Icons of melancholic doom and gothic metal, Paradise Lost have announced the second leg of their “Ascension of Europe” tour, in February & March 2026, expanding the original run by 21 new dates.
See the 2025 & the 2026 dates below.
Tickets go on sale today, Friday, Oct 3rd, from 10am UK / 11am CET, here.
European Tour Dates 2026:
Feb 06 – NL – Leeuwarden, Neushoorn
Feb 07 – DE – Hamburg, Markthall
Feb 08 – DK – Aarhus, Voxhall
Feb 10 – SE – Gothenburg, Pustervik
Feb 11 – NO – Oslo, John Dee
Feb 13 – SE – Karlstad, Nöjesfabriken
Feb 14 – SE – Norrköping, Arbis
Feb 15 – SE – Stockholm, Debaser
Feb 18 – FI – Lahti, Finlandia-klubi
Feb 19 – FI – Tampere, Tavara-Asema
Feb 20 – FI – Helsinki, Ääniwalli
Feb 21 – EE – Tallinn, Helitehas
Feb 22 – LV – Riga, Spelet Hall
Feb 24 – LT – Vilnius, Loftas
Feb 27 – PL – Gdansk, B90
Feb 28 – PL – Warsaw, Progresja
March 02 – PL – Wroclaw, A2
March 03 – DE – Berlin, Huxleys
March 04 – DE – Leipzig, Felsenkeller
March 05 – DE – Hannover, Capitol
UK & European Tour Dates 2025:
Oct 9 – Manchester, UK – New Century Hall
Oct 10 – Wolverhampton, UK – KK’s Steel Mill
Oct 11 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK – Newcastle University
Oct 12 – Glasgow, UK – Glasgow Garage
Oct 14 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
Oct 15 – Bristol, UK – Electric
Oct 16 – Southampton, UK – The 1865
Oct 17 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Oct 19 – Oignies, FR – Tyrant Fest 2025
Oct 20 – Paris, FR – Élysée Montmartre
Oct 21 – Lyon, FR – La Rayonne
Oct 23 – Köln, DE – Live Music Hall
Oct 24 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
Oct 25 – Dornbirn, AT – Conrad Sohm
Oct 26 – Padova, IT – Hall
Oct 28 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
Oct 29 – Prague, CZ – Palc Akropolis
Oct 30 – Zagreb, HR – Boogaloo Zagreb
Oct 31 – Vienna, AT – Simm City
Nov 1 – Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
Nov 3 – Geneva, CH – PTR/L’Usine
Nov 4 – Nürnberg, DE – Z-Bau Biergarten
Nov 5 – Utrecht, NL – Pandora
Nov 6 – Antwerpen, BE – Trix Hall
Dec 13 – Bradford, UK – Bradford Live
More than three decades into their career, and with over two million albums sold, Paradise Lost remain the undisputed kings of metal’s dark side. Formed in Halifax in 1988, the band quickly became noted as the pioneers of gothic metal through their early groundbreaking albums like 1991’s aptly-titled “Gothic”, a mixture of heaviness intertwined with shadowy melody and atmosphere.
Never a group to remain creatively static, across their career they’ve explored a myriad of avenues of dark music, from sludgy doom-death roots, to conquering the metal mainstream with the enormous, lush sounds of 1995’s “Draconian Times”, to more experimental, electronic leanings, leaving an influence on a trail of artists as varied as Cradle Of Filth, HIM, Gatecreeper and Chelsea Wolfe.
Now, in 2025, the Yorkshire quintet return with their staggering 17th album, “Ascension”, a record that sees their crown continue to gleam as it underlines just how they attained their position. Produced by guitarist Gregor Mackintosh at Black Planet studios in East Yorkshire, with drums and vocals captured at NBS and Wasteland studios in Sweden, its 10 tracks traverse the multitude of sounds in the band’s arsenal, from full-bore heavy metal to sky-high melody, all the while keeping a minor-key melancholy that remains irresistible.
Weblinks:
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