A late 80s Speed Metal band from Würzburg, Bavaria founded in February of 1986. Founder members frontman Charly Steinhauer and drummer Axel Blaha are both ex-WARHEAD with other original members being guitarist Markus Spyth and bass player Roland Stahl. A July 1986 demo scored a deal with the Roadrunner label that November. The band cut a further demo 'Mystery' in 1987 and had the track 'Pray To The Godz Of Wrath' featured as the lead track on the compilation 'Teutonic Invasion' before their Roadrunner deal resulted in a Kalle Trapp produced debut 'Product Of Imagination' in 1988.

'Product Of Imagination' brought the band enormous rewards in their homeland, PARADOX being voted by both 'Rock Hard' and 'Metal Hammer' magazines as best newcomer act and coming only behind established veterans SCORPIONS and ACCEPT as highest regarded German band. Touring in December of 1987 had the band on the road with Swiss act DRIFTER. The group also chalked up important festival appearances at the infamous Dutch 'Dynamo' event and the 'Festa Avante' in Portugal.

A new look PARADOX recorded the Harris Johns produced second album, 'Heresy', the band having drafted new guitarist Dieter Roth and bassist Matthias Schmitt. Erstwhile CRONOS TITAN guitarist Kai Paseman was recruited in November of 1989 but shortly after PARADOX would then go into a period of hibernation. Paseman founded the KRAUTS, an act which evolved into DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE issuing two albums.

PARADOX was reunited for a 'Wacken Open Air' show in August of 1999. Joining Steinhauer and Paseman would be the esteemed SIEGES EVEN sibling rhythm section of bass player Oliver and drummer Alex Holzwarth. Besides making their mark with Progressive Metal act SIEGES EVEN the brothers have contributed to many other high profile acts- Oliver to BLIND GUARDIAN and Alex to Italian Symphonic Metal band RHAPSODY and Brazilians ANGRA.

The revised PARADOX released the 'Collision Course' album, which included a rendition of the SCORPIONS 'Dynamite', through the AFM Records label in 2000. Japanese versions of the album came with no less than three extra tracks 'Pray To The Godz Of Wrath', 'Paradox' and 'Execution'. The band also contributed to a Nuclear Blast ABBA tribute album.

Oliver Holzwarth later teamed up with DEMONS & WIZARDS. PARADOX underwent a major shift in their line-up in late 2002 with both Holzwarth brothers opting out. The group pulled in former guitarist Kai Pasemann and enrolled the veteran Stefan Schwarzmann, citing credits with CRONOS TITAN, SKEW SISKIN, ACCEPT, U.D.O. and RUNNING WILD, on the drums. Another erstwhile band member, Armin Donderer, was commited to play bass.

In early 2004 Steinhauer relinquished the guitar role, citing an unspecified illness as the reason. By June it was announced that the frontman's condition had stalled the writing process for a new album. In 2005 Armin Donderer featured on OLIVER HARTMANN's solo album 'Out In The Cold' and in November joined FREEDOM CALL. PARADOX duly regrouped, Charly Steinhauer being backed by guitarists Kai Pasemann and Fabian Schwarz, bassist Andi Siegl and drummer Chris Weiß.

PARADOX's 2006 AFM Records album 'Electrify' included a cover version of BLACKFOOT's 'Good Morning'. Ex-bassist Andreas Siegl joined MY DARKEST HATE in February 2007. The band contributed their cover version of TANKARD's 'Zombie Attack' to the tribute album 'A Tribute To Tankard' included as a bonus disc on the AFM Records 2007 TANKARD release 'Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers'.

PARADOX released their fifth album, 'Riot Squad', on 26th October 2009 via AFM Records.