Gamma Ray's video for the song 'Into The Storm' has been posted at this location (Real Media).

The track comes off the German band's new album, "Land Of The Free II" due in Europe on November 19 (November 16 in Germany, January in US) via SPV Records. More info and audio samples are available at this location.

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Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

Today the official Gamma Ray website was updated stating the new album, "Land Of The Free Part II", will last around 65 minutes and will contain the following tracks, but not necessarially in the final order.

01. Rising Again (0:28)
02. To Mother Earth (5:09)
03. Empress (6:22)
04. Rain (5:20)
05. Into The Storm (3:45)
06. When The World (5:43)
07. From The Ashes (5:30)
08. Leaving Hell (4:20)
09. Real World (5:44)
10. Hear Me Calling (6:45)
11. Opportunity (7:15)
12. Insurrection (11:30)

Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

Tour dates for the tour that will bring Helloween and Gamma Ray together on the road for the first time together have been posted on the band's offical website and are as follows:

16. Nov 2007 - HU - Budapest - Petröfi Hall
17. Nov 2007 - SER - Belgrad - Hala Sportova
18. Nov 2007 - BUL - Sofia - Festivalna Hall
19. Nov 2007 - ROM - Bukarest - Agronomia Sport Hall
21. Nov 2007 - TR - Istanbul - t.b.a.
23. Nov 2007 - GR - Thesaloniki - Principal
24. Nov 2007 - GR - Athens - Olympic Properties Arena
27. Nov 2007 - I - Rome - Tendastrisce *
28. Nov 2007 - I - Milano - Alcatraz *
29. Nov 2007 - CH - Dietikon - Stadthalle *
01. Dec 2007 - D - Lichtenfels - Stadthalle *
02. Dec 2007 - D - Bremen - Aladin *
04. Dec 2007 - SWE - Göteborg - Liseberghallen *
05. Dec 2007 - NOR - Oslo - Rockefeller *
07. Dec 2007 - SWE - Lund - Mejeriet *
08. Dec 2007 - SWE - Stockholm - Arenan *
10. Dec 2007 - FIN - Tampere - Pakkahuone *
11. Dec 2007 - FIN - Helsinki - Kaapelitehdas *
14. Dec 2007 - CZ - Plzen - Hala Lokomotiva
15. Dec 2007 - CZ - Zlin - Hala Novesta
16. Dec 2007 - CZ - Pardubice - CEZ Arena
18. Dec 2007 - SK - Kosice - Cassosport Sport Hall
19. Dec 2007 - SK - Bratislava - PKO
21. Dec 2007 - D - Langen - Stadthalle *
22. Dec 2007 - D - Kaufbeuren - All Karthalle *
06. Jan 2008 - F - Paris - Elysee Montmatre *
07. Jan 2008 - NL - Tilburg - 013 *
08. Jan 2008 - UK - London - The Forum *
10. Jan 2008 - B - Antwerp - Hof ter Lo *
11. Jan 2008 - D - Tuttlingen - Alte Festhalle *
12. Jan 2008 - D - Karlsruhe - Europahalle * - Knock Out Festival
13. Jan 2008 - D - Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle *

* Axxis as guest

Spain will be announced soon (15.-20. Jan 08)

Source:	treasurechest.de
Band profile:	Helloween
Event:	Helloween + Gamma Ray: Hellish Rock Tour

The following message was posted on Helloween's official website:

"As already rumoured during the last couple of weeks, it is now confirmed that Gamma Ray will team up with Helloween on their upcoming European tour! The tour will kick off mid of November this year, and the line up will be completed by 1-2 additional acts.

Apart from very few festival appearances, this will be the first time ever both bands touring together and bears the possibility of Kai Hansen -Gamma Ray leader and ex- Helloween member- entering the stage to jam one or the other classic Helloween-song with his former band mates!

"This is going to be a historical event for all Helloween fans, we are looking forward to have Kai and his band on our tour with us" states Helloween guitarist Michael Weikath.

It is also planned -but not confirmed- to expand this promising package to the territories of South East Asia, North and South America".

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Source:	helloween.org
Band profile:	Helloween

The new Gamma Ray DVD with the long title of "Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume) Live in Montreal" has now been finished. The production has just been completed and the band were ready to hand it over to their record company to get it released. But Gamma Ray have been informed that the Sanctuary office in Berlin will be closed by the end of this year which makes it impossible to release the DVD at the moment.

So Gamma Ray are now working with the Santuary office in the UK to get the DVD released. Due to all this, the DVD will now be released around April 2007.

Here is a comment by Gamma Ray: "I know these are sad news for all of you who have waited since month for the release and expected to watch the DVD at the latest under the x-mas tree. But you can be sure that we're also very disappointed with the actual situation and work hard on a solution for the release. As soon as the situation is clarified we will be back with more news.
Thanks for your patience and keep your heads up high".

In other Gamma Ray news, the band is also working on their upcoming album. The songwriting has started and demo versions of new songs are being made. The album will be called 'Land Of The Free II' and Gamma Ray hopes to have it released sometime next year, as well as the DVD.

Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

Gamma Ray have announced two shows, part of their Australian tour fitting in with the "Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (and the Finnish keyboarder who didn't want to wear his Donald Duck costume) Live in Montreal" DVD release.

Confirmed tour dates so far :
09.12.2006 - Melbourne (AU) at the Hifi Bar with Vanishing Point.
10.12.2006 - Sydney (AU) at the Gaelic Club with Lord.

Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

Gamma Ray will be releasing their new DVD quite soon. They've also released some more details about it. It will have the humerous title of "Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (and the Finnish keyboarder who didn't want to wear his Donald Duck costume) Live in Montreal." The DVD will feature footage from Gamma Ray's concert in Montreal, Canada. It will also contain some bonus features, a documentary, some video clips and more.

Here is a comment by Gamma Ray frontman Kai Hansen regarding the documentay part of the DVD: "The current lineup has been together for eight years, it was about time we filmed documentary of who the band is."

The DVD will be released in September, but an exact date hasn't been decided on yet. All the worldwide release dates will be announced soon.

Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

Gamma Ray to unleash latest endeavor, Majestic,

October 11, 2005 through Sanctuary Records

Gamma Ray is set to release their latest effort Majestic on October 11, 2005 through Sanctuary Records. The line-up for Majestic includes Kai Hansen (vocals, guitars), Dirk Schlächter (bass), Henjo Richter (guitar, keyboards) and Daniel Zimmerman (drums), who have been together for the last several releases after a number of line-up changes in the early stages of the band's career. Majestic will be the band's first release since 2003's Skeletons in the Closet.

As with previous Gamma Ray releases, Hansen serves as the lead composer, but for this effort both Richter and Zimmerman also contributed tracks, lending a dash of diversity to the signature Gamma Ray sound. The band recorded the album at their own Hansen Studios in Hamburg, with Hansen and Schlächter on the controls. They brought Mika Jussila (Stratovarius, Masterplan, Edguy, among others) aboard to master the album and create a dynamic, well-rounded sound for the finished product.

Majestic Track Listing:
1) My Temple
2) Fight
3) Strange World
4) Hell Is Thy Home
5) Blood Religion
6) Condemned to Hell
7) Spiritual Dictator
8) Majesty
9) How Long
10) Revelation

The band is working on plans for a 2006 North American tour.

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Source:	sanctuaryrecords.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

The new GammaRay Album Majestic will contain the following tracks:

01. My Temple
02. Fight
03. Strange World
04. Hell Is Thy Home
05. Blood Religion
06. Condemned To Hell
07. Spiritual Dictator
08. Majesty
09. How Long
10. Revelation

There also will be a bonus track on the japanese edition.

Band profile:

Gamma Ray

GAMMA RAY FINISH WORK ON THEIR NEW ALBUM!

Gamma Ray have recently finished the final mixing of their new album which was recorded at the Hansen Studios in Hamburg. The album includes 11 tracks which represent all of the characteristic strengths of the bands musical career to date. The album title is 'MAJESTIC' and is scheduled for a release late September. Until then the band will undetake worldwide promotional activities and in parallel they also have to move their Hamburg studio to a new Location because the actual building will be completely rebuilt this summer.

You can meet GAMMA RAY during summer at the following European Festivals:
24.06. Balingen, Germany, BANG YOUR HEAD Festival
16.07. Helsinki, Finland, TUSKA Festival

The album release will be followed by a worldwide headline tour which is in the planning stage at the moment. Further to this, the Gamma Ray website will be relaunched with a completely new design and a dedicated Fan Club member area in June. Fan Club Members who haven't received the Fan Club Newsletter in February by post and everyone who is interested in joining the bands official Fan Club should send an email to the new Fan Club email address: _GammaRayFC@aol.com_ to receive further information.

Here are some direct words from the band:

"Dear Friends

Yes, we know it's been a long time without any real news and visible activity from the band!

But, since December 2004 we have been working on the production of the new album and it was a long period of blood sweat and tears, but also of joy and pleasure. Everyone in the band went through some personal suffering or difficulties during this time and occasionally we had the feeling that something or someone wanted to stop us from making this record.

Finally, two months ago, we got the message that we had to leave our studio complex at the end of day because some sharks bought the whole building and had nothing more constructive in mind than kicking out all the bands that were rehearsing there only to rebuild it into a storage place for rich peoples dirty attorney files or whatever.....! With this in mind it made working in a relaxed atmosphere even harder. But we could not be stopped and fought our way through and....presto... WE MADE IT!!!

We are sure that the long wait has not been in vain and everyone's gonna be rewarded with an album that goes beyond the expected (as always this is just our humble opinion and the rest is up to the listener).

Now we're working out the big promo and touring game plan with Sanctuary and All Access and of course getting everything ready to move to the new studio location which we found a few weeks ago.

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Source:	Noise Records
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

German's Power Metallers Gamma Ray will appear on Tuska Open Air Festival this summer.
So far, this is the only chance you have to see Gamma Ray live this summer, don't miss it!

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Source:	tuska-festival.fi]
Band profile:	Gamma Ray