Paradox

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Paradox (1986-1991, 1998-present): a Thrash Metal band from Würzburg, Germany.

ormerly under the name Overkill, Maniac and Warhead between 1981-1986 respectively, the German thrash metal act Paradox formed in 1986 with ex-Warhead duo Charly Steinhauer (vocals/guitar) and Axel Blaha (drums) and after a set of false-starts and a track included on the Teutonic Invasion Part I compilation, the line-up finally stabilized with the addition of Markus Spyth (guitar) and Roland Stahl (bass). Signing to 'Roadrunner', they released Product of Imagination (1987), a collection of formulaic speed metal influenced heavily by Metallica. The follow-up, Heresy (1989) saw a membership change with Stahl being replaced by Mattias Schmidt and an improvement in performance on their Metallica and Anthrax riffing. But the line-up was shifted again after the album with Schmidt and Spyth replaced with Dieter Roth (guitar), Manfred Springer (guitar) and Armin Donderer (bass) a line-up that wouldn't last for interest for Paradox was an almost non-starter and they presumably split up as they were not heard for almost a decade.

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Sometime around 1998 guitarist Charly Steinhauer brought together a new lineup featuring Steinhauer with Kai Pasemann (ex-Declaration Of Dependence; guitar), Oliver Holzwarth (bass) and Alex Holzwarth (drums) to release Collision Course that same year. Since then the lineup has changed again, with the Holzwarth brothers leaving, and bassist Armin Donderer (who played with Paradox in their early days) in, and the search on for a new drummer and vocalist (Steinhauer would remain as guitarist but could no longer sing for medical reasons).

Electrify (2008), Riot Squad (2009), Tales of the Weird (2012) and Pangea (2016) followed, the latter album featuring the membership of Charly Steinhauer (vocals/guitar), Tilen Hudrap (bass), Kostas Milonas (drums) and Gus Drax (guitars) who would be replaced with Christian Muenzner (guitar) after the release.

Heresy II: End of a Legend (2021) saw the line-up almost completely replaced featuring Christian Münzner (guitars (lead)), Olly Keller (bass) and Axel Blaha (drums), leaving Steinhauer as the only original member.

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