Artist: PARAGON
Album: HELL BEYOND HELL VINYL (LP+CD)

Year: 2016
EAN/UPS: 4250001701871
Media type: LP

PARAGON was formed in 1990 by guitarist Martin Christian in Hamburg, Germany. After 3 yearsof being on smaller labels with moderate success, PARAGON signed a deal in 2000 with the Hamburg based label Remedy Records. This pairing resulted in the release of 3 highly successful albums, STEELBOUND, LAW OF THE BLADE and THE DARK LEGACY.

In the beginning of 2014 Drummer Chris Gripp left the band and was replaced by Sören Teckenburg. Shows in Wales (Hammerfest UK), Greece (Up The Hammers), Austria (Black´n´Thrash Inferno), Germany (DONG Open Air) were played in the new line up. With fresh blood in their ranks, Paragon begun to collect ideas for their 11th album, and in November 2014 they started to work out what they gathered so far in their rehearsal room.

A few weeks before co-headlining the German Swordbrothers Festival, Wolfgang Tewes left for personal reasons and was replaced for the show by
former Paragon guitar player Günny Kruse. The show was a huge success and Paragon proved that after 25 years they could still deliver the goods. Right after the show Paragon entered Piet Sielck´s Powerhouse in Hamburg to record „Hell Beyond Hell“. Joining the band on second guitar for the recordings is no other than PARAGON founder Martin Christian, who is excited to share lead duties with Jan Bertram. This is the best line-up the band ever had, and so you can expect nothing short but the most heavy album the band ever recorded with songs like „Rising Forces“, „Heart Of The Black“, „Buried In Blood“ and „Devil´s Waitingroom“.

In November 2015 Paragon returned „home“ by singning a world wide deal with the label which released most of their classic albums: Remedy Records from Hamburg. „It´s good to back! We contacted some other labels as well, but only Remedy Records gave us the feeling they really believe in us and our music and it´s not all about money and image!“ states Bass-Player Jan Bünning.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

  1. Rising Forces
  2. Hypnotized
  3. Hell Beyond Hell
  4. Heart Of The Black
  5. Stand Your Ground
  6. Meat Train
  7. Buried In Blood
  8. Devil's Waitingroom


LINE-UP:

Andreas Babuschkin – Lead Vocals
Martin Christian – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Jan Bertram – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Jan Bünning – Bass, Backing Vocals
Sören Teckenburg – Drums