Album Review: Paradise Lost - Symphony For The Lost

Paradise Lost's longevity is ample evidence that misery loves company. Following their new album, the death/doom pioneers turned gothic metallers by way of electro-rock unleash this double live set/DVD.

The perennially gloomy Brits cover most career bases, performing at Bulgaria's ancient Roman Theatre of Philippopolis while flanked by the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra. Having previously recorded elements of orchestration in the studio, the live accompaniment often accentuates their melancholic atmospherics, although the collection's really for completists only. Additional early favourites would've been welcomed, but airing recent material underlines a knack of harnessing their past without being slaves to it.