Scanner

Power metal

There are multiple artists named Scanner: 1. Scanner is a Power Metal Band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 2. Scanner is multimedia artist and sound designer Robin Rimbaud from London, United Kingdom. 3) A German EBM and Synthpop label founded in 1999 by Francesco D'Angelo Spine Of God. 1. Scanner Was previously known as: - Reinforce (1977 - 1982) - then as Lions Breed, a German Metal act that released the 1985 album on the Earthshaker label entitled Damn The Night) the group changed vocalists and drummers and became Scanner in 1986, adopting an on stage sci-fi image. SCANNER appeared in 1987 with the opener track GALACTOS on the DOOMSDAY NEWS compilation by NOISE RECORDS, Berlin. The group’s debut album, Hypertrace, was produced by Eloy vocalist Frank Bornemann and was released in 1988. Backing vocals for this outing were contributed by Ralph Scheepers (see Primal Fear[[/artist]). The Japanese Release of this album added the exclusive track Galactos from the DOOMSDAY NEWS compilation. In 1991 the second album, TERMINAL EARTH, had been released the group had parted company with vocalist Michael Knoblich and replaced him with the Yugoslavian born ex-Angel Dust front man S.L. Coe. When personality clashes erupted between Coe and his band mates the vocalist was forced out in 1993. Guitarist and bandleader Axel Julius (also producer aka Nigel Boston) recruited a new line up for SCANNER to release the MENTAL RESERVATION album in 1995 for the MASSACRE RECORDS label and ...