| Gothic | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Paradise Lost |
| Cover: | Paraside Lost - Gothic.jpg |
| Released: | 19 March 1991 |
| Recorded: | November 1990 – January 1991 |
| Studio: | Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, England |
| Genre: | Death-doom, gothic metal |
| Label: | Peaceville |
| Prev Title: | Lost Paradise |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Shades of God |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Gothic is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Paradise Lost. The album, which was mostly described as death-doom[1] when it was released in March 1991 on Peaceville Records, is in retrospect considered style-defining and name-giving for the genre of gothic metal.[2] [3] [4]
The album has been re-released and remastered twice. The 2003 re-release contains two remixes of songs from Lost Paradise (1990), bringing the total running time to 49 minutes and 30 seconds. Remixed/live versions of the songs "Eternal", "Gothic" and "The Painless" appear on the 2003 digipak re-release of Lost Paradise. In 2008, Gothic was re-released with a bonus DVD with a rare performance by the band. The album was performed in full at the 2016 Roadburn Festival and released by the band on Bandcamp.
AllMusic gave Gothic a three-star mixed review. In June 2005, Gothic was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame, becoming the fifth album overall to be featured there.[5]
All songs written by Nick Holmes and Gregor Mackintosh.