 With the release of their sixth album "One Second" in 1997, Paradise Lost brought a more commercial and pop-oriented direction to the genre they had helped created but the success of "Draconian Times" has not been overcome.Praised by Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic as a "radical but impressive departure", the album drew comparisons to Depeche Mode with nothing remaining "of their early death/doom metal origins".Subsequent albums "progressively experimented with electronics and pop elements, with the guitars gradually getting pushed further into the background".