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While waiting for the new Paradise Lost album, "In Requiem", I am about to review what might be their most criticized effort by fans. 'Host' belongs to that period when these Englishmen were following in the footsteps of Depeche Mode, and it closes the diptych opened by "One Second". Besides closing it, it is also the most authoritative representative, in the sense that it is perhaps the only one of their albums where there isn't the slightest trace of metal. In short, nothing to do with albums like "Gothic" or "Shades of God", nor with their latest work "Paradise Lost".
Indeed, one can accuse it of a certain lack of originality, another characteristic not typical for the band in question: personally, I found this album too similar not so much to "Exciter" by their inspiring muses, as to many of their early albums. However, there are some very interesting tracks: I found "In all honesty" the best overall, also for some riffs that appear in it (one can note a curious vocal resemblance to Dave Gahan); very interesting too is "Wreck", a particularly dreamy piece that also slightly recalls groups like Enigma or Positively Dark. Worth mentioning as well are "Harbour", another particularly calm and vaguely symphonic piece, "Made the Same", a more commercial track, and finally "Permanent Solution" and "Deep", characterized by more dark tones than the rest of the album.
In short, it's the most relaxing of their works, not bad even if not brilliant. An album absolutely for the fans, which, despite everything, does not detract from this amazing band that continuously tries to evolve and at its beginnings gave life and name to an entire genre, Gothic Metal: in this regard, it would be very easy to notice how this definition has often been abused and attributed to some bands that have nothing to do with the genre (like Evanescence), if one were to listen, even a bit inattentively, to the first three works of Paradise Lost, especially "Gothic". Honor, therefore, to these Englishmen, for better or worse.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 In All Honesty (04:04)
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Anticipate Great Times Of Change
But Their All Washed Away With Laughter
As We Wait To Perish, Turn To Ashes
Things We've All Gone Through.....
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Annihilate All Words Of Praise
When It All Seems To Spell Disaster...
Words Of Wisdom Have No Meaning
In All Honesty
Its Just Fiction, Your Religion
No Apology
There's No Concealing The Things That I Do
There's No Concealing The Things That I Choose
Sit Alone And Celebrate Good Times Of Change
Sit Alone Anticipate Great Times Of Change
But Their All Washed Away With Laughter
Words Of Wisdom Have No Meaning
In All Honesty
Your Religions Contradiction
But You Cannot See
Words Of Wisdom Add Frustration
To Our Agony
Constant Knowing, Always Showing
Endless Sympathy
07 Permanent Solution (03:19)
For the end, the time I'm feeling host
And I'm turning it around for you
Lord I feel I tried much more than most
And I've done the things I wanted to
It's that useless contribution that leads to a solution for me
You don't need to search for answers or hide behind romances
Again..
For that very sign to leave this world
And I'm turning it around for you
On the edge of life it seems so low
And you've done the things you wanted to....
It's that finer concentration of total liberation for me
And the more that I believe in the less that I'm receiving
Instead..
It's that useless contribution that leads to a solution for me
You don't need to search for answers or hide behind romances
Again..
It's that finer concentration of total liberation for me
And the more that I believe in the less that I'm receiving
Instead..
09 Wreck (04:43)
See The Hands That Wave Their Last Goodbye
Talk With Friends Of God Sometimes
You'll See Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Save Your Weak Demands For One Who Cares
No More Can I Fake This
You'll See Its Not That Simple Anymore Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Anymore Somehow
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Will Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
See The Hands That Wave Their Last Goodbye
Talk With Friends Of God Sometimes
You'll See Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Don't Say Its Not That Simple Any More Somehow
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Will Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
Fear Demands Its Say, It's Where I've Failed, Its Sad To Say
Faith Could Find A Way, Accept The Shames, A Loosing Game
12 Year of Summer (04:18)
There's Two Arms You Could Break
How Low Can You Descend
Approach The Subject Kindly
You've Chosen To Defend
Those Tears Are Not For Real
They're Falling On Command
A Harsh Decision Maybe
You're Living On Remand
Your Mind Is Thinking Madness
Much More You Could Not Take
Before You Fall On Bad Days
And Lower Your Defence As Always...
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
My Stomach Tends To Fold
When I Speak Of Your Name
Accept That You're Regretful
Accept That You're Not Safe
Your Life Is Contradiction
A Life That's Bruised And Torn
I've Chosen Toleration
You've Chosen To Dismiss As Always
Suddenly Demanding, The Truth Is Always Worse When You Are Sober
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
Suddenly Demanding, Choosing Not To Feed On All This Sadness
"This Sadness Is My Own"
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