Ascension (Paradise Lost album)

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Ascension
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Studio album by
Released19 September 2025 (2025-09-19)
Length51:02
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Gregor Mackintosh
Paradise Lost chronology
Icon 30
(2023)
Ascension
(2025)
Singles from Ascension
  1. "Silence Like the Grave"
    Released: 6 June 2025
  2. "Serpent on the Cross"
    Released: 11 July 2025
  3. "Tyrants Serenade"
    Released: 15 August 2025

Ascension is the upcoming seventeenth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, to be released on 19 September 2025 through Nuclear Blast. [1] [2] It will be the first studio album of fully new material by Paradise Lost since Obsidian (2020), marking the longest gap between studio albums in the band's career. It is also their last album to feature drummer Guido Montanarini, who appeared on Icon 30 (2023), and left Paradise Lost in May 2025. [3]

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Background

On 24 March 2023, Paradise Lost announced on their Facebook page that touring drummer Guido Montanarini had become an official member of the band. [4] [ better source needed ]

In a November 2023 interview with Portugal's Metal Global, Nick Holmes said that Paradise Lost had been working on new material for the follow-up to Obsidian: "Hopefully at the beginning of next year, we can have a few months downtime so we can actually get working more on the album. But... I think we've got a few songs done; we need to review them. So, yeah, we'll hopefully write an album next year, anyway. Whether it's gonna be recorded [next year], I don't know, but hopefully at least written". [5]

In May 2025, prior to the release of Ascension, Montanarini became the sixth drummer to leave Paradise Lost; [3] he was replaced by Jeff Singer, who had previously drummed for Paradise Lost during the 2000s. [6] On 6 June 2025, the band announced the release date of Ascension, while also releasing the album's lead single entitled "Silence Like the Grave". [1] [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Serpent on the Cross"6:12
2."Tyrants Serenade"4:20
3."Salvation"7:07
4."Silence Like the Grave"4:46
5."Lay a Wreath Upon the World"4:51
6."Diluvium"5:47
7."Savage Days"3:54
8."Sirens"4:46
9."Deceivers"3:37
10."The Precipice"5:42
Total length:51:02

Personnel

Paradise Lost

References

  1. 1 2 Kennelty, Greg (6 June 2025). "Paradise Lost Announces Long-Awaited New Album, Streams "Silence Like The Grave"". Metal Injection.
  2. 1 2 "Paradise Lost Announces New Album 'Ascension', Shares 'Silence Like The Grave' Single". Blabbermouth.net. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Farrell, Margarent (29 May 2025). "Drumpocalypse 2025: Paradise Lost Split With Guido Montanarini". Stereogum . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  4. "Paradise Lost – Facebook". Facebook. 24 March 2023.
  5. "Nick Holmes Hopes To Complete Songwriting Process For Next Paradise Lost Album In 2024". Blabbermouth.net. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. "Paradise Lost welcomes back Jeff Singer on drums". Facebook. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.