Draconian Times is the fifth studio album by British death metal band Paradise Lost, released on 12 June 1995 through Music for Nations and Relativity Records. Two tracks from the album, "The Last Time" and "Forever Failure", were released as singles with music videos, and both charted. The album was played in its entirety on the band's live record Draconian Times MMXI. It was also released with Shades of God and Icon in a boxed set called Original Album Classics. A song called "Another Desire" was written during the recording of Draconian Times, but not released on the album or the reissues. Instead, it was included in the "Forever Failure" single.

Reception

Daevid Jehnzen of AllMusic rewarded the album a score of 4.5 out of 5, calling it a mix "between stark, oppressive goth rock and crunching heavy metal" and praising Paradise Lost's ability to "create and sustain a mood". Ulf Kubanke of Laut.de calls the album "a perfect mix between beauty and morbidity" and also points out that the album sounds "as if Hetfield took a bite out of the album First and Last and Always".

Track listing

Personnel

Band

Guest musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts