Paradise Lost (Cirith Ungol album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Paradise Lost

| type = studio

| artist = Cirith Ungol

| cover = ParadiseLost.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover art by Michael Whelan

| released = August 23, 1991
(Canada, Greece and US)
October 7, 2016
(Europe)

| recorded = Gold Mine Studios, Ventura, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|doom metal}}

| length = 47:28

| label = Restless (Canada, Greece and US)
Metal Blade (Europe)

| producer = Ron Goudie

| prev_title = One Foot in Hell

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Servants of Chaos

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/paradise-lost-r4011/review | title = Cirith Ungol – Paradise Lost | accessdate = May 24, 2012 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Metal Reviews

| rev2Score = 82/100{{cite web | url = http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/detail.php3?id=7606 | title = Cirith Ungol – Paradise Lost | accessdate = September 28, 2013 | last = Thomas | work = Metal Reviews | publisher = Metal Reviews}}

| rev3 = Rough Edge

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web | url = http://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/c/cirithungol.htm#paradise | title='Paradise Lost' (Restless; 1991) | accessdate = September 28, 2013 | last = Bolton | first = R. Scott | work = Rough Edge | publisher = R. Scott Bolton}}

}}

Paradise Lost is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Cirith Ungol. It was released on August 23, 1991 by Restless Records in the United States, Canada and Greece, and re-released as a bootleg several times. The band broke up in 1992 over unresolved issues with their new record label. It was finally officially re-released in 2007/08 on Noble Rot.

According to band member Robert Garven:

Restless Records did nothing for the band in the way of promotion or touring. They had me contact Roadrunner Records in Europe (who released our first 2 records) to try to convince them to release Paradise Lost in Europe. The owner, I think was named Cess Wessels or something, refused to release it saying that it was outdated. It is funny as it is the CD that everyone wants and it is still unavailable! I have tried on several occasions to get PL re-released but with no luck. Several companies were very interested in re-releasing it, however Restless Records would never return their phone calls or e-mail.

The album was finally released in the rest of Europe on October 7, 2016 by Metal Blade Records.