Gamma Ray is a German power metal band from Hamburg, founded and fronted by… Read Full Bio ↴Gamma Ray is a German power metal band from Hamburg, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from power metal band Helloween, in 1989. He is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter. Between 1990 and 2014, Gamma Ray recorded eleven studio albums. In 1988, after four years with the German power metal band Helloween, guitarist and songwriter Kai Hansen decided to leave the group. Hansen claimed that Helloween had become too big for him to handle, although the group's troubles with financial issues and their record company, Noise Records, most likely played a part as well. He proceeded to do some studio work with German power metal band Blind Guardian and, in 1989, decided to form his own project with long-time friend Ralf Scheepers, former vocalist of the band Tyran Pace. This two-man project grew into a four-man band with the addition of Uwe Wessel on bass and Mathias Burchardt on drums. This was the first line-up of Gamma Ray, bearing a sound understandably close to that of Helloween of that period.
The Scheepers era (1989–1995)
The original line-up released the album Heading for Tomorrow in February 1990 and, later that year, the Heaven Can Wait EP, with new guitarist Dirk Schlächter and new drummer Uli Kusch.
In February 1991, the band began rehearsing for the recording of their second album in a small, remote house in Denmark. With some brand new songs written, Gamma Ray entered the studio under the supervision of producer Tommy Newton and recorded their second album Sigh No More, which was released in September 1991. The style differed vastly from that of Heading for Tomorrow, featuring darker lyrics inspired by the Persian Gulf War that was raging at the time. A 50-date worldwide tour followed.
After the Japanese tour at the beginning of 1991, Gamma Ray underwent another personnel change: the rhythm section (Wessel and Kusch) left due to a personal disagreement and were replaced by Jan Rubach (bass) and Thomas Nack (drums), both from the Hamburg band Anesthesia. The band also began to build their own studio, so work on their new album did not start until 1993. The album Insanity and Genius was released in June 1993, with a style which was closer to that of Heading for Tomorrow than Sigh No More. In September 1993 Gamma Ray, along with Rage, Helicon and Conception, embarked on the Melodic Metal Strikes Back tour. The tour contributed to the release of the double CD Power of Metal, and the videos Power of Metal and Lust for Live, in December.
Land of the Free to Majestic (1995–2006)
More changes in the line-up were to follow for Gamma Ray. Vocalist Ralf Scheepers, who lived far away from the other band members hometown of Hamburg, was attempting to become the new Judas Priest singer after Rob Halford left. He felt that his position in the band had been strained due to the distance between him and the other members. Hansen and Scheepers agreed to an amicable departure. After failing to be recruited for Judas Priest, Scheepers started his own band, Primal Fear.
Hansen said in an interview 1999 about why Scheepers left: There were two main reasons. One was after the first three Gamma Ray albums we said - now we want to do a really, really good album, something really killer. But Ralf was not living in Hamburg, he was living 700km away from here. For that reason he only came up for a while for rehearsal or for the recordings. But to do an album which was really good we needed him there constantly. In years before we had been talking about him moving to Hamburg but at that time he still had a job going on...he still does and he's never going to leave it somehow. He could not really make up his mind to move to Hamburg and there was one problem with that because when we wrote the songs I was always trying to think of his voice but on the other hand it would have been a lot better if he write his own vocal lines, melodies and lyrics. When he came to Hamburg most of the times I was singing in the rehearsal room when he was not there and I was singing on my demos so it was like everything was more or less fixed and he could not really change it. We wanted that to change, therefore we wanted him to move to Hamburg, he could not make up his mind. Then we said either you do it or you die somehow you know...like putting the pistol to his chest. Well....on the other hand he had this Judas Priest thing going on. He wanted to be given a chance. I was the idiot who told him maybe for fun just try it out when it was clear they were searching for a singer because Judas Priest was always his favorite band. We were thinking about him doing the Gamma Ray album and then going to Judas Priest. All in all it led to the point where we said we'd rather split our ways at that point because it doesn't make sense to go on like that.
Hansen then began to search for a new vocalist but, due to demand from friends and fans, took on the guitar-vocal duties himself as he had done for Helloween's first EP and album.
In a 2008 interview, Hansen spoke about the importance of the Land of the Free album and what it represented: We made it exactly at a time point when this kind of metal was proclaimed to be dead as can be. Where it was almost like if a drummer came up with a double bass drum people would say 'ya dooga daga yourself out of here man.' Everything was ruled by Kurt Cobain and the alternative to the alternative and all that kind of stuff. So at that point we made an album like this and it went down very successful. That was cool, that was something special. I think it was the album that gave Gamma Ray the acceptance as being a band not only a Kai Hansen project.
In 1995 the fourth album, Land of the Free, the first to feature Hansen on vocals, was released. The album was praised by critics and fans alike. The tour following the album, Men on a Tour, brought the recording and release of the live album Alive '95 in 1996.
Soon after, there was yet another major lineup change. Jan Rubach and Thomas Nack both left in order to return to Anesthesia and in came new drummer Dan Zimmermann. Zimmerman is also known for being a founding member of the German power metal band Freedom Call. Schlächter, who was originally a bass player, as can be seen on the 1990 video Heading for the East, left the second guitar spot and took back his original instrument, being replaced on guitar by Henjo Richter.
Work started on the next album, and 1997 saw the release of Somewhere Out in Space, which marked the beginning of the band's thematic concentration on space. The album featured the hit "Valley of the Kings" and entered in the charts of many European countries. After two years of touring came the album Power Plant, which was a continuation of Somewhere Out in Space's lyrical approach, but a new direction musically. The album was highly acclaimed throughout the world and gained even more chart success than its predecessor.
For Gamma Ray's next work, Hansen decided to do things differently from the usual compilation of songs. He let the fans decide by voting on their website for their three favorite songs on each album, then the band went back to the studio to re-record the old tracks from the first three albums and made remixed versions for the songs on the later ones. Blast from the Past was the name chosen for this double album.
After a break of one year, when Hansen concentrated on his side project Iron Savior, the band was ready for the recording and release of the album No World Order!, which was stylistically similar to NWOBHM bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Again, the album was highly praised and the No Order World Tour saw the band visiting dozens of European countries and Japan. After resting from the tour, the band went on with the Skeletons in the Closet tour, which saw the band performing songs that they never or rarely played live before. Once again, the setlist was voted by the fans on the band's website. Only a few shows were played on this tour but two of those were recorded for the live album Skeletons in the Closet.
Kai Hansen and Henjo Richter also participated in Tobias Sammet's project Avantasia, on both The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Pt. II, along with various other musicians including Hansen's former bandmates from Helloween, Markus Grosskopf and Michael Kiske.
A live DVD, Hell Yeah The Awesome Foursome Live in Montreal was recorded on 6 May 2006 at Le Medley in Montreal, Quebec. The setlist contained songs drawn from all of their albums up to Majestic (excluding Insanity and Genius) and also a cover of the Helloween hit "I Want Out". The DVD finally saw release on 4 November 2008. It entered the German media control charts at No. 9 and the Swedish charts at No. 1, according to the band's official website.
Land of the Free II to Empire of the Undead (2007–2014)
In recent years, Gamma Ray have made use of touring keyboard players to fully augment their sound in a live environment. Axel Mackenrott of Masterplan fulfilled these duties in the past and was followed by Eero Kaukomies, a Finn who also plays in a Gamma Ray tribute band named Guardians of Mankind. His bandmate Kasperi Heikkinen also played on part of the Majestic tour in 2006 following an injury to Henjo Richter. On their most recent "To The Metal" tour, Kasperi Heikkinen replaced Henjo Richter once again for shows scheduled in Germany and Czech Republic in March 2010. Richter was hospitalized on 16 March 2010 due to retinal detachment. Heikkinen also shared stage with fellow axemen Hansen and Richter making "a three guitar special" for the encore numbers at the Nosturi club in Helsinki, Finland on 29 March 2010.
Land of the Free II was released in late 2007 as a sequel to the hugely successful Land of the Free album. To promote the album, Gamma Ray were the "very special guest" on Helloween's Hellish Rock 2007/2008 World Tour, on some shows along with the band Axxis. For the final encores of the evening, Hansen and members of Gamma Ray joined Helloween to play a couple of songs from when he was in the latter band. Hansen would also regularly join Helloween co-founder Michael Weikath at center stage to the delight of fans of both bands.
To the Metal! was released as the tenth studio album by the band. It was released on 29 January 2010 to modest critical praise, but disappointed some fans, who felt that it was uninspired and a weaker effort than Land of the Free II. On 31 May 2011, Gamma Ray released an EP entitled Skeletons and Majesties. It contains newly recorded, rarely played material (Skeletons) and acoustic versions of other older songs (Majesties). Hansen stated in an interview in February 2012 that he expected the next Gamma Ray album to be released in January 2013. On 1 September 2012, the band announced Michael Ehré as their new drummer, replacing Daniel Zimmermann who chose to retire after 15 years of band activity.
Kai Hansen revealed, in an interview with Metal Blast in April 2013 that their eleventh album, Empire of the Undead would have a "more thrashy" sound. In the same interview, Dirk Schlächter announced that the band would do a headlining tour following its release. Empire of the Undead was released in March 2014, despite Gamma Ray's studio being completely destroyed by a fire.
Additional vocalist and new album (2015–present)
In October 2015, it was announced that Frank Beck would be a new lead vocalist of Gamma Ray, in addition to Hansen. This was due to Hansen's degrading vocals due to lengthy tour schedules, as well as Hansen's desire to have more freedom onstage. On 10 August 2017, the band announced that they would be releasing a 25th anniversary edition of Land of the Free. In June 2021, on the Scars and Guitars podcast, Kai Hansen stated that despite his reunion with Helloween, he is not letting Gamma Ray die, and that he is preparing material for a new album to be tentatively released in 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Ray_(band)
Studio albums
Heading for Tomorrow (1990)
Sigh No More (1991)
Insanity and Genius (1993)
Land of the Free (1995)
Somewhere Out in Space (1997)
Power Plant (1999)
No World Order! (2001)
Majestic (2005)
Land of the Free II (2007)
To the Metal! (2010)
Empire of the Undead (2014)
The Scheepers era (1989–1995)
The original line-up released the album Heading for Tomorrow in February 1990 and, later that year, the Heaven Can Wait EP, with new guitarist Dirk Schlächter and new drummer Uli Kusch.
In February 1991, the band began rehearsing for the recording of their second album in a small, remote house in Denmark. With some brand new songs written, Gamma Ray entered the studio under the supervision of producer Tommy Newton and recorded their second album Sigh No More, which was released in September 1991. The style differed vastly from that of Heading for Tomorrow, featuring darker lyrics inspired by the Persian Gulf War that was raging at the time. A 50-date worldwide tour followed.
After the Japanese tour at the beginning of 1991, Gamma Ray underwent another personnel change: the rhythm section (Wessel and Kusch) left due to a personal disagreement and were replaced by Jan Rubach (bass) and Thomas Nack (drums), both from the Hamburg band Anesthesia. The band also began to build their own studio, so work on their new album did not start until 1993. The album Insanity and Genius was released in June 1993, with a style which was closer to that of Heading for Tomorrow than Sigh No More. In September 1993 Gamma Ray, along with Rage, Helicon and Conception, embarked on the Melodic Metal Strikes Back tour. The tour contributed to the release of the double CD Power of Metal, and the videos Power of Metal and Lust for Live, in December.
Land of the Free to Majestic (1995–2006)
More changes in the line-up were to follow for Gamma Ray. Vocalist Ralf Scheepers, who lived far away from the other band members hometown of Hamburg, was attempting to become the new Judas Priest singer after Rob Halford left. He felt that his position in the band had been strained due to the distance between him and the other members. Hansen and Scheepers agreed to an amicable departure. After failing to be recruited for Judas Priest, Scheepers started his own band, Primal Fear.
Hansen said in an interview 1999 about why Scheepers left: There were two main reasons. One was after the first three Gamma Ray albums we said - now we want to do a really, really good album, something really killer. But Ralf was not living in Hamburg, he was living 700km away from here. For that reason he only came up for a while for rehearsal or for the recordings. But to do an album which was really good we needed him there constantly. In years before we had been talking about him moving to Hamburg but at that time he still had a job going on...he still does and he's never going to leave it somehow. He could not really make up his mind to move to Hamburg and there was one problem with that because when we wrote the songs I was always trying to think of his voice but on the other hand it would have been a lot better if he write his own vocal lines, melodies and lyrics. When he came to Hamburg most of the times I was singing in the rehearsal room when he was not there and I was singing on my demos so it was like everything was more or less fixed and he could not really change it. We wanted that to change, therefore we wanted him to move to Hamburg, he could not make up his mind. Then we said either you do it or you die somehow you know...like putting the pistol to his chest. Well....on the other hand he had this Judas Priest thing going on. He wanted to be given a chance. I was the idiot who told him maybe for fun just try it out when it was clear they were searching for a singer because Judas Priest was always his favorite band. We were thinking about him doing the Gamma Ray album and then going to Judas Priest. All in all it led to the point where we said we'd rather split our ways at that point because it doesn't make sense to go on like that.
Hansen then began to search for a new vocalist but, due to demand from friends and fans, took on the guitar-vocal duties himself as he had done for Helloween's first EP and album.
In a 2008 interview, Hansen spoke about the importance of the Land of the Free album and what it represented: We made it exactly at a time point when this kind of metal was proclaimed to be dead as can be. Where it was almost like if a drummer came up with a double bass drum people would say 'ya dooga daga yourself out of here man.' Everything was ruled by Kurt Cobain and the alternative to the alternative and all that kind of stuff. So at that point we made an album like this and it went down very successful. That was cool, that was something special. I think it was the album that gave Gamma Ray the acceptance as being a band not only a Kai Hansen project.
In 1995 the fourth album, Land of the Free, the first to feature Hansen on vocals, was released. The album was praised by critics and fans alike. The tour following the album, Men on a Tour, brought the recording and release of the live album Alive '95 in 1996.
Soon after, there was yet another major lineup change. Jan Rubach and Thomas Nack both left in order to return to Anesthesia and in came new drummer Dan Zimmermann. Zimmerman is also known for being a founding member of the German power metal band Freedom Call. Schlächter, who was originally a bass player, as can be seen on the 1990 video Heading for the East, left the second guitar spot and took back his original instrument, being replaced on guitar by Henjo Richter.
Work started on the next album, and 1997 saw the release of Somewhere Out in Space, which marked the beginning of the band's thematic concentration on space. The album featured the hit "Valley of the Kings" and entered in the charts of many European countries. After two years of touring came the album Power Plant, which was a continuation of Somewhere Out in Space's lyrical approach, but a new direction musically. The album was highly acclaimed throughout the world and gained even more chart success than its predecessor.
For Gamma Ray's next work, Hansen decided to do things differently from the usual compilation of songs. He let the fans decide by voting on their website for their three favorite songs on each album, then the band went back to the studio to re-record the old tracks from the first three albums and made remixed versions for the songs on the later ones. Blast from the Past was the name chosen for this double album.
After a break of one year, when Hansen concentrated on his side project Iron Savior, the band was ready for the recording and release of the album No World Order!, which was stylistically similar to NWOBHM bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Again, the album was highly praised and the No Order World Tour saw the band visiting dozens of European countries and Japan. After resting from the tour, the band went on with the Skeletons in the Closet tour, which saw the band performing songs that they never or rarely played live before. Once again, the setlist was voted by the fans on the band's website. Only a few shows were played on this tour but two of those were recorded for the live album Skeletons in the Closet.
Kai Hansen and Henjo Richter also participated in Tobias Sammet's project Avantasia, on both The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Pt. II, along with various other musicians including Hansen's former bandmates from Helloween, Markus Grosskopf and Michael Kiske.
A live DVD, Hell Yeah The Awesome Foursome Live in Montreal was recorded on 6 May 2006 at Le Medley in Montreal, Quebec. The setlist contained songs drawn from all of their albums up to Majestic (excluding Insanity and Genius) and also a cover of the Helloween hit "I Want Out". The DVD finally saw release on 4 November 2008. It entered the German media control charts at No. 9 and the Swedish charts at No. 1, according to the band's official website.
Land of the Free II to Empire of the Undead (2007–2014)
In recent years, Gamma Ray have made use of touring keyboard players to fully augment their sound in a live environment. Axel Mackenrott of Masterplan fulfilled these duties in the past and was followed by Eero Kaukomies, a Finn who also plays in a Gamma Ray tribute band named Guardians of Mankind. His bandmate Kasperi Heikkinen also played on part of the Majestic tour in 2006 following an injury to Henjo Richter. On their most recent "To The Metal" tour, Kasperi Heikkinen replaced Henjo Richter once again for shows scheduled in Germany and Czech Republic in March 2010. Richter was hospitalized on 16 March 2010 due to retinal detachment. Heikkinen also shared stage with fellow axemen Hansen and Richter making "a three guitar special" for the encore numbers at the Nosturi club in Helsinki, Finland on 29 March 2010.
Land of the Free II was released in late 2007 as a sequel to the hugely successful Land of the Free album. To promote the album, Gamma Ray were the "very special guest" on Helloween's Hellish Rock 2007/2008 World Tour, on some shows along with the band Axxis. For the final encores of the evening, Hansen and members of Gamma Ray joined Helloween to play a couple of songs from when he was in the latter band. Hansen would also regularly join Helloween co-founder Michael Weikath at center stage to the delight of fans of both bands.
To the Metal! was released as the tenth studio album by the band. It was released on 29 January 2010 to modest critical praise, but disappointed some fans, who felt that it was uninspired and a weaker effort than Land of the Free II. On 31 May 2011, Gamma Ray released an EP entitled Skeletons and Majesties. It contains newly recorded, rarely played material (Skeletons) and acoustic versions of other older songs (Majesties). Hansen stated in an interview in February 2012 that he expected the next Gamma Ray album to be released in January 2013. On 1 September 2012, the band announced Michael Ehré as their new drummer, replacing Daniel Zimmermann who chose to retire after 15 years of band activity.
Kai Hansen revealed, in an interview with Metal Blast in April 2013 that their eleventh album, Empire of the Undead would have a "more thrashy" sound. In the same interview, Dirk Schlächter announced that the band would do a headlining tour following its release. Empire of the Undead was released in March 2014, despite Gamma Ray's studio being completely destroyed by a fire.
Additional vocalist and new album (2015–present)
In October 2015, it was announced that Frank Beck would be a new lead vocalist of Gamma Ray, in addition to Hansen. This was due to Hansen's degrading vocals due to lengthy tour schedules, as well as Hansen's desire to have more freedom onstage. On 10 August 2017, the band announced that they would be releasing a 25th anniversary edition of Land of the Free. In June 2021, on the Scars and Guitars podcast, Kai Hansen stated that despite his reunion with Helloween, he is not letting Gamma Ray die, and that he is preparing material for a new album to be tentatively released in 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Ray_(band)
Studio albums
Heading for Tomorrow (1990)
Sigh No More (1991)
Insanity and Genius (1993)
Land of the Free (1995)
Somewhere Out in Space (1997)
Power Plant (1999)
No World Order! (2001)
Majestic (2005)
Land of the Free II (2007)
To the Metal! (2010)
Empire of the Undead (2014)
Land of the Free
Gamma Ray Lyrics
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Somewhere in desert of the void
Beyond the wall
We're the last survivors
We're the ones who'll never fall
Men inside the circle, leave the night!
Darkness all around us,
Not a single beam of light
We all have is our faith
No will to win this fight
The time has come to break the outer wall
(Break down the back wall)
Grab your heart, I'll show you the way,
Now hold your head up high
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
Men inside the circle,
Tell me what you feel and see
Delusions of reality,
The mirror of your dreams
Hold your ground
And I'll show you the way
Now hold your head up high
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
[SOLO: Kai/Dirk/Kai/Dirk]
And when the cracks appear, upon the wall
We know the moment's here to see it fall
And as the sunlight appears again in our sky
No wall, no more, no more will darken our life
[MELODY: both/Dirk]
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
Our return to the land of the free
Beyond the wall
We're the last survivors
We're the ones who'll never fall
Men inside the circle, leave the night!
Darkness all around us,
Not a single beam of light
We all have is our faith
The time has come to break the outer wall
(Break down the back wall)
Grab your heart, I'll show you the way,
Now hold your head up high
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
Men inside the circle,
Tell me what you feel and see
Delusions of reality,
The mirror of your dreams
Hold your ground
And I'll show you the way
Now hold your head up high
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
[SOLO: Kai/Dirk/Kai/Dirk]
And when the cracks appear, upon the wall
We know the moment's here to see it fall
And as the sunlight appears again in our sky
No wall, no more, no more will darken our life
[MELODY: both/Dirk]
High above, at the edge of the world
We're searching for glory and peace
When the time has come, you will see
Our return to the land of the free
Our return to the land of the free
Gamma Ray's song Land of the Free is a call to action for those who are surviving against all the odds. The lyrics evoke a strong sense of determination and resilience. The song speaks of a group of survivors who are living beyond a wall in the desert of void. They are the last standing ones who will never falter no matter what the situation may be. The lyric describes how the darkness is all around them, without a single beam of light. The only thing they have left is their faith, which gives them the strength to continue fighting.
The time has come to break the outer wall, and the lyrics urge the men inside the circle to leave the night. The singer is encouraging his comrades to grab their heart and show them the way. They are hoping for a return to the land of the free. The song speaks of the mirror of your dreams, which might be delusions of reality, and the importance of holding your ground. As the cracks start appearing upon the wall, they know that the moment has come to see it fall. This song is an inspiration for people who are struggling to survive against all odds.
Line by Line Meaning
Somewhere in desert of the void
In a place that feels empty and meaningless
Beyond the wall
Beyond the current limits and boundaries
We're the last survivors
We are the only ones left
We're the ones who'll never fall
We will never give up or be defeated
Men inside the circle, leave the night!
People who are stuck in the same place, break free and move forward!
Darkness all around us,
The situation seems hopeless and desperate
Not a single beam of light
We can't see a way out
We all have is our faith
Our belief and trust in ourselves and our cause is all we have left
No will to win this fight
We don't have the desire or motivation to keep going despite the odds
The time has come to break the outer wall
Now is the moment we need to shatter the obstacles holding us back
Grab your heart, I'll show you the way,
Follow your passion and I'll guide you towards success
Now hold your head up high
Stay proud and confident
High above, at the edge of the world
Achieving greatness and freedom beyond our current reality
We're searching for glory and peace
We want to find success and tranquility
When the time has come, you will see
Eventually, success will be ours
Men inside the circle,
People who are stuck and need direction
Tell me what you feel and see
Share your thoughts and emotions with me
Delusions of reality,
False perceptions and illusions of what's really going on
The mirror of your dreams
What you imagine and strive for
Hold your ground
Stay firm and don't give up
And I'll show you the way
I'll lead you towards success and freedom
And when the cracks appear, upon the wall
When we start to see progress and change
We know the moment's here to see it fall
We know it's time to break down the barriers and succeed
And as the sunlight appears again in our sky
As we achieve success and freedom
No wall, no more, no more will darken our life
The obstacles and challenges that held us back are gone
Our return to the land of the free
Our success and achievement of freedom
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KAI HANSEN
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1. Rebellion In Dreamland 00:00
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Voices are calling from somewhere below
Melting on the eastern shore
Rain is falling down on me,
Been waiting for eternity...
I'll be there!
Freedom for us all!
And I wonder why, why my heart still yearns
And I wonder why, why the earth still turns
And I wonder why, why the sky turns black
Still I wonder why, but there is no turning back
For all eternity, for all the world to see
We're riding high across the wind
And when the storm begins, to wash away all sins
We'll find a place where we'll begin
There's something wrong with the world today,
Only the people that are fighting for...
...A better place in the world today,
They don't believe that they gone too far,
...They're falling down.
By moonlight there's way...for rebellion
Here, the world are gone astray...revolution
Now, the time has come to pray...halleluja
Deep, inside our minds we wait...for rebellion -
Here in dreamland we will not obey the masters
...And the earth still turns but I'm on my way,
He is on the way, as my heart still yearns
...I'm on my way, now he is on the way,
And I cry for more
Yes I'm on my way, now he's on the way,
Gonna find the secret wall
I have seen the secret dreams
Of those who know eternity
And makes me feel like a shadow sneaking in
In my sleep I'm searching for a way to find
The open do leading me to where it all begins
There's nothing wrong with the world today...
There's something wrong with the world today,
Only the people that are fighting for...
...A better place in the world today,
They don't believe that they gone too far,
...They're falling down.
By moonlight there's way...for rebellion
Here, the world are gone astray...revolution
Now, the time has come to pray...halleluja
Deep, inside our minds we wait...for rebellion -
Here in dreamland we will not obey the masters
Now I'm riding through the air
Going to where no one dares
On the way I cross the line forevermore.
For once in life, I do not care
Nothing matters, now I dare
On the ride I'll cross the line
Forever to be free
I have no fear, Rebellion is here!
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Η Παρρησία του γνωστή γιατί μας έζησε , μας πόνεσε , μας νουθέτησε και σήμερα μας ενισχύει με τις πολύτιμες πρεσβείες του ενώπιον του Ουράνιου Θυσιαστηρίου.
Αυτή η πληροφορία μας ήρθε πρωί- πρωί και παρακαλούμε να την αξιολογήσετε και να την διαχειριστείτε με σεβασμό και σοβαρότητα.
Λίγες μέρες πριν εκδημήσει ένα πνευματικό παιδί του Οσίου Γέροντα Εφραίμ του Αριζονίτη του παρουσιάστηκε και του διαμήνυσε:
“ανήγγειλε αδελφέ στους Πατέρες ότι ο μεγάλος πόλεμος μέσα στο 22 θα τα αλλάξει όλα”
” και θα οδηγήσει πολλούς σε μετάνοια, η μετάνοια είναι το διαβατήριο”
ΕΔΩ τι να προσθέσουμε άλλο αδελφοί παρά μόνο να αντιληφθούμε το μέγεθος της άφατης Φιλανθρωπίας του ΑΓΙΟΥ ΤΡΙΑΔΙΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ που τους καιρούς μας τους στόλισε με τέτοιους αγίους που ολοζώντανα παρουσιάζονται νουθετούν και μας ειδοποιούν.
Πως να μην θυμηθούμε αδελφοί το συγκλονιστικό γεγονός που επισημάναμε και καταγράψαμε ανήμερα της Εκδημίας του Οσίου Γέροντα Εφραίμ την Κυριακή της 8 Δεκεμβρίου του 2019 όταν λίγες μέρες πριν αναχωρήσει εις τας Ουρανίους Μονάς είπε σε πνευματικό του παιδί .
– παιδί μου δεν θα προλάβω την ΠΟΛΗ
– γιατί παιδί μου θα κοιμηθώ στην αρχή των γεγονότων για την ΠΟΛΗ .
βλ. σύνδεσμο https://konstantinoupolipothoumeno.blogspot.com/2019/12/blog-post_8.html
και τι έγινε αδελφοί από εκείνη την ορόσημο ημερομηνία ;
Παγκόσμιοι λιμοί , κυνηγητό της Ορθοδοξίας και των πιστών της και σήμερα βρισκόμαστε ενώπιον παγκόσμιων πολεμικών αναμετρήσεων και λιμών
(πείνας και επισιτιστικής κρίσης ) αλλά και προφητευόμενων γεγονότων που εστιάζουν την εξέλιξη τους στην περιοχή μας που σχετίζεται με τα ΣΤΕΝΑ του Βοσπόρου και την Κωνσταντινούπολη.
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@ClovissenpaiDotR
Land of the Free feels like the Helloween album we should have got after the Keeper albums
@sencercoskun4810
Power metal at its best. Keeper of the Seven Keys or Walls of Jericho might be considered as the origin, but the pinnacle is Land of the Free.
@malawigw
Keeper of the seven keyes defined power metal, Land of the free is the perfection
@WhereinTruthLies
Kai Hansen is the common denominator in all three. :)
@Venommaycry
This is my favorite album forever, i keep discoverying awesome music, i keep finding out about new things, but i never, ever, never change the way i feel, about this being the greatest achivement in music, of all the human existence history.
@JM-54321
Perfect power metal album, i was there when they were touring with it, it was freaking awesome. After 25 years it still gives me chills when i put it on. My kids love it, their music has just so much impact when you listen to it, just awesome.
@user-bl9hh1xm9w
Remember pre-ordering “Somewhere Out in Space” (their next album) with a friend of mine back in 1997 because this masterpiece was always non-stop in our cd-players for 1,5-2 years & Gamma Ray & power metal became something of a religion for us!
Turning 42 today, hearing it & HEADBANGING HARD! 😃
@gabohenriquez9290
Salvation's calling will always be my favourite one from my first days discovering metal & music in general. How many memories with this incredible album. My teenage time is alive listening to that song, which was the first one that I really love from Land o the free album (The 1st one I listened to from Gamma). I saw Helloween & GammaRay live both together, and when Revolution Dreamland first notes started to sound... I cried like a baby. That's pure love for music. This album is a Must for everyone who claims is a Musiclover. Thanx to metal now I love The rock since the beginning of that marvelous Genre, also Prog Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz, Symphonic, Krautrock & Some reggae. 💙💙💙💙
@danielcamilo5229
The masterpiece of melodic/power metal together with Keeper´s and Imagination´s From the Other Side
@nickagrianitis3428
I'd put Somewhere in time ahead of imagination. Every single time :P