Heavy metal titans Paragon unleash “Battalions” video single from upcoming studio album “Metalation”.
On November 8, 2024, Hamburg, Germany-based heavy metal veterans PARAGON will release their much-awaited, new studio album “Metalation” through Massacre Records. Album pre-orders are available at this location: https://lnk.to/metalation
Following the previously-released album opening track “Fighting The Fire”, today, PARAGON present their new video single “Battalions”, one of many hymns on the album featuring galloping guitars by Martin Christian topped with a tasty melody played by Jan Bertram and a chorus which is written to be sung by a big heavy metal crowd now and forever!
According to PARAGON’s Jan Bünning, their new album “Metalation” was one of the most difficult albums to make, as the band almost broke up in the time between the release of the band’s previous album “Controlled Demolition” and the present day.
Bünning and Martin Christian started working on new song ideas in the winter of 2019 and then the pandemic rocked the world and brought the majority of band activities – ranging from live gigs to rehearsals – to a halt. But still, both continued writing new songs and in the end of a long process, nine songs were ready to be recorded for “Metalation” and the first vocal demos were recorded last year. For this album, PARAGON decided to record the guitars, bass and drums on their own.
Whereas “Controlled Demolition” was a very hard and fast offering, PARAGON weren’t keen to repeat this pattern once again and instead decided for the new album to make it sound a little more melodic and versatile, just like in their old days. “Metalation” was produced with Piet Sielck, who also mixed and mastered the album.
Due to the tensions connected with the pandemic and ockdowns, guitarist Günny left the band in the late summer of 2022 and so did his replacement as well as drummer Sören, who left the band for personal reasons. The remaining band members toyed with the idea to release one final album and to play some farewell shows with Martin on guitar and his son Jason Wöbcke on drums, and then to disband PARAGON. Sometime after Easter 2023, though, Jason joined PARAGON permanently on drums and Martin decided to stay as well.
The band’s chemistry is better than ever, so it’s no surprise that everyone is very satisfied with how the new album turned. PARAGON simply can’t wait for everyone to listen to the new album and they are eager to hit the stages again!
Album Tracklist:
1. Fighting The Fire
2. Slenderman
3. Battalions
4. Beyond The Horizon
5. MarioNET
6. The Haunted House
7. Burn The Whore
8. Metalation
9. My Asylum
10. Hellgore (Bonus Track)
