Obsidian (Paradise Lost album)

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Obsidian
Paradise Lost - Obsidian.png
Studio album by
Released15 May 2020 (2020-05-15)
Genre Gothic metal, death-doom [1]
Length45:35
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Jaime Gomez Arellano
Paradise Lost chronology
Medusa
(2017)
Obsidian
(2020)
Icon 30
(2023)
Singles from Obsidian
  1. "Fall from Grace"
    Released: 20 March 2020
  2. "Ghosts"
    Released: 24 April 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 90/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound A [5]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Metal Storm 8/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic4.8/5 [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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
10."Hear the Night"5:34
11."Defiler"4:45
Total length:55:54

Personnel

Paradise Lost

Other personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Obsidian
Chart (2020)Peak
position
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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