Before leaving to "Hellish Rock II" Tour, Kai participated in an interesting discussion forum at at a panel show of German Metal Magazine "Rock Hard TV" (Online Stream) and discussed about the future of music with different persons involved in the media scene, like Antje Lange from Century Media, who did a great job for Gamma Ray when she still had been working at NOISE in Berlin. One main topic is filesharing, youtube and the future of the new media sector with spotify, etc. Kai is taking up position and gives very clear examples. It's especially interesting as the attention grew after Gamma Ray deleted a lot of youtube uploads during the last months.
‘Master Of Confusion’ and ‘Empire Of The Undead’ are the first two new studio songs by Gamma Ray to be released after the successful studio album “To The Metal!” which brought Gamma Ray at the highest positions in the charts worldwide. “We have been away for quite some time”, declared guitarist and founding member Kai Hansen. “We have released what we consider a very beautiful live product, ‘Live – Skeletons and Majesties’, but we felt it was time to release some new music by the Rayz… Yes, we planned to have an album ready by now but deadlines are not our best friends. No, seriously, although we have already started working on the new album, we did not want to wait any longer and thought we should let the fans listen to these two new songs before the world tour with Helloween. We have also recorded cover versions of two songs we have always loved and… before anybody could say that a CD can feature more minutes of music… we are also releasing the live material recorded for the ‘Skeletons’ Blu-ray that could not be included on the live CD. OK, it’s not a new album. But it’s 60 minutes of music… call it the longest single in metal, if you like!”
With its 60 minutes of pure and raw Gamma Ray, “Master Of Confusion” is a great way to wait for the new album, scheduled for the end of 2013. Coinciding with the start of the “Hellish Rock, Part II” tour, “Master of Confusion” will be released on March 15th, 2013 via earMUSIC. Gamma Ray always takes its music and the relationship with their fans very seriously, and the band wanted this release to be priced as a mid price mini-album.
GAMMA RAY have besides DORO been the first bands confirmed for WOA "Full Metal Cruise" (http://www.full-metal-cruise.com/).
"Joining us on board will be greek melodic metallers Firewind with Ozzy guitarist Gus G., metal legends Gamma Ray, Punk‘n‘Roll heroes Betontod and, last but not least, Doro, undisputed queen of Metal.
Date: 05. - 12. Mai 2013
Also on the bill: Mambo Kurt and German comedy shooting star Bembers. Showing their skills at workshops & clincs will be guitar god and Scorpions alumni Uli Jon Roth and drum legend Jörg Michael, formerly of Stratovarius.
Interest in the Full Metal Cruise is high, but there are some tickets left. So if you want to take part - hurry up!
"Skeletons & Majesties Live" features the live recording of the band's performance at the legendary Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland from April 29th, 2011 and will now be released on 2CD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 30th, 2012. The DVD and Blu-ray also feature additional bonus tracks, lots of behind the scenes bonus material, rare archive material and interviews with the band.
LIVE-HELL returns: „HELLISH ROCK TOUR PART II“ from March 2013!
Written by Harald
Who doesn’t remember the crazy “Hellish Rock Tour” in 2007/2008? HELLOWEEN and their Very Special Guests GAMMARAY played 95 shows in 34 countries and left ecstatic metal fans in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America in their wake! Those who didn’t have the chance to be there, can now breathe in deeply and make the ‘Remake’ twice as unforgettable! The conditions are right: Booking wires are running red-hot for the “Hellish Rock Tour Part II”, which will start in March 2013 in Europe and go around the globe, once again featuring GAMMARAY.
