scorpions

In Trance

(1975)

Teutonic metal meisterwerk from the German icons

“The SCORPIONS are my favourite German band – 70s-era Scorpions to be precise – and this is my favourite German release ever. You just can’t deny the mastery of this timeless classic, which was certainly a landmark for Kraut country!

“In Trance is all killer, no filler. It’s catchy, but it also has a good portion of endearingly strange progressiveness. The standout songs for me are the moody, balladesque tracks like Life’s Like A River and Living And Dying, as well as heavy rockers like Dark Lady and Top Of The Bill.

“I heard it for the first time as a teenager in the mid-90s in my completely black room in Berlin’s Neukölln on a homemade cassette tape. I was so deep into death, black and doom metal at the time that it took me a few more years to return to it. But when I did, I immediately saw the light. It’s one of those albums that once it gets you in its grip, it never lets you go.

“This album is so important to me that it was just a matter of time for me to record a cover song. Lucifer covered Evening Wind in 2018. It was extremely difficult to decide which song to take as they are all brilliant. Maybe it’s not the last Scorpions cover Lucifer will do.”