28 - Scorpions In Trance 1976

Being perhaps the first major rock music export from Germany, the band labored in relative obscurity for years, seeking both a sound of their own, as well as an audience brave enough to dig these newer, heavier and harder sounds. The band’s first two efforts ("Lonesome Crow" from ’74 and "Fly To he Rainbow" issued in ’75) wallow in the mist of proggy psychedelia, offering few hard moments, and tentative ones even at those rare junctures. But with "In Trance", the guitars take the point position, all begins to come into focus. This cut is another excellent moment, as singer Klaus Meine displays his formidable chops and the band demonstrate an early example of their skill at writing cuts that build slow and reward the listener with instantly memorable slabs of guitar.