After some delays with the official Century Media store, my copy of the new Paradise Lost album finally arrived yesterday:

A thing of beauty, and probably my album of the year. Of the announced albums I'm aware of this year, only Refused or Ihsahn have a chance of dethroning it.

This also means that it's a good time for a Paradise Lost collection post:

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So, the two on the left are:

Drown in Darkness - The Early Demos

Symbol of Life (Limited edition digipak)

Then the pile in the middle:

Lost Paradise

Gothic

Shades of God

Icon (Limited edition digipak)

Draconian Times

One Second (Limited edition digipak)

Host

Believe in Nothing

Paradise Lost (Limited edition digipak)

In Requiem

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)

The Plague Within (Limited edition digibook)

And finally the two on the right:

Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (Limited edition digibook)

Tragic Idol (Limited edition box set; signed by the band)

One of my all-time favourite bands, and one of my most valued collections.