Obsidian | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 15 May 2020 | |||
Genre | Gothic metal, death-doom [1] | |||
Length | 45:35 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Jaime Gomez Arellano | |||
Paradise Lost chronology | ||||
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Singles from Obsidian | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 90/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Classic Rock | [4] |
Consequence of Sound | A [5] |
Kerrang! | [6] |
Metal Hammer | [7] |
Metal Storm | 8/10 [8] |
Sputnikmusic | 4.8/5 [9] |
Obsidian is the sixteenth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost. It was released on 15 May 2020 via Nuclear Blast. [10] Music videos were released for the songs "Darker Thoughts" and "Fall from Grace". Metal Hammer named it as the 11th best metal album of 2020. [11] Obsidian is the band's last album to feature Waltteri Väyrynen on drums, who went on to join Opeth in 2022.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Darker Thoughts" | 5:46 |
2. | "Fall from Grace" | 5:42 |
3. | "Ghosts" | 4:35 |
4. | "The Devil Embraced" | 6:08 |
5. | "Forsaken" | 4:30 |
6. | "Serenity" | 4:46 |
7. | "Ending Days" | 4:36 |
8. | "Hope Dies Young" | 4:02 |
9. | "Ravenghast" | 5:30 |
Total length: | 45:35 |
No. | Title | Length |
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10. | "Hear the Night" | 5:34 |
11. | "Defiler" | 4:45 |
Total length: | 55:54 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] | 5 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] | 11 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] | 16 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] | 31 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] | 2 |
French Albums (SNEP) [17] | 105 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] | 2 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [19] | 8 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] | 59 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] | 187 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [22] | 5 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [23] | 31 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] | 4 |
UK Albums (OCC) [25] | 32 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [26] | 1 |
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