Guitarmony intro? Check. Breakdown before crazy fast drumming? Check. Chuggy guitars in the verse? Check. Lead singer with a good solid set of pipes? Check and check. Scanner hails from 1980’s Germany and brings a speedy power metal flair that is pretty great. Apparently these guys were all in different bands prior, and looking at their Wikipedia page, it looks like everyone else has been in the band since. Hooray for metal bands being a revolving door of shredders.

When I first saw the band name, I thought it was going to be an homage to the Cronenberg film, so songs about heads exploding and stuff. Instead it’s a concept album about a group convicts turned into a commando group in WWII and they go nuts and blow everyone up. I kind of want to see this movie now.

Anyway, here’s Warp 7. It’s pretty rad. Also the whole album is on the Spotify. So go check it out.