Advantages: Very catchy songs. Disadvantages: The production is not perfect.
The year is 1993, 5 years has passed since Kai Hansen, the mastermind behind this band, left Helloween to create his very own band. This is their 3rd effort and despite their previous album, Sigh no more, was more a melodic commercial hardrock album than heavy metal, this record is once again a melodic metal like their first record "Heading for tomorrow". The guys who are also currently playing in Gamma Ray on this record are Kai Hansen on guitars(later he done vocals too)and Dirk Schläter (who place guitars here, but now he plays bass). On this record Ralf Scheepers does the vocals who is nowadays the leadsinger for Primal Fear, Thomas Nack does the drums who nowadays is the drummer for Iron Savior. For people who never heard of these bands, I could say that the music sound a bit like Iron Maiden with typical vocals of Queen. Generally ...
Advantages: Accessible, VOCALS, catchy, good quality, intelligent theme, variation, song structure, introductions, guitar work Disadvantages: a little hectic for some
doesn't sound repetitive, though. Gamma Ray's songs generally do not clock in too long, which would in most instances probably ruin them. In a realm where song structure is sped up to probably about double the pace of conventional heavy metal at times, it's imperative that the composer keeps originality and refrains from repeating too much.
The second song, dubbed 'Fight' or by some 'Carry on' starts out quite differently, with an orchestral type synth sound that builds to furious drumming. We get some singing here, and then almost an opera-esque chorus with more singing. The drums here don't let up much.
'Strange World' is a slightly slower song than the others. It starts with some piano/guitar chord mix, then introduces a riff sequence, which is still slower than the rest. The singing and chorus once again alternate, but come together ...
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Product details
Long Name
Gamma 15/400A
Type
PA Systems & Speakers
Genre
Active Speaker Cabinet
Manufacturer
Carlsbro
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Gamma 15/400A
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The Carlsbro 15/400A is a single active PA speaker. Frequency Response : 45Hz > 18Khz Power Handling ~ Internal Power amp for HF & LF drivers : HF/50W & LF/400W Crossover Frequency : 2.5Khz 1\ Compression Driver 15\" Powertone Driver XLR Connections Dimensions (HxWxD)mm : 720 x 365 x 495 Weight : 25kg"
