Paradox Machine is a band from Groningen, the Netherlands, which was founded June 18th, 2009 when Richard van Velzen was having his 20′th birthday. Machiel Veldkamp and Ede Meijer decided to give him a a very special birthday gift: a small jam with themselves and Walter Buisman, a bass guitarist who was in another band with Ede.

After that one jam they decided to join forces and make progressive metal together! Each band member had quite some years of experience with their respective instruments, resulting in quite interesting music. Everyone in the band had other musical influences but everyone enjoyed metal and progressive music for years, so naturally their music would have quite some roots in the progressive scene.

The band looked around in Groningen for comfortable but not too expensive rehearsal space, and found it when they stumbled across dMusicbox. They were impressed by the facilities and started rehearsing there almost weekly.

Not soon after they felt that it was time to start working on their own music, and work began on creating their first three masterpieces. The music they were creating sure had some complex passages, so this took quite the bit of time. Almost half a year later, all of the music was written. In 2010 they recorded and produced a CD June 2010 Paradox Machine released their first CD and its available for download on their website, iTunes,IMVU and Spotify.

After a  year and a half or so, they decided to cut budget and search for a own rehearsal-room. However, they didn’t quit succeed until Ede asked his boss if they could make a rehearsal-room/studio. The boss said that it was O.K. and they started to transform the empty office into a studio/rehearsal room indeed. After two whole weeks they were finished and they could make music as often as they would like (of course after office hours.)

Summer 2010 Nikky Sriamin joined the gang, providing vocals for the album being worked on currently, and completing the band. Upcoming shows will feature Nikky as the new frontman, so stay tuned for updates!

Machiel Drums	Ede keyboards	Nikky Vocals	Richard Guitars	Walter Bass

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