Shangri-La It may be used in this context alongside other mythical and famous examples of somewhat similar metaphors such as El Dorado, The Fountain of Youth, and The Holy Grail. Shangri-La Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia – a permanently happy land, isolated from the world. In the novel, the people who live at Shangri-La
Paradise Lost (band) the band's songs credited to them. During the years, the band has only changed drummers. After their formation in 1988, Paradise Lost released three cassette demos, "Paradise Lost", "Frozen Illusion", and "Plains of Desolation", before being signed to Peaceville Records in 1989. They recorded their debut album, "Lost Paradise", at Academy Music Studio in December of that year. The album was released in February 1990. In November 1990, Paradise Lost returned to Academy Music Studio to record their second album, "Gothic", which was released in March 1991. The band began to move away from the death/doom sound of their previous