GAMMA RAY - More Master Of Confusion EP

GAMMA RAY - More Master Of Confusion EP Details Revealed





German power metallers GAMMA RAY have confirmed that they will release a
new EP called Master Of Confusion on March 15 via EarMUSIC. The EP is
actually close to an album as it has a length of 60 minutes, including
two brand new songs, plus two covers (HOLOCAUST, SWEET) and six live
tracks.


There will be a new album later this year so yes, it's kind of a
teaser and a perfect tool for the upcoming tour, which starts later this
month. More news will be announced shortly.


A photo of frontman Kai Hansen and bassist Dirk Schlächter from the
studio in Hamburg, Germany can be viewed below. Stay tuned for updates
in the coming weeks.





Following is an excerpt from BraveWords' recent interview with
Hansen about the new Gamma Ray live CD/DVD, Skeletons & Majesties
Live:


“From a fan’s point of view, I’d be happy to see one of my favourite
bands doing a completely different setlist because I know all their
songs. If I go to a JUDAS PRIEST show, rather than hearing ‘Living After
Midnight’ I’d rather hear stuff like ‘Dreamer Deceiver’. That’s much
more interesting even for a diehard fan that knows all the songs in a
band’s catalogue.”


And there you have the motivation behind Gamma Ray's new outing
Skeletons & Majesties Live courtesy of frontman/founder Kai Hansen.
Call it a case of the band challenging themselves and the fans by daring
to be different, building a tour setlist in 2011 that reached all the
way back to their 1990 debut Heading For Tomorrow and dusted off some of
their more obscure tracks for the stage.


“It was really cool,” Hansen says. “And the great part of it was
seeing that it actually works, that those songs aren’t weaker than the
ones we play all the time. They just don’t get the attention they
deserve. There are always the album favourites and the ‘real’ great
songs, but that doesn’t mean the other songs are shit. When you do
festivals and tours, sure, you include your ‘Best Of’ songs to make most
of the people happy, but it was a lot of fun for us to do things this
way.”


“That was especially at the rehearsals, when we were saying ‘Do we
really have to practice ‘Send Me A Sign’ again?’ We’ve been playing that
song for a long time and it’s quite simple, so there was no real need
to go over it again. The songs that we hadn’t played in such a long time
– or never – there was a totally different motivation to rehearsing
them and improving ourselves.”


Go to this location for the complete interview.