Medusa is the fifteenth studio album by British gothic metal band Paradise Lost, released on 1 September 2017[1] through Nuclear Blast Records.

” [4] With the track "No Passage for the Dead" Holmes expressed his skeptical attitude towards the belief in the afterlife, calling it "a ridiculous man-made notion, [...] initially a theory invented to profit clever individuals, aimed at weak, frightened people."

He conceded that not sharing this belief is not "a nice thought", but on the other hand could "make you appreciate the time you have, and live life to the fullest.

Andy Walmsley of Terrorizer gave the album eight and a half points out of ten and considered it "one of the darkest, heaviest, and doomiest albums of their career", with "some of the most gloriously grim riffs, cruelly catchy melodies, and spine-tingling vocals (both harsh and clean) that the band have ever recorded.

"[9] He concluded: "This is still the sound of noble veterans driving the dark heart of their music forwards and onto new terrain.