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Monday, November 8, 2010

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. Despite having many lineup changes in their early career, the band's lineup has remained stable since 1997.


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To The Metal! is the tenth full length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released on 29 January 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 rhythmic and melodically diverse song called "Time To Live", and a multilayered anthem titled "All you need to know", featuring ex-Helloween frontman 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".

  1. "Empathy" (Hansen) - 5:04
  2. "All You Need to Know" (Hansen) - 4:00
  3. "Time to Live" (Richter) - 4:48
  4. "To the Metal" (Hansen) - 5:29
  5. "Rise" (Zimmermann) - 5:05
  6. "Mother Angel" (Hansen) - 5:20
  7. "Shine Forever" (Schlächter) - 3:53
  8. "Deadlands" (Hansen) - 4:23
  9. "Chasing Shadows" (Richter) - 4:23
  10. "No Need to Cry" (Schlächter) - 5:56
Bonus Tracks on Collector's Edition (only on 7" Vinyl):
  1. "Wannabees" (Zimmermann)
  2. "To the Metal" (demo version) (Hansen)
Bonus Tracks on Japanese Pressing:
  1. "One Life" (Hansen)
  2. "Wannabees" (Zimmermann)

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