Paradox of Ravens are an 80’s electronic inspired goth duo with a sound defined by shadow, atmosphere, and razor-edged emotion. After introducing their dark identity on their debut album, Edge of Darkness (released October 2025), they now return with their most immersive work yet: Eye of the Storm, which will be released later this year.

On this page, you’ll step into the writing process behind the new album, where synth-driven textures, haunting melodies, and the duo’s signature sense of unease were shaped into songs that feel both intimate and cinematic. Whether you’re a long-time listener or discovering them for the first time, this is your invitation to explore how the storm was built.

With the first album released in October 2025 we had a period as the winter months drew in when we could start work on the second album. We ended 2025 with the long trip back to Plymouth to perform at the convention we did the year previous, which went down really well.

The second album was always going to be a challenge as we didn’t just want to repeat a collection of songs. We felt the first album gave a good illustration of our music with catchy rifts, strong melodies which provided instant appeal on first listening. The second album we felt needed to deliver a more “listening experience” that would be complex in construction, yet more attractive, albeit the need to listen to the album a few more times to grasp the whole concept.

Unlike the first album “Edge of Darkness” we had nothing in the arsenal to fall back on so, as the winter months drew in, I hit the ground running and wrote a couple of pieces, that I hoped would set the scene for the second album.

The title track “Eye of the Storm” was one of these which gave us the idea for the album cover. “Dark Clowns” is another that surfaced, which began to create ideas of connecting and intertwining songs with other tracks on the album. “Lady Devine”, would later cast her shadow over the second side of the album.Once I had the sense of direction then I wrote a number of tracks in quick succession although I revisited them on a number of occasions to add complex instrumental parts within the tracks, rather than the “short” middle 8 sections that were more prominent on the first album.

As January approached, we went back into the studio to put down the foundation of “ Eye of the Storm”. With songs already produced we worked on the next stage recording the vocals. This time we worked on harmonies to thicken the vocal dynamics. Paul our engineer, was a key part as he oversees everything before mixing the tracks and taking them to the next level.

I am not sure where our idea for “ Lady Devine” entered the scene but our imagination of a dark subject in the late Victorian 19th Century seemed to put her stamp firmly on the album. In fact, most of the second half of the album has been attributed to her, a beautiful serial killer lady, driven by greed for wealth, power and status in a male “upper class” dominated society. The album was finally mixed and sent off to master and produce the vinyl templates for production.