Freedom Call
Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. The band tours re… Read Full Bio ↴Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. The band tours regularly and the current line-up includes two original members including lead vocalist and songwriter, Chris Bay. Freedom Call has released 12 albums in total, nine of these studio albums. Freedom Call's frontman Chris Bay gained a lot of his vocal ability from his grandfather, an opera singer with the Berlin State Opera, and his mother, who was a sought-after chorus singer. When only seven he began to play the guitar and by the time he was ten had tried his hand at the piano.
Having played in various local rock bands, Bay moved to Hamburg in 1990 and got his first serious gig when he worked with Zed Yago. From 1993 to 1996 Chris was a member of former Victory guitarist Hermann Frank's band Moon Doc, with whom he recorded the albums "Moon Doc" (1995) and "Get Mooned" (1996).
Founding (1997–1998)
In 1998 Chris Bay and old friend Daniel Zimmermann formed Freedom Call during an off-period for the latter's main band, Gamma Ray. The two had started writing songs together towards the end of 1997. They eventually completed a six-song demo Freedom Call with well-known producer Charlie Bauerfeind, who offered the tape to several record companies.
At the same time, the Freedom Call line up was completed by Ilker Ersin on bass guitar and Sascha Gerstner on guitar. In 1998 Chris and Dan had seen Sascha playing in a cover band.
Stairway to Fairyland and Crystal Empire (1999–2001)
Freedom Call's debut album, Stairway to Fairyland was released on 7 May 1999 by NTS Records. Stairway to Fairyland would sell over 35,000 copies. On 25 May 1999 Freedom Call made their live debut during a tour of France as support band for Angra and Edguy. At the end of August, Freedom Call commenced recording of the five-track mini LP Taragon. It featured new songs, a cover version of Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes", a new version of "Stairway to Fairyland", a new version of "Tears of Taragon" with Biff Byford, singer with Saxon narrating the "Tale of Taragon" on it. There was also a bonus track for Japan called "Kingdom Come".
By the end of 1999, Freedom Call had entered the studio again to record their second album Crystal Empire, this released on 22 January 2001. Crystal Empire was promoted as the logical musical continuation of Stairway To Fairyland. In March 2001 Sascha Gerstner left Freedom Call (he would later join Helloween). Gerstner was eventually replaced by Cédric "Cede" Dupont, the Swiss guitarist of Symphorce.
Eternity and The Circle of Life (2002–2006)
In the middle of January 2002 the new lineup began recording a new album called Eternity. Dan and Chris produced Eternity on their own this time as Charlie Bauerfeind was not available. He was, however, responsible for the drum recordings and the final mix. Eternity was released on 3 June 2002 by Steamhammer.
Later that year, Freedom Call was invited on tour with Blind Guardian. During this tour they recorded the live album, Live Invasion together with Charlie Bauerfeind in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Munich. Live Invasion was released on 10 May 2004 by SPV.
The keyboard player on this tour, Nils Neumann, was soon invited to become the fifth member of the band. After an extended break, the next album The Circle of Life was recorded at Hansen Studio, Hamburg and FC Studios, Nuremberg from August to October 2004. The album was released on 21 May 2005 by SPV.
Shortly after the release of The Circle of Life, both Cédric "Cede" Dupont and Ilker Ersin decided to leave Freedom Call (independently of each other). Replacements were eventually announced in the respective form of the unknown Lars Rettkowitz and Armin Donderer, formerly of Paradox.
Dimensions (2007–2008)
A new album with the title Dimensions was released on 20 April 2007. Commenting on Dimensions, Daniel Zimmerman said: Even if the two predecessors, Eternity and The Circle of Life, took very different directions, both albums had a number of strong moments. Dimensions combines the most successful elements from both albums, in other words: we included our penchant for fast and very melodic numbers from Eternity with the more contemporary, bombastic components of The Circle of Life.
The songs "The Wanderer" and "Dimensions" were also used in the online rhythm game "Flash Flash Revolution".
Legend of the Shadowking and Land of the Crimson Dawn (2009–2012)
In March 2009, the band announced that they were putting the finishing touches to a new album, Legend of the Shadowking, and that they had parted ways with bassist Armin Donderer, who would be replaced by Samy Saemann. Legend of the Shadowking was released on 29 January 2010 by SPV.
For the 2010 touring cycle, Dan Zimmerman announced that he would be replaced by Klaus Sperling as during this time he [Zimmerman] would be on the road with Gamma Ray. It was later confirmed on the band's website that Zimmermann had officially left the band. Live in Hellvetia was the first live DVD by Freedom Call. It was released on 20 May 2011 by SPV. Live in Hellvetia was recorded on 29 December 2010 in Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland.
The title of the next Freedom Call studio album, Land of the Crimson Dawn, was announced in September 2011. Chris Bay had previously announced that the band was working on the album and it would be released sometime in February 2012. Land of the Crimson Dawn was released 24 February 2012 by SPV.
Beyond and Master of Light (2013–present)
Ages of Light (1998–2013) is the first best-of compilation by Freedom Call. It was released on 26 April 2013 by SPV. The band announced on 15 September 2013 that they were working on a new album, Beyond, with a new lineup. Ilker Ersin returned to the band to resume bass duties and Ramy Ali joined the band on drums. A music video was filmed on 15 December 2013 for the song Union of the Strong. The shoot took place in the vicinity of Nuremberg and Franconia, the song was taken from the album Beyond that was released on 21 February 2014. A vinyl version of the album was released on 14 March 2014. It was produced by Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst at the Separate Sound Studios in Nuremberg and at Freedom Call's own studio.
In May 2015 Freedom Call released 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity, a reissued edition of their 2002 studio album, Eternity. As the title suggests, 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity was released 666 weeks after the release of the original album. The re-issue is a two disc set featuring the original album which has been remastered, plus bonus content on the second disc including live tracks, acoustic tracks, special versions of their songs, as well as a new song written exclusively for this release. In support of the album release, the 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity Tour 2015 occurred between October 2015 (Glasgow, UK; 9 Oct) and December 2015 (Augsburg, Germany; 22 Dec).
Freedom Call's next album, Master of Light was released on 11 November 2016 (18 November in USA). The first single taken from the album, Hammer of the Gods, was released on 8 July 2016. A promotional video for the track Metal is for Everyone became available on 2 November 2016. Following a release party at Rockcafe Brown Sugar in Nürnberg on 10 November 2016, the four-city Master of Light Latin America tour ran from 25 November until 2 December 2016. The tour commenced in 2016 and continued through 2017 and concluded in 2018. Countries visited (or to be visited) as part of the 2017–2018 legs of the tour include Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the UK. A number of festival dates also took place, with others scheduled for 2018 that included 70,000 Tons of Metal from 1 to 5 February 2018, and include Metalfest Open Air 2018 and Leyendas Del Rock 2018.
The band's most recent studio offering, M.E.T.A.L., was released on 23 August 2019.
Chris Bay solo
In November 2017 Chris Bay announced that he would be releasing his first solo album, Chasing the Sun, on Steamhammer/SPV records on 23 February 2018. The first single from the album, Radio Starlight, was released on 1 December 2017. Of the album and its content Bay commented: "I permanently write songs and am constantly working on ideas in the studio... ...that's why I've collected a whole lot of tracks over the years that on the one hand don't really suit Freedom Call and on the other are just too good to gather dust in my archive." The second single from the album, Hollywood Dancer, was released on 2 February 2018.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Call
Studio albums
Stairway to Fairyland (1999)
Crystal Empire (2001)
Eternity (2002)
The Circle of Life (2005)
Dimensions (2007)
Legend of the Shadowking (2010)
Land of the Crimson Dawn (2012)
Beyond (2014)
Master of Light (2016)
M.E.T.A.L. (2019)
Having played in various local rock bands, Bay moved to Hamburg in 1990 and got his first serious gig when he worked with Zed Yago. From 1993 to 1996 Chris was a member of former Victory guitarist Hermann Frank's band Moon Doc, with whom he recorded the albums "Moon Doc" (1995) and "Get Mooned" (1996).
Founding (1997–1998)
In 1998 Chris Bay and old friend Daniel Zimmermann formed Freedom Call during an off-period for the latter's main band, Gamma Ray. The two had started writing songs together towards the end of 1997. They eventually completed a six-song demo Freedom Call with well-known producer Charlie Bauerfeind, who offered the tape to several record companies.
At the same time, the Freedom Call line up was completed by Ilker Ersin on bass guitar and Sascha Gerstner on guitar. In 1998 Chris and Dan had seen Sascha playing in a cover band.
Stairway to Fairyland and Crystal Empire (1999–2001)
Freedom Call's debut album, Stairway to Fairyland was released on 7 May 1999 by NTS Records. Stairway to Fairyland would sell over 35,000 copies. On 25 May 1999 Freedom Call made their live debut during a tour of France as support band for Angra and Edguy. At the end of August, Freedom Call commenced recording of the five-track mini LP Taragon. It featured new songs, a cover version of Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes", a new version of "Stairway to Fairyland", a new version of "Tears of Taragon" with Biff Byford, singer with Saxon narrating the "Tale of Taragon" on it. There was also a bonus track for Japan called "Kingdom Come".
By the end of 1999, Freedom Call had entered the studio again to record their second album Crystal Empire, this released on 22 January 2001. Crystal Empire was promoted as the logical musical continuation of Stairway To Fairyland. In March 2001 Sascha Gerstner left Freedom Call (he would later join Helloween). Gerstner was eventually replaced by Cédric "Cede" Dupont, the Swiss guitarist of Symphorce.
Eternity and The Circle of Life (2002–2006)
In the middle of January 2002 the new lineup began recording a new album called Eternity. Dan and Chris produced Eternity on their own this time as Charlie Bauerfeind was not available. He was, however, responsible for the drum recordings and the final mix. Eternity was released on 3 June 2002 by Steamhammer.
Later that year, Freedom Call was invited on tour with Blind Guardian. During this tour they recorded the live album, Live Invasion together with Charlie Bauerfeind in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Munich. Live Invasion was released on 10 May 2004 by SPV.
The keyboard player on this tour, Nils Neumann, was soon invited to become the fifth member of the band. After an extended break, the next album The Circle of Life was recorded at Hansen Studio, Hamburg and FC Studios, Nuremberg from August to October 2004. The album was released on 21 May 2005 by SPV.
Shortly after the release of The Circle of Life, both Cédric "Cede" Dupont and Ilker Ersin decided to leave Freedom Call (independently of each other). Replacements were eventually announced in the respective form of the unknown Lars Rettkowitz and Armin Donderer, formerly of Paradox.
Dimensions (2007–2008)
A new album with the title Dimensions was released on 20 April 2007. Commenting on Dimensions, Daniel Zimmerman said: Even if the two predecessors, Eternity and The Circle of Life, took very different directions, both albums had a number of strong moments. Dimensions combines the most successful elements from both albums, in other words: we included our penchant for fast and very melodic numbers from Eternity with the more contemporary, bombastic components of The Circle of Life.
The songs "The Wanderer" and "Dimensions" were also used in the online rhythm game "Flash Flash Revolution".
Legend of the Shadowking and Land of the Crimson Dawn (2009–2012)
In March 2009, the band announced that they were putting the finishing touches to a new album, Legend of the Shadowking, and that they had parted ways with bassist Armin Donderer, who would be replaced by Samy Saemann. Legend of the Shadowking was released on 29 January 2010 by SPV.
For the 2010 touring cycle, Dan Zimmerman announced that he would be replaced by Klaus Sperling as during this time he [Zimmerman] would be on the road with Gamma Ray. It was later confirmed on the band's website that Zimmermann had officially left the band. Live in Hellvetia was the first live DVD by Freedom Call. It was released on 20 May 2011 by SPV. Live in Hellvetia was recorded on 29 December 2010 in Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland.
The title of the next Freedom Call studio album, Land of the Crimson Dawn, was announced in September 2011. Chris Bay had previously announced that the band was working on the album and it would be released sometime in February 2012. Land of the Crimson Dawn was released 24 February 2012 by SPV.
Beyond and Master of Light (2013–present)
Ages of Light (1998–2013) is the first best-of compilation by Freedom Call. It was released on 26 April 2013 by SPV. The band announced on 15 September 2013 that they were working on a new album, Beyond, with a new lineup. Ilker Ersin returned to the band to resume bass duties and Ramy Ali joined the band on drums. A music video was filmed on 15 December 2013 for the song Union of the Strong. The shoot took place in the vicinity of Nuremberg and Franconia, the song was taken from the album Beyond that was released on 21 February 2014. A vinyl version of the album was released on 14 March 2014. It was produced by Chris Bay and Stephan Ernst at the Separate Sound Studios in Nuremberg and at Freedom Call's own studio.
In May 2015 Freedom Call released 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity, a reissued edition of their 2002 studio album, Eternity. As the title suggests, 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity was released 666 weeks after the release of the original album. The re-issue is a two disc set featuring the original album which has been remastered, plus bonus content on the second disc including live tracks, acoustic tracks, special versions of their songs, as well as a new song written exclusively for this release. In support of the album release, the 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity Tour 2015 occurred between October 2015 (Glasgow, UK; 9 Oct) and December 2015 (Augsburg, Germany; 22 Dec).
Freedom Call's next album, Master of Light was released on 11 November 2016 (18 November in USA). The first single taken from the album, Hammer of the Gods, was released on 8 July 2016. A promotional video for the track Metal is for Everyone became available on 2 November 2016. Following a release party at Rockcafe Brown Sugar in Nürnberg on 10 November 2016, the four-city Master of Light Latin America tour ran from 25 November until 2 December 2016. The tour commenced in 2016 and continued through 2017 and concluded in 2018. Countries visited (or to be visited) as part of the 2017–2018 legs of the tour include Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the UK. A number of festival dates also took place, with others scheduled for 2018 that included 70,000 Tons of Metal from 1 to 5 February 2018, and include Metalfest Open Air 2018 and Leyendas Del Rock 2018.
The band's most recent studio offering, M.E.T.A.L., was released on 23 August 2019.
Chris Bay solo
In November 2017 Chris Bay announced that he would be releasing his first solo album, Chasing the Sun, on Steamhammer/SPV records on 23 February 2018. The first single from the album, Radio Starlight, was released on 1 December 2017. Of the album and its content Bay commented: "I permanently write songs and am constantly working on ideas in the studio... ...that's why I've collected a whole lot of tracks over the years that on the one hand don't really suit Freedom Call and on the other are just too good to gather dust in my archive." The second single from the album, Hollywood Dancer, was released on 2 February 2018.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Call
Studio albums
Stairway to Fairyland (1999)
Crystal Empire (2001)
Eternity (2002)
The Circle of Life (2005)
Dimensions (2007)
Legend of the Shadowking (2010)
Land of the Crimson Dawn (2012)
Beyond (2014)
Master of Light (2016)
M.E.T.A.L. (2019)
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Freedom Call Lyrics
01- Over the Rainbow Sounds of revolution, calling everywhere It' s time, to lea…
04-Kingdom Come When it's night on earth I'm longing for the days All the…
111 110 and One beyond The Spirit of Angels Anytime, anywhere a…
66 Warriors Warrior oh warrior Warrior oh warrior (warrior) Warrior oh…
A Perfect Day I`m the biggest, I`m the best I`m better than the rest I`m…
Age of the Phoenix Once it begins creatures arise Whispering your name A f…
Ages of Power When life begins, young and free from sins Under the skies…
Among the Shadows Imaginations come in seperate ways Once dark, deep buried i…
Another Day I'm standing here in silence all alone Can't decide between …
Beyond Where is the hand that leads us Passing the darkness by Wh…
Blackened Sun Like a dream that fades away My memories of sunshine days …
Bleeding heart Here I'm standing in the pouring rain All alone I feel…
Bleeding Hearts Here I'm standing in the pouring rain All alone I feel…
Call of Fame We' re lost on the run Without any fears we are…
Carry On Carry on, carry on The chanting has begun A hymn of fame…
Circle Of Life I'm born into this world of Joy and misery Where all the…
Colours of Freedom Keep the faith, keep the flame Although dark horizons come …
Come On Home When the night comes up in town You don't know you're…
Cradle Of Angels While revealing the secrets of living And of memories gone b…
Crimson Dawn Time has come, we'll never rest At the end of the…
Dance Off the Devil Follow the breath, the spirit of life In Africa, Africa Da…
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes Dancing with tears in my eyes Weeping for the memory of…
Dark Obsession My secret dreamworld, it falls apart A silent sorrow gets ho…
Dark Obsession 4:45 My secret dreamworld, it falls apart A silent sorrow gets h…
Days Of Glory An ancient machine, the world's never seen A blinding light …
Demons Dance Shadows everywhere The land lies cold under a blackened sun …
Dimensions Where do we go from here? Where is our home, what's…
Dr. Stein [originally by Helloween] Once they killed his monster wh…
Edge of the Ocean I remember, I still can see All the waves are breaking…
Eternity I, I'm on my way back, there's no regret There's no…
Eyes of the World At the end of all creation The world is standing still Etern…
Fairyland Alone in the dark Flashing the shadow surround us all Spread…
Fantasy Lost in the shadows Where the claws of evil are waiting Sh…
Far Away The fever's flowing through my veins The sound is driving me…
Farewell Together we march in time Forever for the kingdom Farewell t…
Flame in the Night I call your name and I wonder why I should die to…
Fly with Us Now it's time to get the answers For a million things…
Flying high When the moon is rising with a silver shining light Waking…
Follow Your Heart In the name of power and glory A circle of the…
Freedom Call An Island lies in the sea of stars So far from…
Freedom Call- Starlight An Island lies in the sea of stars So far from…
Graceland In a time of loneliness Years gone by Time of sadness Tried …
Gracelands In a time of loneliness Years gone by Time of sadness Tri…
Heart Of A Warrior When you fight out there alone For a king upon his…
Heart Of The Brave Heart of the Brave Born in a nation A young generation…
Heart of the Rainbow Somewhere in desert land The valley of the graves All you ha…
Hero Nation Remember the times When we were young and wild The beautif…
Hero on Video Hero on video The hero on video It smells like revolutio…
High Enough Alone I walk the road to nowhere land I lost my…
Hiroshima There's a shadow of a man at hiroshima Where he passed…
Holy Knight In times of war we fight Where spirits of vengeance collide…
Hunting High And Low I'm a player; I'm a winner I'm a saint but I'm…
Hymn The battle is over, silence reigns the land Darkness surroun…
Innocent World They tell me things that I don't understand So many things…
Island of Dreams Life on the line I'm searching for answers my friends I can'…
Journey Into Wonderland As a child you were born, safe from despair A guardian…
Killer Gear Mindful and honest the young boy, there is nothing to…
King of the Crystal Empire Here I am Rhamzezh, son of Sethur King of the crystal empire…
Kingdom Come When it's night on earth I'm longing for the days All the…
Kingdom of Madness And I'm riding through the mountains Through the winter nig…
Kings & Queens A gleaming fascination, burning deep inside When it comes in…
Knights of Taragon We are the knights of taragon We are the riders of…
Land Of Light I'm diving through an empty space Where shadows flashing aro…
Light Up The Sky I stand alone in silence I'm facing up to my fate Oh,…
M.E.T.A.L Standing tall for Heavy Metal For all Eternity As warriors f…
Magic Moments With a smile on my face I take a look in…
Merlin: Legend Of The Past From the isle of Avalon a virgin came Oh she sealed…
Metal Invasion Oh spiritus, oh sanctus Adoramus domine Te deum laudamus In …
Metal Is For Everyone Metal is for everyone Stronger than the law A band of steel,…
Mother Earth Destiny's child, aeons away from the sun Island of life, out…
Mr. Evil I don't wanna play this game once more How could I…
My Dying Paradise A distant noise, a silent stream I'm standing all alone Surr…
Ocean The time has come And the spell, has broken forever It's tim…
oceán The time has come And the spell has broken forever It's tim…
One Step Into Wonderland Take away the darkness from your heart Don't stop believing…
Out of the Ruins No one's got the power to defy the tyranny One by…
Over the Rainbow Sounds of revolution, calling everywhere It' s time, to leav…
Palace of Fantasy Lost in the shadows Where the claws of evil are waiting Shad…
Paladin Stand tall and believe in the light of the day When…
Pharao Ramses, Pharao Wiseman, Giant in the sky Ramses, Pharao God …
Power When life begins, young and free from sins Under the skies…
Power & Glory Can't wait for the time, to come together No sleep at…
Queen Of My World She never leaves me when I'm lonely She's always there to…
Quest My world around me Lies down so cold and bare I'm a…
Remember! Somewhere, somehow We find the key to the sense of the…
Rhythm of Light In the rhythm of light I got the rhythm, charged by…
Rise Up Who wants to live forever Here in a world of shame Living…
Rockin' Radio Power metal, gothic, doom Heavy metal screams On the radio…
Rockstars I wanna be a rock star I put my black leather…
Ronin Abandoned and lost I am riding on Towards the kingdom…
Sail Away Hear my cry, lost in fear Thousand miles from home my…
Shine On A child was born, forever young Alone in virgin' s hands A…
Sole Survivor Lonely ways, an unknown land Lost in the dark and the…
Space Legends A contest of our lost illusions, troopers side by side rec…
Spirit Of Daedalus On the isle of the king Built a maze for the…
Starchild Once you came, along, down to earth To let your wisdom…
Starlight Hear, the queen of the universe Real, can you feel the…
Tears Falling Tonight, before the day begins another game It's time for u…
Tears of Babylon A stairway to the gods in heaven out in the…
Tears of Taragon There's dust in the air On a winter morning I hear the…
Terra Liberty Another night another unholy breed Another soul is twisting…
The Ace Of The Unicorn Dive into our universe Fly over seven seas to paradise Unde…
The Circle Of Life I'm born into this world of Joy and misery Where all the…
The Darkness I'm crawling through the shadows of the underworld I'm creep…
The Eternal Flame On the road to victory Is it real or fantasy (The call…
The Eyes Of The World At the end of all creation The world is standing still Ete…
The Gathering (Midtro) [instrumental]…
The King Of The Crystal Call Here I am Rhamzezh, son of Sethur King of the crystal empire…
The M.E.T.A.L. Fest Freedom Call is back Over 20 years a story Another birthday…
The Queen of My World She never leaves me when I'm lonely She's always there to…
The Quest My world around me Lies down so cold and bare I'm a…
The Rhythm Of Life Resurrection energy inside Something that I can't define Mys…
The Shadowking Spellbound by the power of the devil I'm running through the…
The Spell [instrumental]…
The Wanderer Here I 'm a wandering man I'm walking through a barren…
The-Quest My world around me Lies down so cold and bare I'm a…
Thunder God I can feel the fever rising I can feel it in…
Turn back time A song of sadness, rhymes of pain The sounds of my…
Union of the Strong Jump and carry on Ride on for a union of the…
United Alliance Young Hearts call for rebellion Time for revenge is near W…
Wanderer Here I 'm a wandering man I'm walking through a barren…
Wanderer The Here I 'm a wandering man I'm walking through a barren…
Warrior At night, high up in the heavens we fight Faster than…
Warrior of Light We're standing on the edge of time We're riding to the…
Warriors At night, high up in the heavens we fight Faster than…
Warriors Of Light We're standing on the edge of time We're riding to the…
We Are One We search a golden land So far away from home We ride…
Wheel Of Time Lost with fear in the darkness Out in the cold and…
Wild In The Night I call your name and I wonder why I should die to…
Words Of Endeavour I'm the one caught in a moment The moment I have…