Paradox (band)

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paradox
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General information
origin Wurzburg , Germany
Genre (s) Thrash metal , speed metal , power metal
founding 1986, 1999
resolution 1991
Founding members
Charly Steinhauer
Electric guitar
 Markus Spyth
Roland Stahl
Axel Blaha
Current occupation
Vocals, electric guitar
 Charly Steinhauer
Electric guitar (studio)
 Gus Drax
Electric bass
 Tilen Hudrap
Drums (studio)
 Kostas Milonas
former members
Vocals (studio)
 Shelko Topalovic (aka Shelko L. Coe)
Singing (live)
 Stefan Haller
Electric guitar
 Markus Spyth
Electric guitar (studio)
 Diether Roth
Electric guitar (studio)
 Manfred Springer
Electric guitar
 Kai Pasemann
Electric guitar (live)
 Fabian Schwarz
Electric guitar
 Christian Münzner
Electric bass
 Roland Stahl
Electric bass (studio)
 Matthias Schmitt
Electric bass (live)
 Armin Donderer
Electric bass (live)
 Joe DiBiase
Electric bass
 Oliver Holzwarth
Electric bass (live)
 Andi Siegl
Electric bass
 Olly Keller
Drums
 Axel Blaha
Drums
 Alex Holzwarth
Drums (live)
 Chris White
Drums
 Roland Jahoda
Drums
 Daniel Buld

Paradox is a German thrash metal band from Würzburg in Lower Franconia , which was founded in 1986, disbanded in 1991 and reunited in 1999.

history

Singer and guitarist Charly Steinhauer, as well as drummer Axel Blaha, have been involved in various projects since the early 1980s, with the band name and the rest of the line-up still constantly changing. The group called itself among other things Warhead. In February 1986, the decision was made to found Paradox. Markus Spyth joined in as a second guitarist, while Roland Stahl played the bass. Through a demo, the band got a contract with Roadrunner Records . The song Pray to The Godz of Wrath of the demo was on the compilation Teutonic Invasion Part I heard. In 1987 a second demo called Mystery was released . In May, the group went to the studio with producer Kalle Trapp ( Blind Guardian ) to record their first studio album, which was released in October under the name Product of Imagination . The publication followed concerts with Overkill , Drifter , Tankard and Target , as well as an appearance at the Dynamo Open Air in 1988. Thereupon bassist Stahl had to leave the band due to his call-up to the Bundeswehr; he was replaced by Matthias Schmitt . In 1988 the band did a small club tour through Germany and also played in Lisbon and Eindhoven . On January 15th, the group went back to the studio to record the second album with producer Harris Johns ( Kreator , Sodom ). Meanwhile, guitarist Spyth left the band, so Diether Roth and (to relieve Steinhauer) Manfred Springer were hired for the recordings. Matthias Schmitt also quit his job. Armin Donderer came for him. Due to Steinhauer's laryngitis , the recordings were also delayed by many weeks. During this time there was a feverish search for a singer. The recordings with ex Angel Dust singer Shelko Topalovic (aka SL Coe), who later joined Scanner , were discarded, and Steinhauer took on this task himself in order not to endanger the continued existence of the band. When the album Heresy was released in November, Kai Pasemann was the new guitarist in the line-up, because Roth and Springer had other obligations. The rhythm guitar fell back to Steinhauer, who now needed support in the vocal area due to his damaged voice and therefore involved Stefan Haller. There was soon another change on the bass, as Joe DiBiase (not Fates Warning's ) replaced Donderer. Since the band could not cope with this line-up change, they broke up in 1991.

Charly Steinhauer revived the band for the Wacken Open Air in 1999. Guitarist Kai Pasemann and siblings Oliver (electric bass) and Alex Holzwarth (drums) were now members of the line-up. In the same year the band went into the studio with Andy Classen to record the album Collision Course , before it was released in May 2000 via AFM Records . The album contains a cover version of the Scorpions song Dynamite . The Japanese version of the album also features the songs Pray to the Godz of Wrath , Paradox and Execution as bonus songs. In the same year the band also took part in an ABBA tribute album by Nuclear Blast . The publication of Collision Course was followed by a few appearances, including an appearance on Bang Your Head in 2001. Due to Steinhauer's serious illness, the band was quiet for a long time. Contrary to reports of bowel disease , he suffered from severe recurring inflammation of the bowel. Since complications arose in retrospect during the operation that was necessary for this, his recovery took around two and a half years. Then he put together a new line-up with the guitarist Pasemann in September 2005: Since Steinhauer had problems with his hand, he temporarily stopped playing the guitar, for which guitarist Fabian Schwarz joined the band. Andi Siegl was hired as bassist, while Chris Weiß played drums. In 2006 the band performed on Keep It True . In the same year Charly Steinhauer was involved in Tarek "MS" Maghary's Dawnrider project, where he appeared in the song When Our Troops Unite on the album Fate is Calling Pt. I was heard. In the following years the band played other concerts, including in Slovenia , before Schwarz, Siegl and the band left again. Drummer Roland Jahoda and Bassiat Olly Keller joined the line-up to replace them. Then the work on the next album began, which was finished in late 2007. The sound carrier was released in January 2008 under the name Electrify . In August Steinhauer was diagnosed with an abdominal cavity hernia , so he had to undergo an operation, whereby the band had to pause. In October the band was able to start work on the next album, which Steinhauer produced himself. After the album was released in 2009 under the name Riot Squad , guitarist Pasemann and drummer Jahoda left the band. The occupation of the two positions changed several times before Daniel Buld joined the group as drummer and Christian Münzner as guitarist. In 2012 the album Tales of the Weird was released.

style

His most important influences include front man Steinhauer groups such as Metallica , Exciter , Heathen , Testament and Exodus . The guitarist and singer Steinhauer is characteristic of being left-handed and playing a right-handed guitar without winding the strings. The group initially played a mixture of power and speed metal , comparable to the music of Helloween . On the debut album Product of Imagination , parallels to the thrash metal band Metallica were audible. On the album, the band mainly reminded Metallica musically, while the vocals showed parallels to Testament. On their second album, Heresy , the band played classic speed and power metal, as they did on their debut. In terms of content, the concept album dealt with the Cathars , a Christian movement fought by the Catholic Church, and the Albigensian Crusade in the 13th century. The album could be classified between releases by bands like Megadeth and Anthrax . The song is described as melodic and guitar solo in the song 700 Tears On reminiscent of Michael Schenker . On the album Collision Course , the band was very reminiscent of Metallica in the days of Master of Puppets . In addition to Thrash Metal, the album also featured fast-playing Power Metal, with the songs often having a progressive character. The band played melodic Power Metal on Electrify , with Thrash Metal influences reminiscent of Megadeth being audible. The guitar work is reminiscent of Jeff Waters from Annihilator . The band played classic Thrash Metal on Riot Squad , with Steinhauer's hoarse vocals, which is referred to as a trademark, being particularly characteristic. Tales of the Weird moved at the interface between power and thrash metal.

Discography

Albums

  • 1987: Product of Imagination (PUPMetal Mind / Soulfood)
  • 1989: Heresy (Roadrunner)
  • 2000: Collision Course (Afm Records / Soulfood)
  • 2008: Electrify (Afm Records / Soulfood)
  • 2009: Riot Squad (Afm Records / Soulfood)
  • 2012: Tales of the Weird (Afm Records / Soulfood)
  • 2016: Pangea (Afm Records / Soulfood)

Demos

  • 1986: Demo # 1
  • 1987: Mystery

Sampler

  • 1987: Teutonic Invasion Part I
  • 1988: Stars on Thrash
  • 1990: Thrash the Wall
  • 2000: Tribute to Scorpions
  • 2001: Tribute to ABBA
  • 2007: Tribute to Tankard
  • 2007: All for Metal
  • 2009: Thrash Til Death
  • 2009: All for Metal II

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b c Matthias Herr: Matthias Herr's Heavy Metal Lexicon . tape 1 . Verlag Matthias Herr, 1993, p. 126 .
  3. ↑ Andrea Nieradzik / Götz Kühnemund: Target Paradox Tankard . Bochum colliery, Bochum colliery 1987 . Metal Market. In: Metal Hammer. February 1988, p. 68.
  4. ↑ Götz Kühnemund: Dynamo Open Air '88. In: Metal Hammer. July 1988, p. 128 f.
  5. ↑ a b c [Uwe] "Buffo" [Schnädelbach]: Paradox . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . International hard rock & heavy metal poster magazine. No. 26/1989 , December 15, 1989, pp. 80 .
  6. ↑ a b status reports. Doctor "Eisenbart" Duke examines the health of four major bands . The Rock Doctor's Clinic. In: Metal Hammer / Crash . Hard rock & heavy metal poster magazine. No. 2/1990 , January 26, 1990, Paradox, pp. 94 ff .
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  8. ↑ Paradox . In: Metal Hammer / Crash . No. 9/1989 , April 21, 1989, German Metal News, p. 108 .
  9. ↑ Paradox . In: Metal Star . Europe's Leading Hard Rock Monthly. June 1989, News, p. 7 .
  10. ↑ Paradox . In: Rock Hard . No. 37 , March 1990, News, p. 6th f .
  11. ↑ a b c Detlef Dengler: Paradox . Once infected, always infected. In: Metal Hammer. September 2000, p. 63.
  12. ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: Paradox , accessed August 11, 2013.
  13. ↑ a b Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 311 .
  14. ↑ Nameless: Paradox "The Return Of The Cult Band". metalglory.de, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Rüdiger Stehle: DAWNRIDER - Fate Is Calling (Part I) , accessed on August 11, 2013.
  16. ↑ a b Paradox , accessed August 11, 2013.
  17. ↑ Uwe Schnädelbach: Paradox . Product of Imagination. In: Metal Hammer. November 1987, p. 51.
  18. ↑ sputnikmusik.com: Paradox Heresy , December 14, 2013.
  19. ^ Matthias Breusch: Paradox . Heresy. In: Metal Hammer. No. 24, November 1989, p. 38.
  20. ↑ Detlef Dengler: Paradox . Collision Course. In: Metal Hammer. September 2000, p. 88.
  21. ^ Matthias Mineur: Paradox . Electrify. In: Metal Hammer. February 2008 p. 95.
  22. ^ Marc Halupczok : Paradox . Riot Squad. In: Metal Hammer. November 2009, p. 113.
  23. ^ Matthias Mineur: Paradox. Tales of the Weird. In: Metal Hammer. January 2013.