Photo Gallery: Paradise Lost + Obsidian Kingdom @ Apolo, Barcelona (October 18th, 2022)

Paradise Lost, fathers of the so-called gothic metal along with bands like My Dying Bride and Anathema, visited us on October 18 to present their most recent studio work to date, Obsidian, released in May 2020 under the Nuclear Blast label.

The visit was preceded by the surprising performance by locals Obsidian Kingdom, one of the most interesting proposals on the scene in recent years. The Barcelona-based quartet has been active for more than a decade and a half, having delivered three authentic albums of experimental metal with overtones of extreme metal, among which their debut album, Mantiis – An Agony in Fourteen Bites, stands out, on which they focused a large part of their setlist.

The Catalan project formed by guitarist and vocalist Rider G Omega, guitarist Viral Vector Lips and bassist Om Rex Orale, with the inclusion of Dani on bass, managed to put the evening together by delighting us with three anthems from their most recent studio effort, Meat Machine, highlighting cuts like Meat Star or The Pump, returning only to his second full-length with Black Swan and delivering powerful songs such as Cinnamon Balls or Haunts of the Underworld from their aforementioned debut album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paradise Lost, however, came to the event with a live show at half throttle in which they unfortunately failed to capture the attention of the entire audience, greatly ignoring albums like Icon or Gothic, completely forgetting about their praised debut. The band decided to review their latest full-length with songs like Ghosts, The Devil Embraced or Forsaken, returning to the excellent Draconian Times with the only two cuts from said full-length album: Enchantment and The Last Time. Eternal was the only song from Gothic, and from the outstanding Medusa they only performed Blood and Chaos, while we only heard Embers Fire from the Icon album. A mandatory appointment that would have been a total disaster if it weren’t for Obsidian Kingdom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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