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Paradise Lost (Symphony X album) Paradise Lost (Symphony X album) Paradise Lost is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released on June 26, 2007 through Inside Out Music. It is a concept album loosely inspired by John Milton's 1667 epic poem "Paradise Lost". The album was the band's first to chart on the U.S. "Billboard" 200, reaching No. 123 and remaining on that chart for a week, as well as reaching No. 1 on "Billboard"'s Heatseekers and the top 100 in five other countries. The album's release had been delayed numerous times since the announcement on November 16, 2005 that the