06/04/2024
Together with and thanks to Hungarian band Paragon Zero and Balazs from Neverheard Distro, we will be offering a free CD copy of the band's first and sadly last full-length album "Hexikon" (https://paragon-zero.bandcamp.com/album/hexikon) with every pre-order on our webshop (as supplies last)!
Paragon Zero's founding member, guitarist and major song-writer P sadly passed away in 2021, but the band decided to honor his final wishes about the band and record his final compositions that resulted in this album titled "Hexikon", the last chapter in Paragon Zero's story.
"The life of a great man - Péter "P" Bonnyay (02.23.1991 - 11.18.2021) whom we all considered a close friend - was not everything that was cut short tragically. The long-held prospect of producing the first (which sadly turned out to be the only) Paragon Zero LP has also been put to a halt in the midst of grief and disbelief. It took a lot of time for us to come to terms with the loss, pick up the pieces and move on with the project as he wished. Yet in 2023, we managed to do that, so it is with great pleasure that we can finally share the long-awaited full-length album, entitled "Hexikon". The cover artwork, once again created by our collaborator on the Omass EP, Ikosidio.
"Hexikon" will contain all the near-completed compositions written during the 2020-2021 preproduction sessions together with P, which sadly we never got to properly record as a band. The rough demos were finished by surviving members András "A" Gergely (guitars, bass), Vivien "WN" Brányi (guitars) and Zsolt "Z" Lédeczi (vocals), with additional contributions from former member Gravel S, P's longtime fiancée Marielle Montagnon, and drummer Tamás Galántay (Haenesy, Mádra, Fetishstar, ex-Slytract). Guitar performance from P himself appears on select tracks as well, preserved in good quality from the early demo recordings.
The full album is out on 23rd February, 2024. This date marks what would have been P's 33rd birthday, so this is our ultimate gift to him, and a seemingly appropriate time to celebrate his life and legacy by releasing his final pieces of art to the world. It can also be regarded as a sendoff for Paragon Zero as a musical entity, which will cease all activities after this release." Paragon Zero
The album is also available in Digipak format via Neverheard Distro limited to 100 hand-numbered copies, and in tape format via Neverheard Distro and Fekete Terror Productions strictly limited to 50 hand-numbered copies!
There is also another tribute to P, a project named Stoneblood that released an only album titled "Shrines of Morbid Indignity" by metal.hu in 2022. After that Stoneblood held only one gig at the end of 2023 then split up.
Their statement: "Stoneblood was born with the death of P (chief of Paragon Zero) who passed away at a young age in 2021. His unpublished lyrics were collected by longtime spiritual brother Gravel S. Upon recognizing this legacy, he recruited his fellow bandmates from Rock band Junkies to record the songs as a memorial for their late friend and stage-tech."
Here you can listen the album: https://stoneblood.bandcamp.com/album/shrines-of-morbid-indignity
