MetalSymphony.com has posted a new audio interview with GAMMA RAY
mainman Kai Hansen in which he talks about the group's new
album, "Land of the Free II", the new GAMMA RAY DVD, their tour with
HELLOWEEN, the possibility of one final "reunion" tour with HELLOWEEN
and more. Listen to it at this location.
http://www.metalsymphony.com/modules.php?
name=News&file=article&sid=2836
GAMMA RAY's video for the song "Into the Storm" can be viewed below.
The track comes off the German band's new album, "Land of the Free
II" (cover artwork)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/BlabberPhotos/GammaRay-
LandOfTheFree2.jpg , due in Europe on November 19 (November 16 in
Germany) via SPV Records. The CD will arrive in the U.S. in January.
"Land of the Free II" will be a conceptual continuation of the
group's 1995 classic "Land of the Free", and will contain around 65
minutes of music. GAMMA RAY produced their new album themselves.
All four musicians — Kai Hansen, Henjo Richter (guitar), Dirk
Schlächter (bass) and Daniel Zimmermann (drums) — are experienced
enough to translate their ideas at the studio. But for the first time
in ages, the band allowed themselves the luxury of enlisting outside
support for certain stages of the recording process. "We wanted to
have a clear head in some areas to be able to concentrate on the
important things," Hansen explains the enlistment of Tommy Newton
(HELLOWEEN, UFO, etc.) and his Area 51 studio in Celle, where the new
material was mixed. Newton also took care of the drum parts as a
sound engineer at GAMMA RAY's own studio.
"Land of the Free II" track listing:
01. Into The Storm (3:47); 02. From The Ashes (5:26); 03. Rising
Again (0:27); 04. To Mother Earth (5:11)
05. Rain (5:16); 06. Leaving Hell (4:20); 07. Empress (6:22); 08.
When The World (5:44); 09. Opportunity (7:14)
10. Real World (5:42); 11. Hear Me Calling (4:14); 12. Insurrection
(11:33)
Check out audio samples at this location.
http://www.spv.de/scripts/artistlight_e.asp?Eingabe=gamma
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