Paradise Lost vs Alice Cooper

Beginning Analysis: What happens when a Gothic Metal band from Britain takes on a American icon of Shock Rock? Read on to see who...is...deadliest!?

Paradise Lost Quick Bio

There were many pioneers in the field of Gothic Metal, but there were none who were as unique and diverse as Paradise lost. First formed back in 1988, Paradise Lost currently consists of vocalist Nick Holmes, lead guitarist Greg Mackintosh, rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy, bass player Steve Edmondson, and drum player Adrian Erlandsson. Influenced by bands such as Kreator, Celtic Frost, Candlemass, Death, Morbid Angel, and Repulsion, Paradise Lost set-out to shake metal's core, releasing three of the heaviest albums in metal history (Lost Paradise in 1990, Gothic in 1992, and Shades of God in 1992). Things changed a little bit, when the albums Icon (1993) and the highly praised Draconic Times (1995) gained more of a melodic feel to them, but their biggest change would come in on 1997 with the release of One Second. This marked the period where Paradise Lost delved into the realm of electronica, and they would stay in that realm for two more albums, Host (1999), and Believe In Nothing (2001). This caused their core fans to get confused, yet at the same time brought in a new generation of fans. Luckily, they began returning to their roots, after the release of Symbol of Life (2002). The albums released since then, such as Paradise Lost (2005), In Requiem (2007), and Faith Divided Us - Death Unites Us (2009), reassured metal fans that the electronica era was just a phase. On April 23, 2012, the band released their 13th album, Tragic Idol, to a crowd of eager and grateful fans.

Paradise Lost Songs
Enchantment
Small Town Boy
Embers Fire
Embraced
As Horizons End
Honesty in Death

Alice Cooper Quick Bio

Taken from Wikipedia: "Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal designed to shock.

Originating in Detroit in the late 1960s, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies.

Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, adopting the band's name as his own name, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare; in 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, New Wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock.

Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". Cooper is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and he is regarded as being the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.

In 2011 the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

Alice Cooper Songs
School’s Out
Poison
Die For You
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Snakebite
I’ll Bite Your Face Off

Rules
Since this is not a traditional matchup, the rules for this bout are going to be a bit different. For starters, I'll only be counting up to 50 "kills", so I won't get overwhelmed and such. As for the other rules:

No. 1: Pick a band you want to support
No. 2: Listen through all of that band's songs, then pick one of the songs that you think would win over the other band's music
No. 3: Leave a comment saying which band & song you supported, and nothing else

Once 50 comments have been left, I'll post up the results on the blank charts below. After all that's been done, I'll conclude with my usual ending assessment, and I'll reveal the next fight. Until then, have fun!

Paradise Lost:
Enchantment:
Smalltown Boy:
Embers Fire:
Embraced:
As Horizons End:
Honesty in Death:

Alice Cooper:
School’s Out:
Poison:
Die For You:
No More Mr. Nice Guy:
Snakebite:
I’ll Bite Your Face Off:

Ending Assessment:


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