German metal legends Gamma Ray, featuring ex-Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen, have issued the following message to the fans:

"We want you to be part of the Best Of The Best 25th Anniversary Party. Choose your favorite songs out of 25 Years and 11 Gamma Ray albums and win one of 25 Super VIP Packages

- join the soundcheck
- meet and greet with the band
- photos and signings
- laminated VIP ticket
- present bag from the band and more

To participate just choose your favorite two songs out of every Gamma Ray album and also choose your favorite two Gamma Ray albums - sign in and be a winner! Your favorite songs will be played on the Best Of The Best 25th Anniversary Party Tour 2015.

Go to this location to partcipate. Deadline for your votes: September, 20th, 2015."

Gamma Ray's European tour schedule is as follows:

p>October

28 - Wilhelsmhaven, Germany - Pumpwerk
30 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
31 - Berlin, Germany - C-Club

November
1 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
3 - München, Germany - Backstage Werk
7 - Lucenec, Slovakia - Sports Hall
8 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 202
10 - Graz, Austria - Explosiv
11 - Milano, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
13 - Pamplona, Spain - Totem
14 - Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Capitol
15 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
17 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradis Garaje
18 - Sevilla, Spain - Custom
20 - Murcia, Spain - Gamma
21 - Madrid, Spain - San Miguel
22 - Barcelona, Spain - Razz 1
24 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
25 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
27 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk

December

4 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
5 - Paris, France - Trabendo
6 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob
8 - London, UK - Islington
9 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013
11 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Musikens Hus
12 - Stockholm, Sweden Klubben

 

It was recently announced that all of Gamma Ray's albums will be re-released throughout 2015, including extensive booklets and a lot of bonus materials. The photo below features band leader Kai Hansen busy in a trip back to the tapes days working on the extra material for the first Gamma Ray reissue. More news soon.

The Gamma Ray studio album catalogue getting the re-issue treatment is as follows:

Heading for Tomorrow (1990)

Sigh No More (1991)

Insanity And Genius (1993)

Land Of The Free (1995)

Somewhere Out In Space (1997)

Power Plant (1999)

No World Order (2001)

Majestic (2005)

Land Of The Free II (2007)

To The Metal! (2010)

Check out an elevator interview with Kai Hansen below: