“it turned into metal live aid!”

PARADISE LOST

IF PARADISE LOST guitarist Gregor Mackintosh gets his wish, music fans might be adding the gloom-driven sounds of his band’s Ascension LP to their Christmas playlists this year, perhaps alongside Yule

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Helloween are fully united on the direction they’re headed ...