_ _______ _ ...:... _ _______ _ ___ / .:::::::::::. \ ___ | / .. (:::::::::::::) .. \ | | . .:::::.`:::::::::::'.:::::. . | | .::.. `:::.::':::`::.:::' ..::. | _ _______ | .::' ::::':::::`:::: `::. | _______ _ \\ | | :: `' ::':`:: `' :: | | // \ | | `:. .::' . `::. .:' | | / . | | .::::::..::::' ... `::::..::::::. | | . | | `:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' | | .... | | `:' `::::: :: :: :::::' `:' | | .... | ' | : `. ': :: :: :: :: :` .' : | ` | |.....: . .......: :: :: :: :: : ...... . : ....| . ...................: : :: :: :: :: : : ................. . _____________:_____________ _____________:_____________ _ ___\` __ /_\` _______/_\` __ _/_\` /___ _ // __ / (/ ___/ (/ _ (/ /_______/\ _ _ /_________ ___________ ______/\ _ ______________/\__/_ _ \\\\\_________\__/\_________\__/\_____/\_____/\____________/f3!/// - -\-\-----------\__/----------\__/-------\_____/---------------/-/- - - -------------------: : :. ..:: :: . :------------------ - : : :......: :: :` ': :: : .....: : : ___ _ | | : ` ' : | | _ ___ _\---------- : | -------- : B E R C : -------- | : ----------/_ /_\ . : . ..:.. ..:.. . : . /_\ /// . . : : . . \\\ /: :\ /:: Artist :: Gamma Ray ::\ :: Album :: Empire of the Undead :: :: Year :: 2014 :: :: __ _ _ __ :: -:--\\-----------------------------------------------------------------//--:- :: \ / :: :: . Genre :: Heavy Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: EAR Music R.date :: 03.04.2014 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: 0209370ERE Size :: 162,1 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 282kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo . . . Website :: http://www.gammaray.org/ __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Avalon 09:22 :: :: 02. Hellbent 05:23 :: :: 03. Pale Rider 04:24 :: :: 04. Born to Fly 04:33 :: :: 05. Master of Confusion 04:56 :: :: 06. Empire of the Undead 04:26 :: :: 07. Time for Deliverence 05:11 :: :: 08. Demonseed 06:39 :: :: 09. Seven 05:08 :: :: 10. I Will Return 06:56 :: :: 11. Built A World (bonus) 04:24 :: :: 12. Avalon (Live from the final studio sessions) 09:52 :: :: (bonus) :: :: 13. The Spirit (Live from the final studio sessions) 04:19 :: :: (bonus) :: :: 14. Empire of the Undead 04:27 :: :: (Live from the final studio sessions) (bonus) :: :: ------- :: .. >> 80:00 min .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: "Empire Of The Undead" the fast metal song in the typical :: :: GAMMA RAY style that has influenced so many bands around :: :: the world, has appeared on the single / EP "Master Of :: :: Confusion" an appetizer the band released in 2013, just :: :: before touring the world non-stop with "relatives" :: :: Helloween. :: :: :: :: GAMMA RAY worked on the new album during various sessions :: :: in 2013, during and in between their perennial tour with :: :: Eike Freese at the mixing desk supporting the ever precious :: :: work of bass player and co-writer Dirk Schlaechter. :: :: :: :: It was just after landing in South America, that an :: :: unbelievable news reached Kai Hansen & co.: Hammer Studio, :: :: their home, rehearsal place, studio and meeting point for :: :: many metal bands in Germany had been blown away by a :: :: terrifying fire-stroke, together with instruments, amps, :: :: tapes... :: :: :: :: Back in their hometurf the band needed to get an overview :: :: about their losses only to do what they do best - move on! :: :: With that usual Kai Hansen smirk look... Life is too good :: :: to stop and moan. :: :: :: :: Nearly everything was destroyed, except the tapes of the :: :: almost finished new studio album. :: :: "If this could not stop us... nothing ever will" - joked :: :: Kai Hansen - who also added quotes. :: :: :: :: "We got rid of a lot of shit that we gathered there. :: :: Unfortunately a lot of good equipment as well. Anyhow, we :: :: look into the future and we saved the production and we can :: :: continue now in this new place. By mid January we should be :: :: done with the work on this album and it's up to the record :: :: company to release it - sometime in March." :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2014 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :