23 января 2015 года на лейбле Massacre Records культовая немецкая пауэр-метал группа Scanner выпустила свой шестой, первый за последние тринадцать лет, студийный альбом. Продсером пластинки выступил Axel "A.J." Julius, песни были записаны в s1s Studio, за мастеринг отвечал Svante Forsbäck (Amberian Dawn, Apocalyptica, Lordi) из студии Chartmakers. Anestis Goudas (Hellrazer, Mystic Prophecy, Christian Muenzner) значиться автором обложки. Коллектив образован в Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia в 1982 году под названием Lions Breed.

The tenth album by the legendary German metal band!

In a review in Rolling Stone in 1974, Ken Barnes wrote:
Strawbs moved from folkier days to a lush, stately and mellotron-dominated sound, with similarities to Yes, King Crimson and the Moody Blues. They wrote more compelling songs than the former two, and possessed more lyrical/musical substance than the latter.
Prognostic is the album that defines Strawbs once and for all as a prog rock force to be reckoned with.The music is powerful, yet melodic. The lyrics are biting, yet sensitive.

The album consists of four charted singles. "The Best of Times", written by Dennis DeYoung, went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Too Much Time on My Hands", written by Tommy Shaw, went to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, Shaw's only top 10 hit for Styx. "Nothing Ever Goes as Planned", written by DeYoung, went to #54 on the US Pop Chart. "Rockin' the Paradise" — written by DeYoung, Shaw and James Young — went to #8 on the Top Rock Track Chart.

The new album, Killer, immediately explodes through your speakers with the high-energy “Capt Crunch.” It includes all of the Super Bob elements you’ve grown accustomed to in their live shows, sans four maniacal performers flying around the stage. But trust me, you crank this up, and you’ll be flying around your place. It’s their trademark sound, which is a hyper-hip Rage Against The Machine / Rob Zombie / Nine Inch Nails kind of thing… Kind of, but not really, it’s probably best to slip on some good headphones, clear some space on the floor and as the chorus implores: “Let the mother fuckers know who their fucking with!”

Любителям тевтонско-немецкого Heavy/Power сегодня предлагаю ознакомиться с альбомом группы Stormhunter - An Eye For An I. Хорошо звучащие гитары, галопирующий ритм и вокал, местами напоминающие старый добрый Running Wild.