Gamma Ray "Hell Yeah !!! The Awesome Foursome And The Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want To Wear His Donald Duck Costume - Live in Montreal (2CDS, Germany, Steamhammer, SPV 92802)"

Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (subtitled "And the Finnish keyboarder who didn't want to wear his Donald Duck costume: Live in Montreal") is a live album from the German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 2008.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Welcome" (from Heading for Tomorrow)
2. "Gardens of the Sinner" (from Power Plant)
3. "New World Order" (from No World Order)
4. "Man On A Mission" (from Land of the Free)
5. "Fight" (from Majestic)
6. "Blood Religion" (from Majestic)
7. "Heavy Metal Universe" (†) (from Power Plant)
8. "Dream Healer" (from Sigh No More)
9. "The Heart Of The Unicorn" (from No World Order)
10. "Fairytale" (from Land of the Free)
11. "The Silence" (from Heading for Tomorrow)

Time:  01:01:25

Disc 2

1. "Beyond The Black Hole" (from Somewhere Out in Space)
2. "Valley Of The Kings" (from Somewhere Out in Space)
3. "Somewhere Out In Space" (from Somewhere Out in Space)
4. "Land Of The Free" (from Land of the Free)
5. "Rebellion In Dreamland" (from Land of the Free)
6. "I Want Out" (from Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 by Helloween)
7. "Send Me A Sign" (from Power Plant)
8. "Into The Storm" (from Land of the Free II)
9. "Empress" (from Land of the Free II)
10. "From The Ashes" (from Land of the Free II)
11. "Real World" (from Land of the Free II)

Time:  01:03:42

Includes some snippets from Deep Purple songs like "Woman from Tokyo" and the Made in Japan version of "Strange Kind of Woman"

The complete title is: "Hell Yeah !!! The Awesome Foursome and the Finnish Keyboarder Who Didn't Want to Wear His Donald Duck Costume - Live in Montreal"

Recording information:

Recorded live on May 6th, 2006 at The Medley in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

CD 2 tracks 8-11 recorded live on January 15th, 2008 at Razzmatazz 1 in Barcelona, Spain.

Gamma Ray "Land Of The Free II (Limited Edition Digipak, Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-63989)"

Land of the Free II is the ninth full-length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released 19 November in Europe, 21 November in Japan and January 15, 2008 for North America. To promote Land of the Free II, Gamma Ray joined Helloween on the 2007/08 Hellish Rock Tour. The song "Into the Storm" is available on the band's MySpace page and its music video on YouTube.

The first-edition CD, released as a Digipak, was limited to 30,000 copies.

Tracklist:

1. Into the Storm 03:47   
2. From the Ashes 05:26
3. Rising Again 00:27   
4. To Mother Earth 05:11  
5. Rain 05:16  
6. Leaving Hell 04:20   
7. Empress 06:22  
8. When the World 05:44
9. Opportunity 07:14  
10. Real World 05:42
11. Hear Me Calling 04:14   
12. Insurrection 11:33   
13. Blood Religion - Live in Montreal 08:11   

Time:  01:13:27  

A video was made for the song "Into the Storm".

Recording information:

Produced and engineered by: Dirk Schlächter, Kai Hansen

Mixed by: Tommy Newton at Area 51 Studio, Celle, Germany

Cover Painting by: Hervé Monjeaud

Booklet Graphics and Layout by: Dirk Illing

Recorded between May and September, 2007 at High Gain Recording Studios in Hamburg, Germany.

Mastered at Area 51 Studio in Celle, Germany.

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.