kai hansen

2017 is coming closer to an end, a year that had many highlights with one announcement that was sticking out - the Pumpkins United tour. Actually the first news came out in 2016 with things getting more concrete in spring this year. Helloween's 'Pumpkins...

(8/10) earMusic releases end of June a Hansen & Friends live album (see review), recorded 2016 at the famous Wacken festival.T he guys played a 75 minutes set with Unisonic folowing them on the same stage one hour later. This meant two shifts for Kai...

As posted earlier, German guitar wizard Kai Hansen will release a live CD/DVD, capturing the Wacken show from 2016. Here comes the first video. "Fire &Ice" is newly posted and acts as an appetizer for the upcoming release. Street date is June 23rd and...

Kai Hansen & Friends played a show as part of last years Wacken festival. The iconic guitarist from Hamburg, Germany nailed down a brilliant show that included many songs from last years debut album. On June 23rd earMusic releases a live album that features...

(9/10) There is definitely more than the 'H" in the beginning of 'Hamburg' and 'Hansen' that connects the two of them. The German guitarist is a figurehead of the Hanseatic metal scene and started a journey towards worldwide prominence more then thirty...

As reported earlier Kai Hansen worked on his solo debut under the banner of Hansen & Friends. The iconic guitarist from Hamburg worked together with Eike Freese on guitar, Heaven Shall Burn guitarist Alex Dietz on bass and Carcass' Dan Wilding on drums....

(9/10) New cover, many extras and also a full remastering, done by Eike Freese, that's "Insanity and Genius" from Gamma Ray in the anniversary edition. I guess that the most of you are familiar with the album. However, here comes a short view back in...

(8/10) As a part of the 25-years party Gamma Ray re-releases their albums as an anniversary edition. The start of this series was already done a few months ago, followed now by the second wave. One of the real highlights in this cycle is "Lust For Live"....