
Skeletons in the Closet
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Skeletons in the Closet is a live album
from the German
power metal
band Gamma Ray
, released in 2003. It mostly featured songs that the band had never played live before. The setlist was voted by fans on the band's official website.
Disc 2
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
from the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Gamma Ray
Gamma Ray (band)
Gamma Ray is a power metal band from Hamburg, northern Germany, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from the German power metal Helloween. Hansen is the current lead vocalist, guitarist as well as the chief songwriter of Gamma Ray. The band is known as one of the most prominent...
, released in 2003. It mostly featured songs that the band had never played live before. The setlist was voted by fans on the band's official website.
Track listing
Disc 1- "Welcome" (Hansen) - 1:07 (from Heading for TomorrowHeading for TomorrowHeading for Tomorrow is the first studio album released by German power metal band, Gamma Ray on 19 February 1990 by Noise Records. In 2002 it was re-released with a different cover as part of the Ultimate Collection box-set...
) - "Gardens of the Sinner" (Hansen, Zimmermann) - 5:48 (from Power Plant)
- "Rich and Famous" (Hansen) - 5:13 (from Sigh No More)
- "All of the Damned" (Hansen) - 5:00 (from Land of the FreeLand of the Free (album)Land of the Free is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Gamma Ray, released in 1995. Continuing a trend that would conclude with the band's fifth studio release, the lineup for the album was different from the previous one, as Land of the Free was the first Gamma Ray album to be...
) - "No Return" (Hansen) - 4:13 (from Insanity and GeniusInsanity and GeniusJapanese release2002 re-release"Heroes" also appears on the 2002 re-release of Gamma Ray's 1991 album Sigh No More and is an alternative version of the song "Changes" from that album....
) - "Armageddon" (Hansen) - 9:24 (from Power Plant)
- "Heavy Metal Universe" (Hansen) - 7:43 (from Power Plant)
- "One with the World" (Hansen, Wessel) - 4:50 (from Sigh No More)
- "Dan's Solo" (Zimmermann) - 5:21
Disc 2
- "Razorblade Sigh" (Hansen) - 5:00 (from Power Plant)
- "Heart of the Unicorn" (Hansen) - 4:41 (from No World Order)
- "Last Before the Storm" (Hansen) - 4:38 (from Insanity and GeniusInsanity and GeniusJapanese release2002 re-release"Heroes" also appears on the 2002 re-release of Gamma Ray's 1991 album Sigh No More and is an alternative version of the song "Changes" from that album....
) - "Victim of Fate" (Hansen) - 7:00 (from HelloweenHelloweenHelloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
's self-title debut EP HelloweenHelloween (album)-Credits:*Kai Hansen – vocals, Guitar*Michael Weikath – Guitar*Markus Grosskopf – Bass*Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums-Facts:* Recorded January – February, 1985 at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Germany* Produced by Helloween...
) - "Rising Star/Shine On" (Hansen, Schlächter) - 7:52 (from Somewhere Out in SpaceSomewhere Out In SpaceSomewhere Out in Space is an album by German power metal band, Gamma Ray. It was released on August 25, 1997 and is the band's fifth studio album. Continuing in the tradition of the previous four albums, it contained yet another different lineup, but would also be the first album to feature the...
) - "The Silence" (Hansen) - 6:44 (from Heading for TomorrowHeading for TomorrowHeading for Tomorrow is the first studio album released by German power metal band, Gamma Ray on 19 February 1990 by Noise Records. In 2002 it was re-released with a different cover as part of the Ultimate Collection box-set...
) - "Heaven or Hell" (Hansen) - 4:16 (from No World Order)
- "Guardians of Mankind" (Richter) - 5:21 (from Somewhere Out in SpaceSomewhere Out In SpaceSomewhere Out in Space is an album by German power metal band, Gamma Ray. It was released on August 25, 1997 and is the band's fifth studio album. Continuing in the tradition of the previous four albums, it contained yet another different lineup, but would also be the first album to feature the...
) - "New World Order" (Hansen) - 8:22 (from No World Order)
- "I Want Out" (Hansen) - 7:17 (from Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2*"Save Us" was not included on the original LP: appears on the NOISE Records release.*Tracks 1 and 2 also appear on the "Dr. Stein" single*Track 3 also appears on the "I Want Out" single*Tracks 4 and 5 also appear on the Treasure Chest compilation...
) (Japan-only bonus track) - Bonus track
Credits
- Lead Vocals & Guitars: Kai HansenKai HansenKai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween. He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide...
- Guitars & Vocals: Henjo RichterHenjo RichterHenjo Oliver Richter, in Hamburg, West Germany, is a guitarist and keyboardist in Gamma Ray, the German power metal band formed by Kai Hansen.-Biography:...
- Bass & Vocals: Dirk SchlächterDirk SchlächterDirk Schlächter is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray.- History :Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the age of 11 he got his first acoustic guitar followed by an electric guitar at the age of 15. At the age of 19 he turned to bass...
- Drums & Vocals: Daniel ZimmermannDaniel ZimmermannDaniel Zimmermann is a German politician, founder of the PETO party and is the mayor of Monheim am Rhein since 21 October 2009. He is the youngest mayor in North Rhine-Westphalia.- Professional career :...
- Keyboards & Vocals: Axel MackenrottAxel MackenrottAxel Mackenrott is the keyboard player for the heavy metal band Masterplan.Axel began playing at around 11 years of age with piano lessons, and went on to eventually acquire a bachelor of arts in musical sciences. In his early career he played in many small-time bands and cover bands, before he...