Band: Paradox
Album title: Riot Squad
Label: AFM Records GmbH
Distributor: Rock Inc. - Bertus
Release date: 16/10/2009
Release: CD

Paradox from Würzburg in southern Germany was founded by Charly Steinhauer and Axel Blaha in 1986. Soon, Markus Spyth and Roland Stahl joined the band in February that year. And so a demo tape was recorded in july 1986 and that’s when it really started. With that demo the band got a lot of attention from new fans and record labels and got even signed by Roadrunner Records.

A lot has happened since then, but then again it is more than 20 years ago. When hearing the album you’ll get a typical European trash metal (typical German trash), like Sodom or Kreator. And though this Trash metal band didn’t invent the wheel or did something new with this CD, it still sounds interesting and fresh.
Great Guitar work and something else than only a guy screaming his longs out, you can see that these guys try to make a difference. By far, this is a fan maker. There is one downside to the album, all the songs are really good but because of this no one really stands out or really sticks with you

89/100

Jeroen.