Paradise Lost is one of the best bands when it comes to gothic metal. They have a consistent discography and here would be my ranking. 16. Host 15. Believe in Nothing 14. Symbol of Life 13. One Second 12. Self-titled 11. In Requiem 10. Lost Paradise 9. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 8. Medusa 7. Tragic Idol 6. Obsidian 5. The Plague Within 4. Shades of God 3. Gothic 2. Icon 1. Draconian Times
16 Albums ranking!? Great work Questy!! I'm a big fan and have all their Albums in my Collection!! My 5 Favs are 1 Draconian Times 2 Gothic 3 Lost Paradise 4 One Second 5 Shades of God They only have good Albums not one bad!!! 💀🖤💀🖤💀🖤
Medusa < Believe in Nothing < Tragic Idol < Lost Paradise < Obsidian < In Requiem < Symbol of Life < Paradise Lost < Faith Divided Us Death United Us < Host < One Second < Shades of God < Gothic < Icon < Draconian Times
1. Gothic 2. Lost Paradise 3. Medusa 4. The Plague Within 5. Obsidian 6. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 7. In Requiem 8. Icon 9. Shades of God 10. Tragic Idol 11. Draconian Times 12. Believe in Nothing 13. Paradise Lost 14. Symbol of Life 15. One Second 16. Host
Ah i love Paradise Lost, got introduced to them during the Peaceville 3 era. They're still going so strong nowadays. Tough rank but here it goes: 1. Gothic 10/10 2. Draconian Times 10/10 3. The Plague Within 9/10 4. Icon 8/10 5. Shades of God 8/10 6. Tragic Idol 8/10 7. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 8/10 8. In Requiem 8/10 9. Lost Paradise 7/10 10. Medusa 7/10 11. Obsidian 7/10 12. One Second 7/10 13. Symbol of Life 6/10 14. Believe in Nothing 5/10 15. Paradise Lost 5/10 16. Host 5/10
@@jpaulcrosby good call, totally forgot about that one. Thanks! It's a transitional album. People love Say Just Words, I dislike that song a lot ahah but the album has some cool tracks like Soul Courageous.
Great ranking! Nice to see the debut getting placed so high, I feel like its really slept on by most fans. You should consider doing My Dying Bride, I dont think anyone else on youtube has actually ranked all their albums yet
@@Questformetal sadly they had some terrible sound issues, but yes normally they are phenomenal live. I also enjoyed them at Bloodstock. That set was great!
PL is my all time favourite band. I so remember the first time I listened to Draconian Times with my friend back in 1996. We're 16 and it hit me in the right spot. Hooked ever since. It's been so fun to follow their journey over the years. Good list, thanks for the effort 👍🏼
I’ve only heard the first 4 albums plus The Plague Within but I really enjoy all of those. Gothic is an absolute Death-Doom masterpiece IMO. I think it’s about time I listen to some more of their stuff! Great video as always, thanks! 🤘🤘
Great stuff. PL is one of my top metal bands. My introduction to metal music with Icon and Shades of God (and fellow doomers from My Dying Bride). I would put Paradise Lost and In Requiem last. Always found them bit of generic goth metal. Love Host. Top of the list would go to One Second, Shades of God, Icon and no1 must be Draconian Times. There's so much greats, even new stuff. Feel like my nostalgia is hurting albums like Faith Divides Us... or Obsidian. True living legends 😍😍😍
1 - Shades of God 2 - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 3 - The Plague Within 4 - Icon 5 - Lost Paradise 6 - In Requiem 7 - Draconian Times 8 - Obsidian 9 - One Second 10 - Gothic 11 - Medusa 12 - Host 13 - Symbol of Life 14 - Tragic Idol 15 - Paradise Lost 16 - Believe in Nothing 😊🎉😊🎉😊
1. Draconian Times 2. One Second 3. Shades of God 4. Icon 5. Gothic 6. Obsidian 7. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 8. Host 9. The Plague Within 10. Medusa 11. In Requiem 12. Tragic Idol 13. Lost Paradise 14. Believe in Nothing 15. Symbol of Life 16. Paradise Lost
I love all their albums. One of my favorite bands. Draconian times with symbolic are my favorite albums of all time. 1) Draconian Times 2) Shades of God. 3) Icon 4) In Requiem 5) Gothic
I thought I saw you knocking about at Bloodstock last year! I'm pretty sure you were stood behind me during Skindred's set, pretty much at the front. Didn't say anything just incase it wasn't you. I was the only guy in that front row having the worst time of his life 🤣 You're right, Paradise Lost's set was phenomenal, Draconian Times is their best album hands down and it was definitely a highlight of my life gig-wise. I think you got the top 3 almost spot on tbh. All 3 are masterpieces, Obsidian genuinely blew me away with how good it was, if anything I'd actually swap Gothic with that at 2. Gutted I missed them on this tour, would love to have been in Leeds where they played it in full! 🤘🤘
I just came out of the medical tent and ran over to see skindred so I was majorly out of it anyway but I’ll be there this year so feel free to say hello 🍺
People want Band Requests,I was thinking,Providing he's listened to all the albums,and quite a few times This One took a Year guys,not easy to request.
16. Host 15. Believe in Nothing 14. Symbol of Life 13. One Second 12. Tragic Idol 11. Paradise Lost 10. The Plague Within 9. Lost Paradise 8. Draconian Times 7. In Requiem 6. Icon 5. Gothic 4. Obsidian 3. Medusa 2. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 1. Shades of God
Dont beat me... 1. Host 2. Draconian times 3. Icon 4. Believe in nothing) 5. Paradise lost 6. Symbol of life 7. Gothic 8. One second 9. Shades of god 10. Lost paradise Katatonias first album is my favourite of all time, so its dont work with PL)
Never listened to this band. I’m going to start with “Host” 😃 lol controversial albums are fun to start with I like faster metal that’s why I never got into doom but thanks for the content bro UPDATE-that album was dope and different and very refreshing. I like fast metal when I’m at work so, I didn’t play their death-doom stuff yet, great though so far 👍🏼
Really enjoy the vast majority of this band's output. I'll never forget the reception One Second received when it came out. At the time, it was definitely their Load album
my ranking of the Death-Doom and gothic metal kings: 16.Symbol of life (their weakest album) 15. Host 14.Believe in nothing 13.Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 12.Medusa * now this ranking becomes better: 11.One Second 10.In Requiem 9.Tragic Idol 8.Shades of God 7.Paradise Lost (the most underrated) 6.Lost Paradise * my top 5 favorites albums: 5.Draconian Times 4.The Plague Within 3.Icon 2.Obsidian 1.Gothic (insuperable)
To me each one of their eras has definite highlights. In recent years Obsidian and Plague Within are stellar. Mid-career definitely Paradise Lost And if course Draconian Times from the early days.
I can't agree Questy, the gothic/electropop middle period is just pure crap, from One Second to Believe in Nothing is unlistenable to me. Here's my ranking from worst to best, but, after the bottom three I really love the rest so besides the bottom and top three most of the rest can change places. 16. Host - Should've been released under a different band name, not good, not Metal. 15. Believe in Nothing - see above, with shitty album cover. 14. One Second - At least the guitars are okay, don't like the songs, album cover is terrible. 13. Shades of God - I know, too low, but this album always felt too long and very one note, monotonous, but heavy. 12. Paradise Lost - Good return to form but songwriting lacks. 11. Symbol of Life - Still electronicky, but great production, more guitars and Great songs. 10. In Requiem - This is more like it, guitars, songs, production, all great. 9. Lost Paradise - Heavy as shit, but you can tell they're still maturing. 8. Faith Divides Us...- Great album, great songs, great production, love it. Also great album cover 7. Tragic Idol - Fantastic all around, Amazing album art. 6. Medusa - Awesome. Album cover is okay. 5. Obsidian - Fucking heavy, moody, great art. Love it. 4. Gothic - A true landmark, still some odd songwriting choices, but amazing production. 3. Draconian Times - Not as heavy, but songwriting & melodies are beautiful. Almost perfect. Art is also beautiful. 2. The Plague Within - The perfect example of true Doom/Death. Unstoppable as a 1000 ton tank. It only misses out on the top spot because of nostaligia because I first heard PL on... 1. Icon - Heavy, morose, beautiful, sorrowful, amazing production, amazing songs and performances, art matches up perfectly. Embers Fire is a perfect song. My all time favorite. But that's just me, thanks. Cheers.
Quality band, a lot of very good songs so far. Love their old stuff and the last Albums. My Top 5 PL-Albums: 1) Draconian Times 2) Icon 3) Gothic 4) The Plague within 5) Obsidian
This is my favorite British metal band ever. Here is my ranking and this was hella hard: 1. Draconian Times 2. Icon 3. Gothic 4. Shades of God 5. In Requiem 6. Faith Divides Us 7. Obsidian 8. Tragic Idol 9. The Plague Within 10. One Second 11. Medusa 12. Lost Paradise 13. Paradise Lost 14. Symbol of Life 15. Host 16. Believe in Nothing
Really hard to agree on this, since PL is such a peculiar band. My favorite PL albums, based on the quality of songwriting first (catchy, standout songs) and originality of arrangments second: 1- Icon (The best of the best) 2- Faith divides us (The return to glorious times) 3- The Plague within (The reafirmation of grandiosity) 4- Host (Yes! The songs here are just amazing) 5- Tragic Idol, Gothic, Shades of God (The first albums are classic and groundbreaking, but lack the maturity you see in the last releases) 6- Medusa (I love the raw and primal feeling of this) The rest are really hard to rank for me, all of them showing something good. And, sorry PL fans, but I think Draconian Times is overrated. There are 2 amazing songs there (Enchanted abd Forever failure), but the rest of the album is just a bunch of good gothic rock songs, not the really original, marvelous songs that make PL to stand out). Cheers!
I‘m late to the party, sorry 😅 I love all Paradise‘s records. Yes, even the synth-pop ones 1. Icon 2. Lost Paradise 3. Obsidian (so good) 4. Draconian Times 5. Gothic 6. The Plague Within 7. One Second 8. Medusa 9. Tragic Idol 10. Shades Of God 11. In Requiem 12. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 13. Believe In Nothing 14. Host 15. Symbol Of Life 16. Paradise Lost
Draconian Times, always. Where are you from? Leeds, Wakefield, Huddersfield? somewhere in Yorkshire? Maybe more west. Tell me how far off I am. My ability to recognise accents is getting worse.
I don’t think Yorkshire. I think Questy has a Midlands accent. My guess is Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northants, he’s from somewhere like that.
Shades of God has a GREAT sound and some great tracks... But most of it is just ruined by some of the worst lead guitar I've ever heard. Idk what they were thinking...
my favourite paradise lost albums lost paradise 1990 gothic 1991 shades of god 1992 icon 1993 draconian times 1995 one second 1997 host 1999 believe in nothing 2001 symbol of life 2002 paradise lost paradise lost 2005 in requiem 2007 faith divides us death unites us 2009 tragic idol 2012 the plague within 2015 medusa 2017 and obisidian hopefully 2020 when i save up for it on vinyl .
Total cliche and lazy to pick Draconian Times as their best. Yes, its the most well known album and probably their biggest seller. But also their most middle of the road album. Even Gregor Macintosh called it their most middle of the road album. Anyway, opinions are opinions. They just have so much more in their catalog that is much more exciting than Draconian Times. Icon, Faith Divides us, In Requiem, The Plague within. Even Tragic Idol, Medusa, and Obsidian. All albums I easily reach for over Draconian. Not that Draconian isn't a great album in its own right, it is.
Disagree Gothic & Lost Paradise were made by an amateur band...Shades of God is outstanding...as perfect as Draconian times...Obsidian is a complete uninspired and bored album and Icon has a really bad drumming and some songs are unnecessary in the album...however Paradise Lost 2005 is a pretty good album regarding to sound and composition.
1. Icon 2. Gothic 3. Draconian Times 4. Shades of God 5. Obsidian 6. The Plague Within 7. Lost Paradise 8. Tragic Idol 9. Medusa 10. One Second 11. Faith Divides Us 12. Believe in Nothing 13. In Requiem 14. Symbol of Life 15. Host 16. Paradise Lost
