Fundamental social criticism has often been the concern of traditional thrash and speed metal, and with today’s release of the video single The Seeds Of Greed of the Norwegians PARADOGMATA, this is presented again in unmistakable harshness.
On the first single of the upcoming album Endetid, politics and the church are getting their comeuppance for roaming the lands of corruption and intrigue hand in hand with large corporations.
The song emerged rather spontaneously from said topic during a rehearsal for the album and could be considered the unplanned outburst of rage on the record, as shouter Frank Bøkseth remembers: “But the energy in this hectic, buzzy little scoundrel had to be put on tape ASAP, and I think that was for the best. It’s the fastest song, and possibly the one with the most words in it too, despite ticking in at just over 3 minutes!”
Watch video here:
Endetid, the title of the album that is set for release on November 23rd, is Norwegian for end time. Mankind is doing away with itself, no one intervenes against it and the future of the planet is uncertain. This is the album’s leitmotif, fueling a vast spectrum of stormy thrash sounds, thoughtful passages and traditional heavy metal riffs. The band is stylistically broadly positioned, strictly rejects blinkers and doesn’t really like to classify itself. Nevertheless, on Endetid PARADOGMATA drew a path: “Metal for the schizophrenic, haha. We love those songs, though the new material is more firmly rooted in the borderlands between thrash, death & black, but still with our melodic approach.”
PARADOGMATA take us on a dramatic journey of challenging songs that look behind the scenes of society. The band makes a clear statement: Indifference and too much power lead to downfall. “Does the world deserve having us as ‘alphas’?” is the question, their album will leave us with.
Tracklist Endetid:
Endetidsbundet
The Seeds of Greed
Seven Curses for the Deathly Pale
The Cleansing Flood
Corrupt to Interrupt
Harrowing of Heaven
The Princes in the Tower
Certain Future
The Cleansing Flood (Rough mix)
The Princes in the Tower (alt. version
