No Celebration - The Official Story Of Paradise Lost - Extended Edition - Book

Hardback cover book 432 pages, hardback, colour section.

Size: 15cmx23cm. English language.

Paradise Lost emerged in the joyless north of England in 1988 and quickly became pioneers of gothic doom metal with their legendary 1991 album Gothic. Their penchant for composing extremely dark songs was matched by their equally sorrowful lyrics and their correspondingly dark minds. It didn't take long for the band to reach Europe's rock mainstream, but when the metal world was at their feet, the need to experiment led them down paths few others dared to tread. By being uncompromising and rejecting genre conventions, Paradise Lost became lepers in the same scene they belonged to. Victories and defeats eventually led them back to the sound they can rightly call their own.

No Celebration - The Official Biography of Paradise Lost traces the group's influential 30+ year career through in-depth interviews, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen photos to give readers deep insight into one of metal's most enduring bands.

David E. Gehlke is an American metal journalist who has been writing since 2001. To date, he has worked for outlets such as Metal Maniacs and was editor of Blistering.com, one of the first North American hard rock and metal websites. His previous titles include "Systemstörung - Die Geschichte von Noise Records".