Enter the pantheon of Gamma Ray's "Somewhere Out in Space."
(Rated this album with 10 out of 10) Reviewed by
A music fan
from Storrs, Connecticut
The greatest hard rock/heavy metal album of all time and space has been unleashed upon mankind...Gamma Ray's "Somewhere Out in Space." The otherworldly potential of musical thinktank Kai Hansen and his post-Pumpkin cohorts has finally been realized. NO comparisons to any other recorded output can do justice to the sheer brilliance that belies this work of art, but I'll try anyway. O.K. To try to fathom the beauty of "Somewhere Out in Space," imagine a combination of the following ingredients: the best Thin Lizzy harmony guitar and lyrics, the heaviest Black Sabbath-ian stomps from the '70's, intense galloping speed a-la early ('83- '84) Metallica, Queen-like anthemic choruses, and enchanting keyboard interludes akin to late '70's Michael Schenker-era UFO. Simply stated, this record is the perfect blend of speed, power, intelligence, beauty, atmosphere, harmony, melody, and musicianship. I am sorry to confirm that "Somewhere Out in Space" has supplanted Black Sabbath's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" as my favorite disc of all-time. If there is an adjective that describes something that surpasses perfection, please alert me, because no word in my vocabulary adequately conveys the unrivaled splendor that is "SOMEWHERE OUT IN SPACE." -David Newman 1998
