PARADOX - Product Of Imagination CD

There was definitely a magic to the era of ambiguity that existed between thrash, speed and power metal in the mid 1980s, one that transcended national borders and found itself with a healthy contingent of bands both states side and co-existing in Germany with its more dangerous Teutonic counterparts. The notion of a synthesis between multiple styles that had just barely been fleshed out seems a sentiment bordering on anachronistic, but it is a good way of understanding the veritable bio-diversity of sorts that existed in certain archetype outfits by way of hindsight. What is often understood as the current German concept of speed/power metal and also certain strains of contemporary USPM owe a good deal of its existence to precedents set during this time period, be it from the likes of Agent Steel, Toxik, Watchtower, and their German counterparts Angel Dust and the more Sci-Fi tinged Paradox, of which their high octane, otherworldly debut Product Of Imagination is a seminal offering.