GAMMA RAY: 'Land Of The Free II' To Be Released On Double-Gatefold Vinyl
February 19, 2008On April 21, GAMMA RAY's latest album, "Land of the Free II", will be released worldwide as a double-gatefold vinyl special edition. More details will be revealed soon.
METALIUM singer Henning Basse performed two shows in Spain with GAMMA RAY — in Lugo (Jan. 17) and Baracaldo (Jan. 18) — after vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen came down with a flu and was ordered not to sing for a couple of days. Kai played guitar in Lugo and Baracaldo but wasn't able to sing. The vocal duties were handled by his friend Henning, who flew to Spain to assist with the concerts.
"Land of the Free II" entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 54. The CD also landed on the Swedish chart at No. 57 and Norwegian chart at No. 98.
"Land of the Free II" is a conceptual continuation of the group's 1995 classic "Land of the Free", and contains around 65 minutes of music.
The members of GAMMA RAY produced the 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 explained the decision to recruit 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.
Fan-filmed video footage of GAMMA RAY performing the song "Fight" on January 7, 2007 in Tilbuurg, the Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "CHighwind").
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