British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST will be officially releasing their demos ‘Paradise Lost’ (1988) and ‘Frozen Illusion’ (1989) on CD on May 25th via Century Media Records.

These raw recordings, which saw the band still firmly rooted in the field of doomy death metal, are being accompanied by six live tracks from the Plains Of Desolation bootleg, which has never been officially released as well. All songs have been digitally remastered and the release is strictly limited.

Guitarist Greg Mackintosh states: "Well what can I say about the re-release of our demos? This delves right down into our murky, sludgy beginnings. They may not be the best produced demos ever, but they really sum up the raw honesty of a very exciting time in the UK and European underground heavy music scene. We always preferred our demos to our first album as we felt that the demos more succinctly captured the wallowing in a quagmire sound. Hopefully these recordings will be taken for what they are... the prime evil foundations of what was later to become gothic metal!"

The CD will featuring extensive liner notes by vocalist Nick Holmes and a vinyl replica packaging.

The tracklisting: ‘Drown In Darkness’, ‘Internal Torment’, ‘Morbid Existence’, ‘Paradise Lost’, ‘Internal Torment’, ‘Frozen Illusion’, ‘Internal Torment’ (live), ‘Our Saviour’ (live), ‘Plains Of Desolation’ (live), ‘Drown In Darkness’ (live), ‘Paradise Lost’ (live) and ‘Nuclear Abomination’ (live) (3:48)

Tracks 1 - 3 taken from the Paradise Lost demo (1988)

Tracks 4 - 6 taken from the Frozen Illusion demo (1989)

Tracks 7 - 12 taken from the Plains Of Desolation bootleg (1989)

As previously reported, the band is now working on the new album, which will be out sometime in September.