Tragic Idol


Tragic Idol is the thirteenth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, released on 23 April 2012 in Europe and 24 April 2012 in North America through Century Media Records.
In support of the album, Paradise Lost went on a UK concert tour with Insomnium.
Formats the album was released through are: Standard CD; Limited Edition 2-CD Box; a fan box, which includes a poster, album slipmat, gold marbled colored 7" & 12" Vinyl, A1 poster 135g, army cap and boxes selected at random will include handwritten lyrics by the band. This band has a box set titled Original Album Classics and they have a similar release titled Original Album Collection which has this album along with this band's other albums, In Requiem and Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us. There are EMP Edition - gold vinyl, Amazon Edition - white vinyl, Nuclear Blast Edition - dark blue vinyl and Band Edition - dark sand marbled vinyl
Guitarist Gregor Mackintosh commented: "The again produced by Jens Bogren and is influenced by classic doom metal and classic metal. I would say it is more melodic than the last record whilst retaining the heaviness. There are lots of guitar solos and melodies."
Also this is the first Paradise Lost studio album featuring Adrian Erlandsson on drums, who joined the band in 2009.
There is a track called "The Last Fallen Saviour" which was written for this album but it was initially made only available as a free flexi disc with Decibel magazine, but has since been included on Tragic Illusion 25, a rarities compilation released in 2013 to commemorate the band's 25th anniversary.

Track listing

;Limited edition bonus CD:
;Limited edition Japanese edition CD:

Credits

Paradise Lost

Production

  • Jens Bogren - production, mixing
  • Johan Örnborg - engineering

Imagery

  • Valnoir & Metastazis.com - album artwork
  • Paul Harries - photography
  • Paul Grand - background photography
  • Takehiko Maeda - liner notes