Paul Wardingham

Paul Wardingham is an English-born Australian heavy metal musician. Self-described as "instrumental cyber metal"^[1] his style can be categorized as a hybrid mix of melodic death metal, progressive metal and math metal with electronic elements.^[2] He is currently signed to Enigmatic Records^[3] and managed by Johnny Cheng.^[4]

Biography

Paul Wardingham was born in the UK where he learned guitar and became exposed to blues and jazz fusion. He currently resides in Brisbane, Australia^[5] where he performed in "The Collins/Wardingham Project", a progressive metal fusion band. In 2006, the group released the album Interactive.

Paul later contributed guitar instrumentals for "Aeon Displacement" in the 2011 Mortuus Machina album by the Australian melodic death metal band Universum.^[6]

As of 2010, Paul has operated as a solo artist,^[7] releasing two albums as of July 2015: Assimilate Regenerate and The Human Affliction.

Assimilate Regenerate (2011)

Released in 2011, the instrumental concept album was inspired by "science fiction, future technology and the effect it has on society".^[8]

Sputnikmusic awarded the album a rating of 4.5, noting that the "album is extremely solid from beginning to end, and is definitely one of the best records of 2011 so far."^[9]

Discography

The Collins/Wardingham Project

• 2006: Interactive

Solo

• 2011: Assimilate Regenerate
• 2015: The Human Affliction

References