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Gamma Ray - To The Metal! (2010)

Gamma Ray is a power metal band from northern Germany, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from Helloween. Hansen is the current lead vocalist, guitarist as well as the chief songwriter. The band is known as one of the most prominent bands of the German heavy metal scene.

Genre: Power Metal
Lyrical theme(s): Sci-Fi / fantasy, politics, religion
Origin: Germany (Hamburg)
Formed in: 1989
Current label: Steamhammer/SPV
Status: Active

===== Current line-up ======
Kai Hansen - Vocals, guitar (1989-) (Helloween, Iron Savior)
Henjo Richter - Guitar, keyboards (1997-) (Avantasia)
Dirk Schlächter - Bass (1990-) (Guitar 90-97) (Angra (Guest))
Dan Zimmermann - Drums (1997-) (Freedom Call, Iron Savior, Lanzer)

Session Members:
Alessio Gori - Keyboards (2007-) (Flashback of Anger)

===== Former / past member(s) =====
Vocals:
Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Tyran' Pace, F.B.I.) - (1989-1994)

Bass:
Jörg 'Tauchtnix' Schrör (Megace, Xandril, Torment (Ger)) - (on tour 2000)
Jan Rubach (Anesthesia (Ger)) - (1992-1996)
Uwe Wessel (Gothic Fate, Axe La Chapelle, Paragon (Ger), Rad Kick) - (1989-1992)

Drums:
Thomas Nack (Iron Savior, Anesthesia (Ger)) - (1992-1996)
Uli Kusch (Masterplan, Shock Machine, Sinner (Ger), Helloween, Holy Moses (Ger), Mekong Delta, Roland Grapow, Beautiful Sin, Axe La Chapelle, Ride The Sky) - (1990-1992)
Mathias Burchardt - (1989-1990)

Guests:
Hansi Kürsch - Vocals (1995) (Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards)
Michael Kiske - Vocals (1995) (ex-Helloween)
Tommy Newton - Guitar (1990) (Ian Parry, Fargo, Victory (Ger))
Tammo Vollmers - Drums (1990) (PRKLZ)
Mischa Gerlach - Keyboards (1990)
Nils Neumann - Keyboards (Freedom Call, PowerWorld)

To the Metal

To The Metal is the tenth full length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released on January 29th, 2010.
To promote To The Metal, Gamma Ray will headline a tour with Freedom Call and Secret Sphere. The album was recorded in Kai's own studio in Hamburg in autumn 2009.
The band has recorded 12 songs. Ten of them will be featured on the regular album release, while the other two will be bonus tracks and they will appear on the different editions of the album.
The band described some of the songs on the official website, revealing that there will be a full-throttle number called "Rise", a rhytmic and melodically diverse song called "Time To Live", and a multilayered anthem titled "All you need to know", featuring Michael Kiske.
Other songs mentioned are "No Need to Cry", a song written by Dirk Schlächter about the death of his father, "To The Metal", a song they played on various festivals last summer and the atmospherically dense "Empathy".

Track listing

1. Empathy (Hansen)
2. All You Need to Know (Hansen)
3. Time To Live (Richter)
4. To The Metal (Hansen)
5. Rise (Zimmermann)
6. Mother Angel (Hansen)
7. Shine Forever (Schlächter)
8. Deadlands (Hansen)
9. Chasing Shadows (Richter)
10. No Need To Cry (Schlächter)

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07/03/2010

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