Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: Halifax, England
Status: Active
Formed in: 1988
Genre: Doom/Death Metal (early), Gothic Rock/Metal (later)
Lyrical themes: Death, Fear, Anti-God, Personal, Life
Current label: Century Media Records
Years active: 1988-present

One of the pioneers of death/doom, alongside Anathema and My Dying Bride.
They are named after the poem Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton.
Founded on the 26th of March, 1988. They wrote a song, "Blood Filled Eyes", at that first rehearsal, that was never recorded.

Morbid Existence - Demo 1988
Paradise Lost - Demo 1988
Frozen Illusion - Demo 1989
Lost Paradise - Full-length 1990
In Dub - Single 1990
Live Death - Video 1990
Gothic - Full-length 1991
Kerrang! - Split 1992
Shades of God - Full-length 1992
As I Die - EP 1993
Icon - Full-length 1993
Seals the Sense - EP 1994
Harmony Breaks - Video 1994
Gothic EP - EP 1994
20 Lost Minutes - Demo 1995
The Last Time - Single 1995
New Metal Messiahs! - Split 1995
Draconian Times - Full-length 1995
Forever Failure - Single 1995
Gothic / Lost Paradise - Compilation 1996
Shades of God / Icon - Compilation 1996
True Belief '97 - Single 1997
The Singles Collection - Boxed set 1997
Say Just Words - Single 1997
One Second - Full-length 1997
One Second - Single 1998
Reflection - Compilation 1998
One Second Live - Video 1999
So Much Is Lost - Single 1999
Host - Full-length 1999
Permanent Solution - Single 1999
Mouth - Single 2001
Believe in Nothing - Full-length 2001
Fader - Single 2001
Evolve - Video 2002
Symbol of Life - Full-length 2002
Erased - Single 2002
At the BBC - Live album 2003
Forever After - Single 2005
Paradise Lost - Full-length 2005
In Requiem / Fiction - Split 2007
The Enemy - Single 2007
In Requiem - Full-length 2007
Over the Madness - Video 2007
The Anatomy of Melancholy - Live album 2008
The Anatomy of Melancholy - Video 2008
Drown in Darkness - The Early Demos - Compilation 2009
Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us - Full-length 2009
Draconian Times MMXI - Live album 2011
Crucify - Single 2012
The Last Fallen Saviour - Single 2012
Tragic Idol - Full-length 2012
Lost in Time - Compilation 2012
Original Album Classics - Boxed set 2012
Tragic Illusion 25 - Compilation 2013 1 (70%)
Tragic Illusion Live at the Roundhouse, London - Live album 2013
Original Album Collection - Boxed set 2014
Maximum Plague - Compilation 2015
The Plague Within - Full-length 2015
Symphony for the Lost - Live album 2015

Current
Stephen Edmondson - Bass (1988-present)
Gregor Mackintosh - Guitars (lead), Keyboards (1988-present)
See also: Vallenfyre
Aaron Aedy - Guitars (rhythm) (1988-present)
Nick Holmes - Vocals (1988-present)
See also: Bloodbath
Adrian Erlandsson - Drums (2009-present)
See also: At the Gates, Brujeria, The Haunted, Vallenfyre, ex-Decameron, ex-H.E.A.L., ex-Needleye, ex-Terror, Nemhain, ex-12 Ton Method, ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Samsas Traum, ex-Netherbird, ex-Tenet, ex-Hyperhug, ex-Penance (SWE), ex-Skitsystem, ex-Deathstars (live)

Past
Matthew "Tudds" Archer - Drums (1988-1993)
Lee Morris - Drums (1994-2004)
See also: ex-Marshall Law, ex-Damage Inc., ex-Danny Vaughn, ex-Ten
Jeff Singer - Drums (2004-2008)
See also: Soldierfield, ex-China Beach, ex-City of God, ex-Blaze, ex-Kill II This

Current (Live)
Waltteri Väyrynen - Drums (2015-present)
See also: Skirmish (live), Vallenfyre (live), ex-The Wargasm, ex-Tramal

Past (Live)
Milly Evans - Guitars (1999, 2009-2010), Keyboards, Vocals (backing) (2011)
Mark Heron - Drums (2008)
Jeff Singer - Drums (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
See also: Soldierfield, ex-China Beach, ex-City of God, ex-Blaze, ex-Kill II This

http://paradiselost.co.uk/
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Paradise_Lost/191