Gamma Ray

Kai Hansen (guitar, vocals) tired of Helloween in 1988. He then started a solo project with Ralph Scheepers (vocals) in Hamburg (Lower Saxony). The project soon became a full-fledged band, and in 1989 Gamma Ray was born, releasing Heading for Tomorrow in 1990. Sigh No More (1991) and Insanity & Genius (1993) followed, before Ralph Scheepers created Primal Fear in 1994. Kai Hansen became Gamma Ray's lead singer, and the band took the opportunity to release Land of the Free (1995). Now firmly established in the polished metal galaxy, Gamma Ray released Somewhere Out in Space (1997), Power Plant (1999), No World Order (2001), Majestic (2005), and Lord of the Free II (2007). Gamma Ray's 2010 release, To the Metal, reached No. 24 on the German charts immediately after its release. In 2014, Empire of the Dead finds the band bleeding as never before. The veteran Teutonic power metal band has made no studio effort since, but has spared no energy in concert, and in 2015 hired singer Frank Beck, sharing the role with Hansen, who reunited with his Helloween bandmates, playing on both fronts. 2023 saw the release of a triple CD of Blast from the Past, including the Skeletons & Majesties EP.