR       Paris – Le Trabendo
03.11. UK       London – Electric Ballroom
04.11. UK       Leeds – Damnation Festival
06.11. NL        Utrecht – Pandora
07.11. NL        Tilburg – 013
08.11. D         Cologne – Live Music Hall
09.11. D         Berlin – Columbia Theater
10.11. D         Weissenhäuser Strand / Ostsee – Metal Hammer Paradise*
12.11. FR       Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix*
(*PARADISE LOST only)

Or see the band this summer on the following festivals:

02.07.             GR       Athens – Rockwave Festival
14./15.07.       S         Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
21.07.             PL        Katowice – Metal Hammer Festival
22.07.             D         Esslingen – River-Side Festival
30.06.             E         Barcelona – Rock Fest
03. – 05.08.     D         Wacken – Wacken Open Air
11.08.             A         Graz – Metal on the Hill
13.08.             B         Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
18. – 20.08.     F         Saint-Nolff – Motocultor Festival
25./26.08.       D        Wörrstadt – Neuborn Open Air