"Sigh No More" (Anniversary Edition) will be released on September 25th, 2015 on earMUSIC.

25 years of Gamma Ray – 25 years of heavy metal from Hamburg: what started out in spring 1990 with the release of their debut album Heading For Tomorrow has achieved international fame a quarter of a century later. Tours around the globe with sold-out shows in the US, Canada, South America, Asia and the whole of Europe plus appearances at the most renowned festivals worldwide – vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen’s band has long taken the world by storm. Their success is based on more than two dozen recordings, among them eleven studio albums, a number of live releases, DVDs, EPs and singles, which have earned Gamma Ray high chart positions on a regular basis. So it comes as no surprise that the group’s ever-growing fan base turns out in hordes wherever they play. And of course the top 15 position of their current release “Empire Of The Undead” and an album-of-the-month nomination in Metal Hammer and Rock Hard magazines prove unmistakably: Gamma Ray continue to be on the top rung!

In view of this impressive stocktaking on the occasion of their anniversary, there’s a special reason to rejoice for their international fan community: the band’s full back catalogue will be rereleased over the course of a year. All albums will be available as premium-quality digipaks including newly designed cover artwork. To cut a long story short: Gamma Ray are celebrating their anniversary in style, and all their fans are invited!

When Gamma Ray started to work on their second studio album Sigh No More in spring 1991, the international heavy metal scene had just been plunged into their first and at the same time most serious crisis to date. Grunge was the flavour of the day and musicians sporting checked shirts and a grubby street look were fast becoming the new stars. At the beginning of September 1991, Nirvana’s hit ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ arrived on the scene and Kurt Cobain became the icon of a new musical genre. The old heroes were considered outdated, or at least so it seemed for some time.
Gamma Ray’s sophomore album “Sigh No More” sure didn’t sound outdated.

It was with great surprise that in 1988 Kai Hansen decided to leave Helloween: the band he co-founded and that in a very few years reached a very high level of success, ending up influencing and challenging the bands that were once their original inspiration.

Hansen left Helloween just when the band had finally reached international stardom and after having won the appreciation of metal giants such as Iron Maiden who often publicly championed the German band. Hansen, Gamma Ray and Helloween are now very good friends, often sharing the stage, but in 1987 the divorce was a proper rock and roll acrimonious one: a true shock for the metal scene. The reasons that brought Kai Hansen to leave the band are still the subject of interviews and fan debates, despite listening to the forthcoming reissue of “Heading For Tomorrow”, 25 years after its original release, it looks very obvious that Kai Hansen destiny was to lead his own band.

"Heading For Tomorrow" (Anniversary Edition) will be released on July 24th, 2015 on earMUSIC.

25 years after the official debut, Gamma Ray and earMUSIC have started a monumental work to re-release the entire production by Gamma Ray in deluxe double CDs.
The original albums will be re-presented in new shining, remastered version on the first disc (with the inclusions of all B-sides) while the second CD will be dedicated to old live recordings, demos digitalised for the first time from the original tapes saved by all members of the band, alternative versions and recent studio and live recordings.

"Heading For Tomorrow" was initially released as a Kai Hansen solo album. By extracting the LP out of its sleeve, "Heading For Tomorrow" revealed its "secret intention" (it was still the days of LP, or is it again?) revealing a second cover, introducing Kai’s new baby: GAMMA RAY.

Gamma Ray announce upcoming tour:

BEST OF THE BEST - PARTY TOUR 2015​

Special guest: SERIOUS BLACK | DRAGONY (11.11.-12.12) | NEONFLY (28.10.-10.11.)

Date	Country		City	Location
29.09.2015		CL	Santiago	Blondie
02.10.2015		BR	Brasilia	Minas Brasilia
03.10.2015		BR	Belo Horizonte	Music Hall
04.10.2015		BR	São Paulo	Carioca Club
06.10.2015		MX	Mexico City	Circo Volador
07.10.2015		MX	Monterrey	Café Iguana
10.10.2015		JP	Saitama City	Loud Park Festival Saitama
28.10.2015		DE	Wilhelmshaven	Pumpwerk
30.10.2015		DE	Hamburg	Markthalle
31.10.2015		DE	Berlin	Columbia Theater (Ex-C Club)
01.11.2015		DE	Bochum	Zeche Bochum
03.11.2015		DE	Munich	Backstage
04.11.2015		CZ	Praha	Meet Factory
06.11.2015		CZ	Brno	KC Semilasso
07.11.2015		SK	Lučenec	Sports Hall Lučenec
08.11.2015		HU	Budapest	Club 202
10.11.2015		AT	Graz	Explosiv
11.11.2015		IT	Milan CANCELLED!!!	Mediolanum Forum CANCELLED!!!
13.11.2015		ES	Villava	Sala Totem
14.11.2015		ES	Santiago de Compostela	Sala Capitol
15.11.2015		PT	Porto CANCELLED!!!	Hard Club CANCELLED!!!
17.11.2015		PT	Lisbon	Paradise Garage
18.11.2015		ES	Sevilla	Sala Custom
20.11.2015		ES	Murcia	Sala Gamma
21.11.2015		ES	Madrid	Sala Palacio de Vistalegre Arena
22.11.2015		ES	Barcelona	Sala Razzmatazz 1
24.11.2015		FR	Lyon	Ninkasi Kao
25.11.2015		CH	Pratteln	Z7
27.11.2015		DE	Memmingen	Kaminwerk
04.12.2015		DE	Aschaffenburg	Colos-Saal
05.12.2015		FR	Paris	Le Trabendo
06.12.2015		BE	Vosselaar	Biebob
08.12.2015		GB	London	O2 Islington Academy
09.12.2015		NL	Tilburg	013 Tilburg
11.12.2015		SE	Gothenburg	Musikens Hus
12.12.2015		SE	Stockholm	Klubben
15.12.2015		RU	Moscow	Volta Club
19.12.2015		FI	Espoo	Barona Areena