I've been told countless times that Lost Paradise is a bad album. If you think this please explain to me your reasoning.

I think all Paradise Lost albums are disappointing, but that's just because I think the singer can't sing and the music is bland. I think the band actually got a bit better in the last 10 years or so, but old "classics" like Icon and Draconian Times didn't impress me in the slightest.

I don't really get what people see in this band. They don't really have any strengths.

I seem to remember Icon being a super bland Metallica ripoff.

Their riffs really did tend to sound like Metallica ripoffs. Subtract memorable songs and make all songs sound basically the same and you have yourself a 90's Paradise Lost record.

I don't hear a lot of Metallica in Icon. Way more gothic than anything Metallica were doing, even in the 90's.

cuz they haven't listened to it

I did within seconds of posting it and didn't you hopped in here so fast. Interesting.

this year has come through with some horribly heavy and vile music.

Sludgened death metal here with BASS

Holy ****. That is heavy.

But is it Floor heavy?