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GAMMA RAY
1990 - Heading For Tomorrow.
1991 - Sigh No More.
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February 26, 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: Heading For Tomorrow.

Kai's new monster.

The Father of Power-Metal strikes back. Following a picture perfect HELLOWEEN legacy, Kai Hansen tags along the available raging frontmen Ralf Scheepers and crafts essential metal magic. Fully radiating, this new unit is pure lethal GAMMA RAY.

The "Welcome" intro sets the mood to epic and quickly turns into a dragstrip, as "Lust For Life" runs at full RPMs. Top rolling speed heavymetal of "Money" and "Hold Your Ground" pushes the threshold beyond lovely pain.

Arenarock cries out loud as "Heaven Can Wait" rips eardrums into a pulp while Ralf's vocals are put to test on the cosmic-defying mega-metal "Space Eater". Riffmaster Hansen is in full-form on the title-track for "Heading For Tomorrow" ...a monumental 14:31sec metal marathon, from thrashy riffs to melodic jazz-interlude, to a divine bombastic anthemic finalé.

During the same calendar-year as JUDAS PRIEST's Painkiller CD and way before PRIMAL FEAR's chainbreaking, a new era is here, the remodeling of true heavymetal force: Modern Power-Metal.

While the new decade was traditional-metal hostile in America, between insanity and genius, Germany's GAMMA RAY made sure heavymetal's pride, passion and power rang aloud, worldwide. A new legacy starts here: as another megaton of raw energy shall beam out from 1991's Sigh No More CD.

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Space Eater = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO7av04otVY
Heading For Tomorrow = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC5nLzEMgeI&list=OLAK5uy_lyqYRVklLpjjfw1TmU5o3HEk3cf7ddA3s
Interview and live in Japan in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDXgQ0o0x0

September 21, 1991 - 2026: 35 years of: Sigh No More.

Clockwork German engineering.

More fine melodies and acute metal smokes from Deutschland. If 1990's Heading For Tomorrow CD hadn't shun like a thousand suns, GAMMA RAY would now heat the powermetal genre to perfection.

The message is instant, as "Changes" rocks prominent hard-arenarock. A nuclear blast of hooks on the glorious "Rich & Famous" and the speedmetal of "Start Running". True evil spells are shouted on "One With The World" and the serious hammerfall of both "(We Won't) Stop The War" and the fast after-burner of "As Time Goes By".

Marshall are always hot and always rocking ...when true heavymetal seems lost, confidently walk in line with GAMMA RAY. Additional immense Ying-Yang power shall ascend with 1993's Insanity And Genius CD.

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One With The World = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLFlcBI_mvk
Sigh No More = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCHndsgRLDg&list=OLAK5uy_lxAWjirllJHTze_OxWG8IcsMs5gI20ouI
Interview in 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0fq1oQbabo

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