Previously known as Lions Breed, a Metal act that released a 1985 album on the Earthshaker label entitled 'Damn The Night, the group underwent line up changes and became Scanner in 1986, adopting an on stage sci-fi image. The group's debut album, Hypertrace was produced by Eloy vocalist Frank Bornemann. Backing vocals for this outing were contributed by Tyrans Pace man Ralph Scheepers. Japanese... versions of this album added the exclusive track 'Galactos'.

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