Talk:Paradise Lost (band)

message: I'd disagree with this, but my only evidence is really anecdotal based on folks I know from the UK in the metal scene.  Any UK folks have some real info to back me up or shoot me down on this one?  68.233.12.105 05:36, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only people i know into Paradise Lost are 'Goths'. Thats it, period. Leyasu 10:06, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They have pretty much no mass-market popularity in the UK, whereas they do in Germany and other countries. Yes, they have support -within the metal scene- but not on the mass market. --Kiand 20:21, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Which isn't mass market, or anything close. A #16 and #31 album is their chart record in the UK to date. Although I doubt this matters much to them, or their fans; it does show how mass market popular a band is. --Kiand 01:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not popular in the UK? 

message: Theres four genres listed ATM - Doom Metal, Death Metal, Goth, New Romantic. The first three are accurate, the last one is, err, not.
However, the last album could even be called Nu Metal. They change so often that its hard to fence them in on one genre. Should there be a limitation on how many genres are listed? Kiand 18:43, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre? 

message: «Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, UK. Along with countrymates Anathema and My Dying Bride, they are credited for creating the subgenre known as "doom/death" metal.»
I don't know Paradise Lost, but you're quite high if you say anathema is doom/death metal.portugal 03:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  doom/death metal? 

message: I used the band's biography found in rockdetector.com as a basis for improving the first section.However I've processed and editted the information.I also expanded it much with materials from other sources. I think I've done a good work.
Please, if anyone has the time and ability - help me with improving the "synth Era" and "recent times" sections. Thanks. :]
Xr 1 (talk) 08:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure how much I can do to improve this article (I admit other articles are a bit higher priority to me at the moment) but I do recognize you have done a very good job.  Thanks for your work on the article =). Blizzard Beast $ODIN$ 22:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Improving the article

message: Oh my goth!
This band is NEVER gothic metal!
I don't know what you guys smoked, but Paradise Lost is neither Doom nor Goth Metal.
Both, Doomheads and Goths, don't listen to this. It's categorized horribly wrong.
It gets concernized as this, but it is miles away, even though some manson-worshipping mallgoths, vampire-kiddies, nu-metalers and other wannabes may be listening to this. If you want some real Goth Metal, check out Theatre of Tragedy or Darkseed.
I would say Paradise Lost is some kind of modern heavy metal with a few paralells to melodic death metal, but way different.
Schattenpriester (talk) 22:13, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If that's the case, then give some reliable sources that back up your claim. The research has stated that they are such, and since you're posting something that is obviously your point of view which is not externally backed up, this post of yours is purely original research. Describing Paradise Lost as "some kind of modern heavy metal with a few paralells to melodic death metal, but way different" is a classic example of original research. Also, you are using phrases such as "I don't know what you guys smoked" and the nonsensical word "concernized", which you should probably steer away from in the future, as not to come off as juvenile. As for "some manson-worshipping mallgoths, vampire-kiddies, nu-metalers and other wannabes... listening to this", I care little about that. The music tastes of people we do not know exist is not a concern of ours. Besides, there are more important issues than assigning genres flippantly to bands or albums and the music tastes of people you don't like. Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds. 02:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Came here to say something, but Backtable pretty much said what I was going to. However, I will say this as a slightly off-topic thing: "Doomheads ... don't listen to this" is objectively wrong, and whether they're listened to by a certain subset of music fans or not doesn't have any bearing on what the band actually plays. --LordNecronus (talk) 10:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Gothic Metal?!

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message: According to a 2012 article Nick Holmes lived in the town of Ilkley which is part of the City of Bradford, and Gregor Mackintosh lived in the town of Bradford which is part of the City of Bradford. What I want to know is are they, or any of the other members actually from the City of Bradford, as in born in the city? Danstarr69 (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any Bradford members? 

message: I'm suggesting a merge of Gregor Mackintosh into this article. His bio is very short, and almost entirely focused on his work with this group. Joyous! Noise! 17:56, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Mackintosh, therefore, does have notability aside from his work with Paradise Lost. However, his work as guitarist of Paradise Lost is by far his most known world contribution, and the media coverage on the article itself is thin. The Mackintosh article is promising, but needs to be more than merely "promising" in order to justify its existence in Wikipedia's article space. My ultimate recommended course of action is to expand the article's coverage and information, which I would personally prefer happen; or merge the article until such expansion is a possibility. Mungo Kitsch (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Proposal