Hypertrace
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| Hypertrace | ||||
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Cover art by Joachim Luetke | ||||
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| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 1988 | |||
| Studio | Horus Sound Studio, Hanover, Germany | |||
| Genre | Speed metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 38:07 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Frank Bornemann | |||
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| AllMusic | |
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").