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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Julian Marszalek

“Goths would get up for their songs, then glare when the punks’ tracks came on. No one really mixed”: Paradise Lost’s Gregor Mackintosh, who’s never liked a happy song in his life, escaped genre restrictions and embraced Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance and Paradise Lost’s Gregor Mackintosh.

“I think it’s obvious Paradise Lost have been influenced by Dead Can Dance, and through them, by similar things. What first drew me to them was the way they constructed melodies using such a wide range of influences.

They pulled from Arabic, medieval, and church music – harmonies you couldn’t learn just by playing the guitar. I’d never encountered anything like that. It really shaped how we developed our own style.

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