Scanner "Terminal Earth (Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-8004)"

Terminal Earth is the second full-length album by the German speed metal band Scanner. It was released in 1989 by Noise Records.

Track listing

1. "The Law" – 4:17
2. "Not Alone" – 3:52
3. "Wonder" – 4:07
4. "Buy or Die" – 4:59
5. "Telemania" – 4:36
6. "Touch the Light" – 5:02
7. "Terminal Earth" – 3:51
8. "From the Dust of Ages" – 9:25
9. "The Challenge" – 4:35
10. "L.A.D.Y." – 4:35

An alternate cover exists.

Recording information:

Recorded at Sky Trak Studio, Berlin, Germany.

Backing vocals by the "Shouting Flensdrinkers".

Vocal, choir and lyric proproduction by Dust Music Productions.

Scanner "Hypertrace (2013, CD, Divebomb Records, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered)"

Hypertrace is the debut studio album by the German power metal band Scanner, released through Noise Records in 1988. It is a concept album with a science fiction storyline.

During World War II, the military ordered the formation of a commando troop out of seven convicts. With scientific help these seven were trained and genetically manipulated to become a super combat unit.

The mutant soldiers went berserk, and directed all their strength and superior skills against their commanders. The rebels had to be annihilated ("Grapes of Fear"), so they were shot into space, and their rockets exploded, except one ("Locked Out"), which was found by aliens ("Wizard Force"). The aliens taught the mutant survivor to bring peace to the world ("Retaliation Positive").

Track listing

All lyrics by Michael Knoblich. Music as indicated

1. "Warp 7" (Tom S. Sopha, Axel Julius, Martin Bork, Michael Knoblich) – 4:27
2. "Terrion" (Julius) – 4:53
3. "Locked Out" (Julius) – 6:23
4. "Across the Universe" (Julius, Bork, Knoblich) – 3:52
5. "R.M.U." (Sopha, Julius, Bork, Knoblich) – 5:46
6. "Grapes of Fear" (Julius, Sopha, Knoblich) – 3:58
7. "Retaliation Positive" (Julius, Bork, Knoblich) – 4:25
8. "Killing Fields" (Sopha, Julius, Bork, Knoblich) – 4:23
9. "Wizard Force" (Sopha, Julius) – 4:25 (CD release bonus track)
10. "Galactos" (Sopha, Julius, Bork, Knoblich) – 3:45 (Japanese release bonus track)

Track #10, "Galactos" is only available on the Japanese re-release and the metal sampler Doomsday News vol.1. According to Axel Julius, the band's only remaining original member, "Galactos" was not included on the original release because it was recorded during a different recording session and has a noticeably different sound when compared to the other songs on the album. The song was featured as track one on Noise's 1988 Doomsday News compilation.

The songs as arranged on the album are not in conceptual or chronological order. The correct conceptual order reported in the CD booklet is as follows:

1. "Grapes of Fear"
2. "Locked Out"
3. "Across the Universe"
4. "Wizard Force"
5. "Retaliation Positive"
6. "Galactos"
7. "Warp 7"
8. "Killing Fields"
9. "R.M.U."
10. "Terrion"

Reissued for the 2013 Record Store Day. Some copies come with a free magnet. This version has been completely remastered and also contains an interview with Axel Julius.

Recording information:

Recorded January-March 1988 at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover.

Track 10 recorded and mixed in November 1987.

Saxon "More Inspirations"

More Inspirations is the second cover album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released on 24 March 2023.

As its predecessor Inspirations, the album consists of covers from the 1960s and 1970s. The Faith Healer was released as a single on 16 January.

More Inspirations was the band's first studio album since Call to Arms (2011) to not enter the UK Albums Chart top 100. As with every Saxon studio album in the last 16 years, More Inspirations entered the charts in all of the three German-speaking countries.

Track listing

More Inspirations track listing

1. "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil The Animals 3:39
2. "The Faith Healer" Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 6:28
3. "From the Inside" Alice Cooper, Bernie Taupin, David Foster, Dick Wagner Alice Cooper 3:36
4. "Chevrolet" Billy F. Gibbons ZZ Top 3:59
5. "Substitute" Pete Townshend The Who 4:01
6. "Gypsy" Mick Box, David Byron Uriah Heep 3:13
7. "Man on the Silver Mountain" Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio Rainbow 3:52
8. "Detroit Rock City" Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin KISS 4:16
9. "Razamanaz" Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew Nazareth 3:26
10. "Tales of Brave Ulysses" Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp Cream 3:20

Saxon "Carpe Diem"

Carpe Diem is the twenty-third studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon released in 2022.

In an October 2018 interview with Sonic Perspectives, Byford confirmed that Saxon would "definitely" record a new album sometime in 2019. He was quoted as saying, "We don't have to have too much commitment to timings. We're an established band — we can pretty much do what we want. If we feel like writing, then we write. If we don't feel like writing, then we don't write. Simple as that." Byford had stated that their new album was expected to be released in early 2021; but later sighted a tentative February 2022 release.

Music videos were released for "Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)", "Remember the Fallen", "The Pilgrimage", and "Black Is the Night" on the band's YouTube channel.

Saxon embarked on a UK/European tour with special guests Diamond Head named the Seize the Day tour after the album's opening track, with the UK leg of the tour opening in Ipswich on 11 November and ending on 26 November in London.

Carpe Diem was the band's highest-charting record in the United Kingdom since 1983's Power & the Glory, with a top position of 17 on the UK Albums Chart; the record also charted in the United States, reaching number 18 in Top Heatseekers, 26 in Top Current Album Sales, and 63 in Top Album Sales overall.

It was also Saxon's highest-charting album ever in several countries, including Germany, where it reached number 3 on the GfK charts; Switzerland, where the album reached number 4; and Austria, where it reached number 7. Carpe Diem also reached number 4 in the Finnish charts.

The record received positive reviews from critics. Blabbermouth gave the album a rating of 7.5 out of 10, and webzine Metal Storm called it "the most memorable record the band have put out in the last decade or so", commenting that the band are "still going strong" and granting a rating of 7.2.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Byford; all music is composed by Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Nigel Glockler, Nibbs Carter, Doug Scarratt.

1. "Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)" 4:42
2. "Age of Steam" 4:09
3. "The Pilgrimage" 6:29
4. "Dambusters" 3:20
5. "Remember the Fallen" 5:15
6. "Super Nova" 4:21
7. "Lady in Gray" 5:13
8. "All for One" 3:43
9. "Black Is the Night" 4:12
10. "Living on the Limit" 2:55

4-panel digipak.

Official music videos:

- Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)

- The Pilgrimage

- Black Is the Night

- Dambusters

Recording information:

Guitars recorded at Backstage Recording Studios, Derbyshire (UK).

Vocals recorded at Big Silver Barn, York (UK).

Drums recorded at Velbyproductions, Grünenplan (Germany).