Paradise Lost

Let's see if my horrible attempt at the computer world which I am least familiar with (perhaps only comparible with the business world) will suffice at least enough for me to prompt myself into studying it with more confidence than I would should I be pealing an egg under 1 minute (can never make them look... whole, for that matter). My and my vanity needs reconfirmations every now and then. Better now than then.

Paradise Lost. What a most appropriete title for an article on this blog. The first thing that might have popped into you fellas' head when reading this ambigious title on my board is a direct link to John Milton, who's Paradise Lost I once praised as high quality pornography of the 1600s. (For those at NTU, I certainly now regret not being a studen of Michael Keaton, we would have made quite a teacher/student pair. For those not from NTU, you would have expected for me to say that anyways.) Despite all expectations, I must fail you all this once again. Of course, it won't necessarily be "Forever Failure", but then, I do tend to fail people's expectations for the hell of it.

Born in 1988, in the city of Helifax (Quite interesting city, actually... ) They were considered (or so says the internet sources) as the start of "death/doom" metal. Well... I do have to say some of their tunes... really sound... depressing. But then, I don't know that much about them. I'm new at metal... (that's why I am writing this... to try to build up my own little information bank concerning METAL). They are also considered the start of "Gothic Metal" <-- now, this... is what went around Finland, right? All the... "Goths" (Come to think of it, my first childhood relationship was with a guy who was a "GOTH"... I was destined for Metal all my life... :P)

Paradise Lost is a Metal Band (if you haven't figured this part out,... hit yourself once). I apparently found them quite favorable (if you haven't found that out... hit yourself twice). They started out back in the 80s, and is still producing this day (last Album would be... 2006... this year... :P). Come to think of it, I actually had thought of buying them when I was in Finland cuz the cover of their newest album was just... gorgeous! But didn't, cuz... u know how much albums cost in Finland.

Vocal Nick Holmes has a rather... coarse voice (okay, maybe my hearing impairment) but I guess that's what he's aiming for, a very... booming voice. Deep... and booming... makes you think of deserts, or graves, actually... or at least it made me think of deserts and graves. Yet, in some songs he's got a clear voice. A rather high voice. High and... clean. Clean and smooth... like cold water running.

I found this MV online (YouTube) which was commented as a must see. After seeing it, I kind of get why it's a must see. The way it was made, it's... so... depressing that it nearly dragged me right back into the future of my graves. Especially the moments when Holmes was burried into the ground alive. Precisely the sensation given to us by the present day world. Suffocating. I felt as if I was the one being burried.

While I was looking through wikipedia (lovely place) for information on Paradise Lost (determined to study METAL) :P I can across something equally interesting... Necrophilia. I've always had a very perversing interest for very perversing topics. It is probably most clear in my writing and stories. The general comment is, "Naomi, I like your writings, but... they're just kind of weird." I read about this serial murder called Christies (his name is definitely too long) during the 1940's/50's in Helifax, England. He was abused as a child, and grew to relate sexual feelings with corpses. In fact, he was impotent with most women, except those he can gain total control over. He would strangle women either during sex or before sex. It is very disgusting, I admit, but it also makes me interested in what's going on in his head, why he became like that and how he felt like when doing what he did.