Scanner - Terminal Earth

Strong but slightly disappointing album after the killer debut. The songs are good, but miss some of the catchiness that the debut's songs had. As my preference I think the 1st singer suited better with the band due to more unique voice than this album's singer, but tbh they're both good. As exceptionally good songs I'd pick only "Buy Or Die" and "Terminal Earth".

A great follow up to the excellent debut. This one has more variety which is nice and a slightly more polished production. I do prefer the debut though as it's a bit more consistent. Highlights on this one is the hitstreak of Telemania, Touch the Light, Terminal Earth and the grandious From The Dust Of Ages.

Sadly Telemania is missing from my original LP, will probably get hold of the cd version instead at some point.

Fuckin' awesome album. very good crystaline production (way ahead of its time), smart use of backing vocals, really fixed the flaws the 2nd side of Hypertrace had. C.O.E is a legend and so is Julius!

Just discovered them, sound like early helloween, not bad at all

Written by majormalfunction on 12.11.2019 at 12:24

A great follow up to the excellent debut. This one has more variety which is nice and a slightly more polished production. I do prefer the debut though as it's a bit more consistent. Highlights on this one is the hitstreak of Telemania, Touch the Light, Terminal Earth and the grandious From The Dust Of Ages.

Sadly Telemania is missing from my original LP, will probably get hold of the cd version instead at some point.

Absolutly. Hypertrace was a killer debut but Terminal Earth is a bit better. Especially the title track and Buy or die. Telemania is awesome also.

Other faves: The Law and Not Alone.