Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian (who in many of the band's album booklets is written as Martin Wöbcke when it comes to songwriting-credits). 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 (Andreas, Jan, Markus, and Claudius) 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
Paragon live at Metal Frenzy 2018 in Gardelegen
Singer Andreas Babuschkin
Guitarists Günther Kruse and Jan Bertram
Bassist Jan Bünning
Drummer Sören Teckenburg
Current members
Andreas Babuschkin - Lead Vocals (1997–present)
Martin Christian - Guitar / Backing Vocals (1990–present)
Jan Bertram - Guitar / Backing Vocals (2012–present)
Jan Bünning - Bass / Backing Vocals (1997–2007, 2009–present)
Sören Teckenburg - Drums (2013–present)
Former members
Vocals: Chris Barena (1990–1994) Kay Carstens (1994–1996)
Guitar: Frank Hellweg (1990–1991) Marcus Cremer (1991–1993) Wolfgang "Woko" Köhler (1993–1994) Daniel Görner (1995–1996) Claudius Cremer (1996–2003) Günter Kruse (2003–2009) Wolfgang Tewes (2010–2015)
paragon, band, this, article, need, reorganization, comply, with, wikipedia, layout, guidelines, please, help, editing, article, make, improvements, overall, structure, july, 2017, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, this, article, needs, additional,. This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia s layout guidelines Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Paragon band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Paragon is a speed metal band from Hamburg Germany ParagonBackground informationOriginHamburg GermanyGenresHeavy metalPower metalYears active1990 presentLabelsNapalm RecordsMassacre RecordsRemedy RecordsMembersAndreas BabuschkinMartin ChristianJan BertramJan BunningSoren TeckenburgPast memberssee belowWebsiteparagon metal com Contents 1 Biography 2 Band members 2 1 Current members 2 2 Former members 3 Timeline 4 Discography 4 1 Albums 4 2 Other releases 4 3 Compilation appearances 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditParagon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian who in many of the band s album booklets is written as Martin Wobcke when it comes to songwriting credits 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 Andreas Jan Markus and Claudius 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 Bunning 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 Gunny 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 EditParagon live at Metal Frenzy 2018 in Gardelegen Singer Andreas Babuschkin Guitarists Gunther Kruse and Jan Bertram Bassist Jan Bunning Drummer Soren TeckenburgCurrent members Edit Andreas Babuschkin Lead Vocals 1997 present Martin Christian Guitar Backing Vocals 1990 present Jan Bertram Guitar Backing Vocals 2012 present Jan Bunning Bass Backing Vocals 1997 2007 2009 present Soren Teckenburg Drums 2013 present Former members Edit Vocals Chris Barena 1990 1994 Kay Carstens 1994 1996 Guitar Frank Hellweg 1990 1991 Marcus Cremer 1991 1993 Wolfgang Woko Kohler 1993 1994 Daniel Gorner 1995 1996 Claudius Cremer 1996 2003 Gunter Kruse 2003 2009 Wolfgang Tewes 2010 2015 Bass Dirk Sturzbecher 1990 1995 Uwe Wessel bass 1995 1996 Dirk Seifert 2007 2009 Drums Kay Neuse 1990 1995 Markus Corby 1995 2005 Chris Gripp 2005 2013 Timeline EditDiscography EditAlbums Edit World of Sin 1995 The Final Command 1998 Chalice of Steel 1999 Steelbound 2001 Law of the Blade 2002 The Dark Legacy 2003 Revenge 2005 Forgotten Prophecies 2007 Screenslaves 2008 Force of Destruction 2012 Hell Beyond Hell 1 2016 Controlled Demolition 2019 Other releases Edit Into the Black EP 1994 2000 Promo CD Demo 2000 Eye Of The Storm Single 2003 Larger Than Life EP 2008 Compilation appearances Edit Metal Invader on a Helloween tribute released by Arise Records Two Faced on A Tribute to Tankard included as a bonus disc on the AFM Records 2007 Tankard release Best Case Scenario 25 Years In Beers References Edit PARAGON So as promised here are some more details www facebook com Retrieved 2015 12 08 External links EditOfficial homepage Paragon Myspace Paragon discography at MusicBrainz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paragon band amp oldid 1110412900, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
