Paradox

Paradox is a very strongly conceptual representative work on which Royal Hunt binds thick, gorgeous keyboards, dramatic choruses and heavy guitar. A culminating record of the period D.C. Cooper belonged, with the whole album tightly constructed around one story. The songs proceed vividly changing their light and shade from scene to scene, and Cooper’s overwhelming, expressive singing powerfully pushes out the deep emotion in the story. In particular, the grand, over-ten-minute suite-like classic “Message to God,” on which symphonic arrangement and dramatic development beautifully come to fruition, still boasts high popularity as one of the band’s signature songs. Flashy, grandiose decoration is truly abundant, yet at its center strong, memorable melody is always firmly placed. Content that supported a grand concept with sure playing. A record strongly showing the band’s appeal, uniting a symphonic, gorgeous, grand expanse and heavy metal’s powerful drive at a high level. You can savor both narrative and the splendor of the playing at once. An extremely polished representative work inscribing the culmination of early Royal Hunt during D.C. Cooper’s tenure — a record full of grand drama.