Gambling with the Devil Review by Gary Hill Considering Helloween’s legacy and how much they’ve brought to the metal world over the last years, there’s a bit of a desire to just “rubber stamp” this as, “here’s another great album from Helloween.”
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II Review by Gary Hill Dating from 1988, this is early prog metal, and in many ways is more pure metal than prog metal. However, it does contain progish elements. The musicians on the album are Kai Hansen, Michael Weikath, Markus Grosskopf, Ingo Schwichenburg and Michael Kiske.
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Bassinvaders - Hellbassbeaters Review by Mike Korn Pity the poor bass! Although it has its loyal devotees, it very much takes a back seat to its big brother, the lead guitar.
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Gamma Ray - Majestic Review by Mike Korn You can feel confidence and poise radiating from this latest effort from long-running German power metal band Gamma Ray. They have been a constant and steady presence on the European metal scene since their mastermind Kai Hansen split from the legendary Helloween back in 1987.
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Gamma Ray - To the Metal Review by Gary Hill When Kai Hansen left Helloween he formed Gamma Ray. For that reason one would expect the group to sound like Helloween.
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