#Kai Hansen

[pumpkinmetalhead]

[kras-gk]

Mr Kai Hansen day!!

Happy Birthday, Mr Power Metal! 😊🤘🔥✨

[eyes-of-metal]

Happy Birthday to the “godfather” of power metal Kai Hansen! 🎸

January 17th, 1963

[thelemlem]

Tobi ( • 3 • )

I forgot to mention that this was inspired by @stormylewirmy 😭

[adriheavymetal]

🎃Ah it's Halloween.... tonight!🤘🤘 Helloween🤘🤘 👌🎤🎼💞🎶🎸 🔪🎃💕🤘❤😘☺😊🤘🤘🔝👌🎶💕

[j-tillow]

[mrdrummerman9015]

Now playing: Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986). This album marks the first time the band used Guitar and Bass Synthesisers. Got this album today along with two other albums which are Iron Maiden’s 1983 album Piece Of Mind which is the first album to feature Nicko McBrain on drums replacing Clive Burr and Helloween’s 1985 debut album Walls Of Jericho.

[metalsongoftheday]

Monday, January 27: Gamma Ray, "Rain"

Maybe Kai Hansen saw how Helloween got a little more attention by putting out a third record under the Keepers banner despite it having a completely different lineup, or maybe he was looking to bounce back from the muted reception of Majestic, but either way he presented Gamma Ray’s ninth album as a sequel to their most acclaimed record even though nobody asked for one and  Land of the Free wasn’t a concept album to begin with.  And while of course Land of the Free II had nothing to do with its predecessor, and the lineup was significantly different, at least this iteration of the band had been in place for 10 years so it had credibility, and even if Hansen dominated the songwriting as usual he gave room for his bandmates to deliver their own compositions, and “Rain” was a Henjo Richter number that reflected how in sync Gamma Ray was because it could’ve easily come from Hansen or any other member.  The track was effortlessly soaring and anthemic in a way that reflected just how naturally this sort of thing came to the fourpiece, almost to the point of bordering on rote.  Hansen’s vocals were beginning to show the slightest signs of wear, as his yelp sounded a bit thinner, but the riffs and melodies were sturdy as ever, and Dan Zimmermann’s drumming was forceful and metallic while focusing on steadiness rather than going full power metal.  “Rain” was a strong latter day Gamma Ray track that proved the band still had something to offer, even if they had decisively moved on to their legacy phase and even gave that way with their album title.

[metalcultbrigade]

Kai Hansen 17/01/1963

[queenofthemasquerade]

Helloween - White Christmas / I'll Be Santa Claus

[sea-of-machines]

Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray

[pumpkinmetalhead]

[eyes-of-metal]

[still-we-go-pumpkins]

Helloween - Rare Interview On Viva (German TV Channel) 1996 (Full HD Remastered Video)

[adriheavymetal]

Helloween 🎃🤘

[j-tillow]