1974 saw the duo of singer Lothar Antoni and guitarist Markus Berger with drummer Stefan Gerdon and bassist Hansi Jantzer and keyboarder Clemens Schlindwein as a school band under the name „TRIBUT“ coming together to make their own music.
In 1978[1] Markus Berger, Lothar Antoni, Hans-Peter Jantzer and Stefan Gerdon founded the band AGE, which they renamed TRANCE in the following year.
In August 1981, the band produced its first single „A Hard Way to Go“ / „Haze in the Twilight“ at the Bad Cannstatter recording studio „Zuckerfabrik“ (sugar factory).
In a Metal Hammer interview with singer Lothar Antoni,[4] who described the circumstances as being attributed to the differences in the marketing strategy and approach, the band separated from their label as well as with their manager.
[6] In 1998, Trance was then finally laid to rest as a functioning outfit and separated with 2 of its then members reviving the earlier alter ego- „Transmission“.
This time with half of the last inception of TRANCE remaining active under the name of „Trancemission“ and in August 2005, their follow-up album was recorded and released in October of the same year with the title „Mine“.
In January 2016, the group decided to record a new album, which was then realized between April and July of the same year at the VPS Studios in Hamm (Germany) with producer Charly Czajkowski (Rage, Axxis).
In March 2016, Mike Möller (Break Out Promotion) took over the management of the band and in April 2016 Roland Moschel and Jürgen Kappner left the group on very amicable terms.
Since "Neudi" is obliged to his many international concert commitments and limited in time for hie duties with Trance, a suitable solution with two world class drummers was to be implemented.
As the new second guitarist coming additionally in August 2016 Eddie St. James, from Hollywood / Los Angeles to round out the latest TRANCE Line-up.
Popoff drew comparisons to Trouble again, on „Power Infusion“, the band focuses again on traditional heavy metal, but that which is located in the uptempo area.
[13] According to Andreas Schöwe from Metal Hammer, the band hardly reminds you of any of their predecessors on Boulevard of Broken Dreams, although at times they still sound reminiscent of groups like Scorpions, Accept, Grave Digger, Running Wild and Sinner.
[14] According to Martin Groß of Metal Hammer „Rockers“ could not build on the successes of its predecessors, the music on this album was more like “quite unspeakable cafeteria hard rock".
Trance also recorded a brand new album entitled "The Loser Strikes Back" which was issued for release as of March 2017 and concurrently was also the start of the next European wide tour for the band.
This unique recording featuring Percy Sledge in duet, in the only "Heavy Metal" version of his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman" is now available again as a complete work to the public.
[16] Trance was on the European leg of the tour (21 dates / 7 countries) through Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark.
The beginning of 2018 saw the release of a double re-release package of the two 1990s era Trance albums Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Die Hard on the Rockport / Rough Trade label.