Kai Hansen formed Helloween in 1984, playing guitar and singing on the speed metal band's first four albums. He left in early 1989, however, and founded Gamma Ray with vocalist Ralf Scheepers (formerly with Tyran Pace). The duo intended to record a one-off project that Hansen originated while in Helloween, so they recruited bassist Uwe Wessel, drummer Matthias Burchardt, and several other musicians…
Founded in 1989 by Kai Hansen in Hamburg, Germany after leaving Helloween, Gamma Ray borrowed straight from the Helloween classics, and continued to pioneer Hansen’s style of power metal…
Kai Hansen formed Helloween in 1984, playing guitar and singing on the speed metal band's first four albums. He left in early 1989, however, and founded Gamma Ray with vocalist Ralf Scheepers (formerly with Tyran Pace). The duo intended to record a one-off project that Hansen originated while in Helloween, so they recruited bassist Uwe Wessel, drummer Matthias Burchardt, and several other musicians…
Kai Hansen formed Helloween in 1984, playing guitar and singing on the speed metal band's first four albums. He left in early 1989, however, and founded Gamma Ray with vocalist Ralf Scheepers (formerly with Tyran Pace). The duo intended to record a one-off project that Hansen originated while in Helloween, so they recruited bassist Uwe Wessel, drummer Matthias Burchardt, and several other musicians…
THE ARTIST Gamma Ray, Germany’s power metal institution celebrate their anniversary! Gamma Ray immediately hit the spot with their debut album “Heading For Tomorrow” in 1990, released straight after Hansen decided to leave Helloween, the band he co-founded and with whom he enjoyed world fame, gold and platinum awards with records like “Keeper Of The Seventh Keys” (Part I and II) still among the best sellers for the metal genre. It was after the critically acclaimed “Land Of The Free” in 1995 that Gamma Ray became one of the top European Power Metal Bands and became widely known as a hard working band, releasing more than ten albums in twenty years and permanently being on the road with the likes of Iron Maiden, Halford, Hammerfall and Stratovarius…
Well, this is the third GAMMA RAY DVD release that comes 14 years after the Lust For Live one. Actually, this DVD with the longest title ever took some time to reach the stores…
As a part of the 25-years party Gamma Ray re-releases their albums as an anniversary edition. The start of this series was already done a few months ago, followed now by the second wave. One of the real highlights in this cycle is "Lust For Live"…
Insanity and Genius is the third studio album by Gamma Ray and final album with Ralf Scheepers on vocals…
Another highlight of Gamma Ray's anniversary releases is the live album called "Heading for the East". The longplayer was recorded in November 1990 and contains a show that was performed in Tokyo, Japan…