Paragon (band)
Paragon is a German heavy metal band from Hamburg.
History
Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian. After releasing some demo tapes and a mini-CD, they were able to release an album in 1994, the debut World of Sin. Shortly after this, their record company Blue Merle went bankrupt, and Martin decided to put the band on hiatus.About two years later, Martin found four new members and recorded the album The Final Command. In 1999, Chalice of Steel was released. In 2001, Paragon released Steelbound, engineered and produced by Piet Sielck of Iron Savior. Piet has worked with the band on every album since then.
After the recording of Forgotten Prophecies in early 2007, the band's longtime bass player Jan Bünning quit the band because of "musical differences." Shortly after the band had found a replacement in Dirk Seifert.
In late 2007 the band changed labels to Massacre Records and released Screenslaves in 2008.
In the mid to ending months of 2009, Paragon took a break. During this time they lost two members. Guitarist Günny Kruse who had played on their three studio albums between 2005–2008, and also bassist Dirk Seifert who only played on "Screenslaves".
In 2012 the album "Force Of Destruction" was released.
On 4 November 2014 Paragon announced a new album will be released for the band's 25th anniversary. The album, Hell Beyond Hell came out in 2016.
Band members
Current members
- Andreas Babuschkin – lead vocals
- Martin Christian – guitar, backing vocals
- Jan Bertram – guitar, backing vocals
- Jan Bünning – bass, backing vocals
- Jason Wöbcke – drums
Former members
Vocals:Chris Barena
Kay Carstens
Guitar:
Frank Hellweg
Marcus Cremer
Wolfgang "Woko" Köhler
Daniel Görner
Claudius Cremer
Günter Kruse
Wolfgang Tewes
David Wieczorek
Bass:
Dirk Sturzbecher
Uwe Wessel – bass
Dirk Seifert
Drums:
Kay Neuse
Markus Corby
Chris Gripp
Sören Teckenburg – drums
Discography
Albums
World of Sin The Final Command Chalice of Steel Steelbound Law of the Blade The Dark Legacy Revenge Forgotten Prophecies Screenslaves Force of Destruction Hell Beyond Hell Controlled Demolition- ''Metalation''