Gamma Ray "Skeletons In The Closet (2CDS, Enhanced CD, UK, Metal-Is Records, MISDD023)"

Skeletons in the Closet is a live album from the German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 2003. It mostly featured songs that the band had never played live before. The setlist was voted by fans on the band's official website.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Welcome" (Hansen) - 1:07 (from Heading for Tomorrow)
2. "Gardens of the Sinner" (Hansen, Zimmermann) - 5:48 (from Power Plant)
3. "Rich and Famous" (Hansen) - 5:13 (from Sigh No More)
4. "All of the Damned" (Hansen) - 5:00 (from Land of the Free)
5. "No Return" (Hansen) - 4:13 (from Insanity and Genius)
6. "Armageddon" (Hansen) - 9:24 (from Power Plant)
7. "Heavy Metal Universe" (Hansen) - 7:43 (from Power Plant)
8. "One with the World" (Hansen, Wessel) - 4:50 (from Sigh No More)
9. "Dan's Solo" (Zimmermann) - 5:21

Time: 48:37

Disc 2

1. "Razorblade Sigh" (Hansen) - 5:00 (from Power Plant)
2. "Heart of the Unicorn" (Hansen) - 4:41 (from No World Order)
3. "Last Before the Storm" (Hansen) - 4:38 (from Insanity and Genius)
4. "Victim of Fate" (Hansen) - 7:00 (from Helloween's self-titled debut EP Helloween)
5. "Rising Star/Shine On" (Hansen, Schlächter) - 7:52 (from Somewhere Out in Space)
6. "The Silence" (Hansen) - 6:44 (from Heading for Tomorrow)
7. "Heaven or Hell" (Hansen) - 4:16 (from No World Order)
8. "Guardians of Mankind" (Richter) - 5:21 (from Somewhere Out in Space)
9. "New World Order" (Hansen) - 8:22 (from No World Order)

Time: 53:57

The "concept" behind the tour during which this live album was recorded was that Gamma Ray would perform all the songs they had never, or rarely, performed in previous tours.

After the recorded show concludes, the band are being recorded walking backstage, where their manager scolds them for their performance.

CD 1 features two exclusive live concert and backstage footage videos:

1. Gardens of the Sinner (5:54)

2. Razorblade Sigh (4:43)

Includes a hidden track titled "McTee, Da Rays & The F...G Great Show!" (0:44) at the end of the second CD.

Recording information:

Recorded live on October 31st, 2002 at Razzmatazz 1 during the "Skeletons in the Closet" - Tour 2002 in Barcelona, Spain and on November 2nd, 2002 at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France.

Mixed and mastered at Hansen Studio in Hamburg, Germany.