{"id":31797,"date":"2025-06-20T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-greg-mackintosh\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:30:00","slug":"happy-birthday-greg-mackintosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-greg-mackintosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday GREG MACKINTOSH!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/06-20-Greg-Mackintosh-2021.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today Greg Mackintosh<strong>(Paradise Lost<\/strong>) celebrates his 55th birthday. We wish him all the best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Together with Nick Holmes, Greg Mackintosh founded <strong>Paradise Lost<\/strong> in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Since then, he has been the main composer for the gothic metal pioneers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; In addition to the guitar, he also plays keyboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Between 2010 and 2018, he was also the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the extreme metal band <strong>Vallenfyre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Since 2018, he has been dedicated to the death metal band <strong>Strigoi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <strong>Paradise Lost<\/strong> in our \u201cGothic Metal Highlights\u201d playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3jfVTJxVDCGA2SNjNbxzv0?si=79da5d692d9a4b43\" title=\"Spotify Embed: GOTHIC METAL-Highlights\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/3jfVTJxVDCGA2SNjNbxzv0?si=79da5d692d9a4b43&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which fan article will you add to your Paradise Lost collection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.emp.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:8px\">*The link recommendations marked with an asterisk are affiliate links\/affiliate program links which you can click on freely. 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