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Not only that the summer period is the time of the year that’s filled with festivals and open airs, it also feels like quite some bands releasing live albums as we speak: UNISONIC are releasing today “Live In Wacken“.It’s a busy year for Kai Hansen – his Thank You Wacken live solo album appeared fw weeks ago, and then a...
German rock/metal legend Kai HANSEN releases the live album “Thank You Wacken!” later this month in Europe but the Japanese Edition just appeared some days ago. This Asian version is of special interest as it features as exclusive bonus track a new version of “Stranger In Time”, the only studio song on the CD. From Helloween to Gamma Ray and...
Monster vocalist KAI HANSEN is gearing up for the release of “XXX – Three Decades In Metal” tomorrow, September 16. With collaboration from some renowned stars & friends, this is the first solo album by Hansen, one of the most influential singers to emerge from Germany during the first part of the ’80s.
Hansen first made his name with the ground-breaking band Hellowen (of which he is one of the founding members) and later with Gamma Ray, one of the bands that contributed to define the genre melodic power metal, bringing it to generation of devoted fans worldwide since its first album.
“XXX” is, in pure Hansen tongue-in-cheek style, a reference to over 30 years of involvement in the world of heavy rock, as explained with the album’s sub-title, “Three Decades In Metal”.
