Artist: PARADOX
Album: PRODUCT OF IMAGINATION RE-RELEASE (DIGI)

Release date: 1987/ 2007
Media type: CD

The classic material from Roadrunner Records archives in a new digipack edition, limited to numerated 2000 copies. New edition of the debut Paradox album expanded with bonus material - live tracks, demo & video clip. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on gold disc.

Paradox - German Power/Thrash/Speed Metal founded by Charly Steinhauer (v,g) and Axel Blaha (dr) in 1986. Both founding members played together in some other bands (Overkill, Poison, Maniac, Warhead) since 1981. In February 1986 Markus Spyth (g) and Roland Stahl (b) joined the band. A demo-tape recorded in July 1986 caught the attention of the Roadrunner Records who signed the band in November 1986. Their second demo "Mystery" (1987) was elected "Demo of the year" by the press and the song "Pray To The Godz Of Wrath" was the opener song of the Sampler Teutonic Invasion Part 1. The debut album "Product Of Imagination" recorded in May 1987 at Kalle Trapp´s Karo Studio in Münster was released worldwide in October 1987. The album received overwhelming positive press. It was voted "LP of the month" in Rock Hard, Metal Hammer ("…best German debut since Helloween…"), highest scores from Japanese BURRN, the English KERRANG ("…here they are…the new Metallica…") etc. so quickly Paradox achieved the reputation of the "Newcomer Nr. 1 from Germany". Numerous live shows in Europe followed (e.g. with Drifter, Tankard, Overkill, Helloween) and the band was highly acclaimed at festival-gigs at "Dynamo Open Air 88" in Eindhoven and "Festa Avante" in Lisbon. Roland Stahl left the band in October 1988 due to job-related reasons and was replaced by Matthias "Kater" Schmitt. In December 1988 another line-up change took place - Dieter Roth (g) took over Markus Spyth. Paradox started to work on their second album "Heresy" in January 1989 at Harris Johns' "Music-Lab"-studio in Berlin. "Heresy" released in November 1989 worked out a great success especially in Japan. In Germany, as well as all over Europe (especially Greece and Italy), the press was full of praise for the album. In November 1989 Kai Pasemann (g) replaced Dieter Roth but after a while the band was put on hold for many years due to unpopular decisions and more changes in the line up and differences with the label… After almost ten years the interest of labels initiated Charly Steinhauer to reactivate Paradox with Kai Pasemann, Oliver Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Blind Guardian) on guitars and Alex Holzwarth (Sieges Even, Rhapsody, Angra) on drums.

In May 2000 Paradox were signed by Afm-Records, who released their third album "Collision Course" in August 2000. Once again the press reaction was euphoric around the globe but the band failed to go on tour. In June 2001 the Paradox absolved a electrifying show at the Bang Your Head festival which once again made the fans go mad. Charly had to struggle with numerous strokes of fate in his private life such as numerous cases of death in his family, which the usually good-humored front man barely coped with. A severe intestinal disease followed with numerous operations which almost lead to his death. All activities of Paradox were stopped at this time. In September 2005 Charly Steinhauer had endured his long enduring sickness and started planning a further comeback together with Kai Pasemann. The 2nd comeback was absolved at the Keep It True VI Festival in April 2006. New album "Electrify" will be released on 26.10.2007.

TRACKLIST :

1. Opening Theme
2. Paradox
3. Death, Screaming And Pain
4. Product Of Imagination
5. Continuation Of Invasion
6. Mystery
7. Kill That Beast
8. Pray To The Godz Of Wrath
9. Beyond Space
10. Wotan II

Bonus tracks:
11. Paradox (Live)
12. Death, Screaming And Pain (Live)
13. Execution (Live)
14. Pray To The Godz Of Wrath (Demo)
15. Paradox (live video)