Catchy title. Just the kind of thing that you want to be listening to as the spring rolls around and the days get brighter. Death metal: What kind of a person would invent such a genre? Still, it takes all types and even Moscow has room for what has been described as a "the best doom gothic band."

Paradise Lost turns out to be something of a known band. Both my friends and I found ourselves wondering why I hadn't heard of them before. Not least since I spent my student days leaping about moronically in dodgy, dark, grungy clubs. Perhaps I had heard of them then, but just don't remember — there's a lot I don't

recall about those days. Paradise Lost have surely put a few songs out that I would recognize, even if I couldn't name them.

"Believe in Nothing" is the group's ninth album, and, at least in the view of this mellow-music-minded journalist, somewhat lacking the expected aggressive, death-metal style. The album falls closer to the indie/rock genre so popular a few years ago. Something like a cross between Radiohead, the Smashing Pumpkins and Faith No More (on a quieter day), "Believe in Nothing" is a pleasing album of rocky tunes.

Perhaps my review is biased, though. It was a refreshing change to listen to this style, so much lighter than expected. Nothing really jumps out of this work, except the voice of Nick Holmes, the lead vocalist. And that is actually the characteristic of this musical style that put me off it in the first place. Tracks two and three, "Mouth" and "Fader," are catchier than the others, which is probably why they were selected as singles. The whole album, though, is a buzzy package, hardly groundbreaking, but unlikely to disappoint any kind of rock fan. Worth a listen.