For a variety of reasons, Paradise Lost’s foray into full-fledged electronic music was faltering and brief. The band did the best they could with the technology and experience they had, but the results were homogenous and uneven. If we’re being honest, though, even if Nick Holmes and company had released the best electronic rock album of the nineties, most their fans would have hated it. That’s where Host (the band) comes in. Over twenty years after Paradise Lost’s foray into electronic rock, people are generally more open minded about artistic exploration, the technology is infinitely better, and both Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh have grown as songwriters. For those reasons, now was the perfect chance for them to revisit a passion they were forced to abandon decades ago. The result is Host and their debut album IX. While the original Host album was linear in sound and wore its influences on its sleeves, IX is an eclectic blend of 80s goth tones and melodies, electro-rock hooks, and a classic Paradise Lost doom aura that puts an interesting twist on a classic formula.
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