The back of this CD says that Paradox "Plays exclusively Holy Black Sludge" and well I'm guessing they say this because of the low production of this release. They come from London and have huge hearts for spreading the gospel through the vehicle of music with lyrics that are staggering. I love their message. However their vehicle of choice if it were a car would be a beat up mid-80's Ford Escort with flat tires and the windshield busted out.
The vocals are really high, and drown out about 50% of the rest of the music, the drums sound like they were not even given a full track to themselves, the guitars are as muddy as any given Cornerstone fest.
The music itself is not bad...not great but certainly has room to improve, and shows some talent. These guys have a great heart and looks like they really do have some insight into what they want to produce, next release is almost guaranteed to be better, but if I were you I'd wait for it as this one is a rough listen.
4/10
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #89Reviewed by Doug Van PeltMy friends in the 80s power melodic metal band will kill these guys if they don't change their name (all in Christian love, of course... I'm kidding, alright?!). Actually, this band is quite original, mixing growling death-like vocals with slow doomy metal. The words by the artist express the music here quite adequately: "20 minutes of holy black sludge similar to the Outcasts demo...the songs…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by Hey YouI don't know what it is about sludge, but I love it. I know D_Lister was ranting about the production, and I definitely understand his plea, but if you have ever heard any popular sludge bands (almost an oxymoron huh?) then you will know that sludge isn't supposed to have great recording. This release has really bad recording, but it's great. I can see how some people will think it's just plain…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by Orc-CleaverThis is the second demo by London-based black/sludge band Paradox. The first demo was released on tape and was limited to 100 copies. It had a horrible sound and the songs were really crude musically. This CDR is limited to 200 copies but the same problems plague this release. First, the sound is just terrible. I am almost positive the drummer is playing trash cans. The guitars are extremely…Similar sounding releases
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