Tag Archives: Gamma Ray

Interview: The Unity’s Michael Ehré (Gamma Ray) on new album ‘Rise’

Posted by on September 12, 2018

This Friday (14th) The Unity’s sophomore album Rise will be released via Steamhammer / SPV (order here). When drummer Michael Ehré joined Gamma Ray back in 2012, he bonded with Henjo Richter (guitar) and both wanted expand their creative endeavors and decided to form the hard rock/melodic project The Unity. It took them almost 18 months […]

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Science found the most metal word in the English language

Posted by on July 28, 2016

Manowar is one of those bands you can learn their entire lyrical history by simply learning some key words like steel, blood, fire or sword and they even has a lyric generator if you want to test this theory. But Manowar is not the only sinner doing that and in fact, most of the heavy […]

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earMUSIC partners with eOne Distribution

Posted by on March 26, 2015

In a brand new deal, Europe’s earMusic record company has partnered up with eOne Distribution in an exclusive deal here in the United States. The earMusic label is the home of rock and metal acts like Deep Purple, Dragonforce, Baby Metal, Stratovarius, Gamma Ray, and more, so this move will certainly help bolster earMusic’s roster here in the US. Scott Givens, VP Metal […]

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Today in Metal: ‘Land of the Free’ by Gamma Ray turns 19 years old

Posted by on May 29, 2014

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dhOvCPEYQQ[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. 19 years ago today, Kai Hansen finally made his breakout album with Gamma Ray, Land of the Free. This is Gamma Ray’s first album with Kai Hansen taking over on lead vocal […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/30: The charts have seen better days

Posted by on April 30, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Winger and Sebastian Bach, huh? I would exclaim “What year is it?!” if not for the fact that there’s also a new Aborted album. Otherwise, it’s slim pickins in terms of debuts for this […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/23: Charts get Sevendust-ed

Posted by on April 23, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You had to figure we were going to have a lot of debuts on here what with Record Store Day and all that. Even without it, there was still a lot lined up in […]

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New & Noteworthy, April 15: Picture Perfect

Posted by on April 15, 2014

New & Noteworthy, April 15th – Picture Perfect With a slew of new releases that will satiate every metalhead’s appetite in some form, this week’s list does not disappoint! Check it all out to see what’s in store!   Triptykon, Melana Chasmata (Century Media) After 2010’s triumphant debut Eparistera Daimones and the companion Shatter EP, Triptykon went fairly quiet, to the […]

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Song premieres: Gamma Ray’s ‘Time for Deliverance’ and “Demonseed’

Posted by on March 24, 2014

It’s been four years since German power metal standard-bearers Gamma Ray have released an album, and with Empire of the Undead coming out on April 15th, we’re proud to bring you the premiere of two songs from the band’s 11th album. “Time for Deliverance” and “Demonseed” are streaming below as part of a wider World […]

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New & Noteworthy, May 31st – A History of Bad Men

Posted by on May 31, 2011

Thus far in 2011, we’ve had our fair share of release weeks dominated by new artists (April 26th and May 10th immediately come to mind). So it only seems fair that we get a week chiefly containing veteran bands maintaining their status in the metal world. And that’s exactly what we get today, with classic […]

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Gamma Ray, Some Other Band, Added To 70,000 Tons Of Metal

Posted by on September 20, 2010

Gamma Ray and some band we never heard of called Cripper have been added to 70,000 Tons Of Metal boat cruise. For those of you keeping track at home, that brings the total to 28 of 40 bands that have been announced as playing on the ship.

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