Paradise Lost discography

Paradise Lost discography
Paradise Lost performing at Metalmania Festival in 2007
Studio albums	16
EPs	2
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	5
Singles	21
Video albums	7
Music videos	24

This article lists the comprehensive discography of British gothic metal band Paradise Lost.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales
		UK [1] [2] [3]	AUT [4]	FIN [5] [6]	FRA [7]	GER [8]	NLD [9]	NOR [10]	SPA [11]	SWE [12] [13]	SWI [14]
Lost Paradise	Released: 5 February 1990 Label: Peaceville Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [15]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gothic	Released: 19 March 1991 Label: Peaceville Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Shades of God	Released: 14 July 1992 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [17]	—	—	—	—	—	79	—	—	—	—
Icon	Released: 28 September 1993 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [18]	—	—	—	—	31	80	—	—	—	—	UK: 33,000+ [19] GER: 120,000+ [19] WW: 300,000+ [19]
Draconian Times	Released: 12 June 1995 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CS, LP, DL [20]	16	21	24	—	15	46	—	—	16	20	US: 19,316+ [21] WW: 500,000+ [19] [22]
One Second	Released: 14 July 1997 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [23]	31	10	7	21	8	39	25	—	5	40
Host	Released: 28 April 1999 Label: EMI Formats: CD, CS	61	33	7	67	4	—	38	—	19	—
Believe in Nothing	Released: 29 January 2001 Label: EMI Formats: CD, CS	144	31	18	48	10	—	—	—	43	41
Symbol of Life	Released: 21 October 2002 Label: GUN Formats: CD, CS, DL [24]	166	—	—	61	16	—	—	—	56	77
Paradise Lost	Released: 17 March 2005 Label: GUN Formats: CD, CS, DL [25]	—	34	36	63	18	—	—	—	21	59
In Requiem	Released: 21 May 2007 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DL [26]	125	28	19	43	12	—	—	—	33	41
Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us	Released: 25 September 2009 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DL [27]	122	54	22	45	22	84	—	70	29	52
Tragic Idol	Released: 18 April 2012 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DL [28]	73	15	15	67	6	85	25	90	24	23
The Plague Within	Released: 1 June 2015 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DL	51	14	4	53	7	28	—	50	49	21
Medusa	Released: 1 September 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	56	15	7	44	6	70	—	30 [29]	38 [30]	14
Obsidian	Released: 15 May 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	32	5	2	105	2	31	—	—	—	4
Ascension	Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	54	—	7 [31]	—	6	29	—	—	—	11
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [7]	GER [8]
At the BBC	Released: 14 April 2003 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD	—	—
The Anatomy of Melancholy	Released: 23 May 2008 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL [32]	175	42
Draconian Times MMXI	Released: 4 November 2011 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, DL [33]	—	—
Live at the Roundhouse	Released: 9 December 2013 Label: Abbey Road Studios Formats: LP	—	—
Symphony for the Lost	Released: 20 November 2015 Label: Century Media Formats: 2×CD+DVD, DL	192	69
Live at Rockpalast 1995	Released: 29 November 2019 Label: MIG-Music GmbH Formats: CD+DVD	—	—
At the Mill	Released: 16 July 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD+DVD	—	11
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	BEL (WA) [34]
The Singles Collection	Released: 3 November 1997 [35] Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD	—	—
Reflection	Released: 6 October 1998 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CS, DL [36]	191	—
Drown in Darkness – The Early Demos	Released: 25 May 2009 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DL [37]	—	—
Lost in Time	Released: 7 June 2012 Label: Century Media Formats: DL	—	—
Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)	Released: 5 November 2013 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, CD+LP, DL [38]	—	120
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	Album details	Charts
		UK [1]
As I Die	Released: 6 April 1993 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD, CS, LP	—
Seals the Sense	Released: 21 February 1994 Label: Music for Nations Formats: CD & 12"	92
Gothic EP	Released: 18 July 1994 [39] Label: Peaceville Formats: CD	—

Demos

Title	Demo details
Morbid Existence	Released: 1988 Label: Self-released Formats: CS
Paradise Lost	Released: 3 December 1988 Label: Self-released Formats: CS
Plains of Desolation	Released: 1989 Label: Self-released Formats: CS
Frozen Illusion	Released: August 1989 Label: Self-released Formats: CS

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		UK [1]	FIN [5]	GER [8]	SWE [12]
"Frozen Illusion"	1989	—	—	—	—	Lost Paradise
"In Dub (Rotting Misery / Breeding Fear)"	1990	—	—	—	—
"As I Die"	1992	177	11	—	—	Shades of God
"The Last Time"	1995	60	—	60	—	Draconian Times
"Enchantment"		—	—	—	—
"Forever Failure"		66	—	—	—
"True Belief '97"	1997	—	—	—	—	Icon
"Soul Courageous"		—	—	—	—	One Second
"Say Just Words"		53	8	—	44
"One Second"	1998	94	—	—	—
"So Much Is Lost"	1999	—	—	—	—	Host
"Permanent Solution"		—	—	—	—
"Sell it to the World"	2001	—	—	—	—	Believe in Nothing
"Mouth"		—	—	89	—
"Fader"		—	—	—	—
"Isolate"	2002	—	—	—	—	Symbol of Life
"Erased"		—	—	80	—
"Small Town Boy"	2003	—	—	—	—
"Forever After"	2005	—	—	77	—	Paradise Lost
"The Enemy"	2007	—	—	84	—	In Requiem
"Crucify"	2012	—	—	—	—	Tragic Idol
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [40]
Live Death	Released: 4 November 1990 Label: Jettisoundz Video Formats: VHS, DVD	—
Harmony Breaks	Released: 9 June 1994 Label: Music for Nations Formats: VHS	—
One Second Live	Released: 1999 Label: Music for Nations Formats: VHS	—
Evolve	Released: 12 June 2002 Label: Music for Nations Formats: DVD	18
Over the Madness	Released: 26 November 2007 Label: Century Media Formats: DVD	—
The Anatomy of Melancholy	Released: 23 May 2008 Label: Century Media Formats: DVD	5
Draconian Times MMXI	Released: 7 November 2011 Label: Century Media Formats: DVD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Album
1992	"Pity the Sadness"	—	Shades of God
	"As I Die"	James Engwell
1993	"Widow"	—	Icon
	"True Belief"	—
	"Embers Fire"	David Barnard
1995	"The Last Time"	Jan Russell	Draconian Times
	"Forever Failure"	—
1997	"Say Just Words"	—	One Second
	"One Second"	—
1999	"So Much Is Lost"	Marcus Nispel	Host
	"Permanent Solution"	—
2001	"Mouth"	Thomas Job	Believe in Nothing
	"Fader"	—
2002	"Erased"	Stefan Klotz	Symbol of Life
2005	"Forever After"	Volker Hannwacker [41]	Paradise Lost
2007	"The Enemy"	Edward 209 [42]	In Requiem
	"Praise Lamented Shade"	Dash Productions [43]
2009	"Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us"	Nathan T Heys [44]	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
	"The Rise of Denial" [45]	Nigel Crane [46]
2012	"Honesty in Death"	Matt Green [47]	Tragic Idol
	"Fear of Impending Hell"	Steve Edmondson [48]
2015	"Beneath Broken Earth"	Ash Pears [49]	The Plague Within
2016	"Terminal"	—
	"Victim of the Past" (live video)	—	Symphony for the Lost
2017	"Blood and Chaos"	Ash Pears	Medusa
2020	"Fall from Grace"	—	Obsidian
	"Darker Thoughts"	Ash Pears
2025	"Silence Like the Grave"		Ascension
	"Serpent on the Cross"	Lars Kristoffer Hormander

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External links

• Paradise Lost official website