28.03.2007 News from the Ray Camp
Dear Friends,
...it's been a while since you've had some news from the band and since there's been a lot of questions asked by many, we thought the time is right to give you an update from the Gammaray Camp.

About the DVD: The current status is that everything is ready so far, except for the 'Home Video' part of the Bonus section. We have made our way through quite a bit of tapes,CD's,DVD's etc filmed by ourselves,friends,fans,crew and so on and there's a lot of material that had to be converted,cut and edited. Yesterday i spoke to the Videocompany and they told me that it was layed on ice for two weeks because they had two other shootings to do,but we should get a viewing copy by the end of the week....let's see.This thing seems to be turning into a never ending story...sh*t, we just want to say 'done' now and announce a release date...which hopefully is going to be before summer

About the new Album: Good stuff growing there! We already have composed many tracks by me, Henjo, Dan and even Dirk came up with something. The current status is 14, from simple Rockers to complex anthems,all with great melodies and heavyness.All Songs have a very powerfull positive Energy without being too clean and polished.
The good old Hamburg Jaws are shining through all the way.
There might be even more to come and maybe we're put into the situation where we have to make a choice of what's gonna be on the Album. We are constantly rehearsing and working on the Demos to get the songs to our (and your..) total satisfaction. It might be a nice idea to organize a Fan club meeting at that time, play you the Demos and get some feedback.....hmmm, what do you think? When we think we're ready, we'll start the production. We have pulled Tommy Newton aboard the ship to record the drums, bass and Rhythm Guitars. Dubs, Solos etc we'll do ourselves, vocals I normally prefer to do just on my own firstly and then go over it again with someone else to make adjustments or decide between alternatives. The mix will be done by Tommy. He did a great job on the mix for the DVD and we totally trust him. The good thing is that this allows us to be just musicians and not worry about engineering,haha!
Anyhow, we plan to release the Album in Autumn, which leads us to ......

The next Tour: Yes, there are negotiations about a Tour with Helloween,but we can't give out too much now. It would start in November, take us through all countries, incl.Europe,Japan, USA,Canada,and South America. We would play before Helloween with approx.75 min( even in places where we had more people on the last tour than they had; switching is not practicable), and there will be 1 or 2 Supportbands ,in some places maybe even more, as a kind of Festivalthing. We all like the Idea of united powers here and of cause the opportunity for some worldwide jams, but still this might aswell not happen, as i said....we're negotiating.

About Kiske,Hansen,Grapow: Another yes with a 'but'. We have met and want to do something together, so Roland and me will have to find time to write some good songs that are not too agressive for Michi,(.... you all know about his Metal-Phobia:). Musically it should be a bit out of the ordinary, which is good, i wouldn't want to write songs for this which i'd rather have for Gammaray. The 'when' is still open and of course we can only get into detail when we have the first tracks and are sure it's gonna be a great thing, or some project that ends up in eternal discussions about musical direction.

For now, there is only GAMMARAY on my 'to do' list (okay,okay except for a week of skiing i will allow myself, ....of course only to fill my lungs with fresh mountain air to sing even better
It's nine thirty in the morning, a nice sunny day in Hamburg and I'm off to the Studio now to work on the end of a long Track called 'Insurrection'. ( Who says musicians are lazy Bastards that sleep until afternoon....)

Big Cheeeeeerrzzzzz and Greeeeetzzzz from all The Rays
Yours,Kai

MANOWAR to headline the Magic Circle Festival on July 7, 2007

March 31, 2007, Stuttgart, Germany - Throughout Manowar's legendary career, the band has delivered on its promise to return to each country where the band has performed. Still, the sold-out crowd Schleyerhalle crowd was unprepared for what bassist Joey DeMaio would announce as he stepped to the front of the stage.

On July 7, 2007, Manowar will headline the Magic Circle Festival in the heart of Germany, Bad Arolsen.

The crowd was thrown into a further frenzy when the bassist announced that festival tickets will cost only 10 Euros.

"It is a way to thank the true fans for their undying loyalty during the last two years of unfortunate delays of touring and record releases," explained DeMaio.

May 10, 2007

Tickets now for sale! GAMMA RAY and DSG confirmed for the Magic Circle Festival

Tickets are available now for the first ever Magic Circle Festival, scheduled for July 7th, 2007 in Bad Arolsen, Germany. They can be purchased at the Magic Circle Music Metal Mall, http://www.mcm-metalmall.com/

In addition to the existing lineup of MANOWAR, HOLYHELL, MAJESTY and MESSIAH’S KISS two more acts have been confirmed for the festival. From Germany, power metal masters GAMMA RAY will be tearing up the stage. Also, DAVID SHANKLE GROUP, featuring former MANOWAR guitarist David Shankle, will bring heavy metal thunder down upon the true metal fans in attendance.

For more information, please visit http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/