Paradox - Tales Of The Weird

Published December 12 2012

*=Staff's pick	Tales Of The Weird* Day Of Judgement Brutalized* Fragile Alliance Escalation Brainwashed Slashdead* Zeitgeist The Downward Spiral* A Light In The Black

Genre	Power/Thrash Metal	Charly Steinhauer	Vocals
Tracks	10	Charly Steinhauer	Guitar
Running time	55 Min.	Christian Münzner	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Olly Keller	Bass
Release	14 December 2012	Daniel Buld	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboard
Producer	Charly Steinhauer
Similar artists	---

Although Paradox released their debut album twenty-five years ago, Tales Of The Weird is just their sixth full length release. Obviously, they've been on hiatus most of the time and without consistency, you don't get much attention with all the killing competition these days and the jungle of bands out there. This is actually the first time I get to hear one of their records, so I have nothing from their past work to weigh this album against.

This band plays thrash metal with elements of both power and heavy metal, or perhaps it's the other way around? It's not brutally fast, but more on the brink to catchiness, or at least attempts to create such atmosphere, still without significant compromises to their thrash foundation. Like many bands in this genre, diversity isn't their main goal. I don't feel that this loose monotony affects the whole album's outcome though, as some songs are varied, like for instance the epic title track.

A well known expression is saying that this album has potential, meaning that it contains good stuff, but never reaches a certain point of climax. The songs are within the same span and not many songs stick out above the others. It's a fairly good release however and I will check out their catalogue when given time.

See also review of: Riot Squad
See also: interview with Charly Steinhauer

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	6	5	6	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe