Customer Reviews

Heading for Tomorrow

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I think it is clear that Kai Hansen was going for a Keepers III with Heading for Tomorrow. The setup is basically the same; open with a short classically inspired instrumental, leading into a searing double bass piece, and conclude with an epic 13 minute track with plenty of guitar wizardry. While Hansen penned some really great songs here, there is some filler. 'Hold your ground' and 'Space Eater' are low points. Here is a rundown...

1. Welcome 4/5 Just an instrumental - but a good one
2. Lust For Life 5/5 Great song
3. Heaven Can Wait 5/5 Inspirational! My favorite
4. Space Eater 3/5 Good solo
5. Money 3/5 Sort of annoying lyrics - sorta catchy though
6. The Silence 3/5 Typical ballad... pretty dull
7. Hold Your Ground 2/5 Only song not written by Hansen
8. Free Time 4/5 Grew on me... sounds like 80s hair metal
9. Heading For Tomorrow 4/5 Good, but drags on in places
10.Look At Yourself 5/5 great closer!! Second favorite song

Overall a very good CD, and well worth the price. If you love heavy metal, there is no excuse not to own 'Heading for Tomorrow.'

with no doubts, the best gamma ray album with ralf scheepers on vocals. it's VERY good. it has PERFECT songs, very well composed, where ralf scheepers sings like no-one!! lust for live, the silence, heading for tomorrow. it also has some funny songs like money and hold your ground

that celebrate Kai Hansen's first post-Pumpkin foray- Heading For Tomorrow. This is the second best Gamma Ray release, a notch slightly below Kai's latest opus- Somewhere Out in Space. Ralf Scheepers gets the nod for vocalist on Heading For Tomorrow, and he definitely delivers a high-octane performance. His pipes are powerful, which is an understatement. Scheeper's style and range evokes that of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, albeit with noticably greater vocal strength. Gamma Ray's first set benefits greatly from Scheeper's presence, but the tunes stand their own ground. "Lust For Life" and "Free Time" crush. -David Newman 1998

I generally dont like power metal, but this album is really good. It reminds me of Helloween Keepers of the Seven keys. A must album for power metal fans. All the tracks are good and the vocals are amazing.

Full of energetic creativity soon after leaving Helloween, master Kai Hansen assembled this band and released their debut album HEADING FOR TOMORROW. The rhythm section of Wessel and the bass player lasted only for this album. But it's a good album, much better than Helloween albums pos-Kai Hansen.

I stumbled on this CD in a used CD store about a year ago. I immediately pinpointed Ralf Scheepers as a top notch singer whose every recording I must track down. This guy is amazing and he can sing any style of metal as displayed on the eclectic CD. Songs like "Heading For Tomorrow" showcase his operatic abilities, "Space Eater" shows off his Halford-like growling abilities, and "Free Time" shows off his melodic AOR abilities. This guy could sing for Dream Theater, Def Leppard, or Judas Priest...and be better than those bands singers. This is an odd CD and if not for the thin-sounding low budget production, this would be a 5-star CD.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what all the hype on this one is about. In my opinion it's all been done before and overdone with too many similiarities. I felt like I was listening to Iron Maiden meets Helloween meets Mercy Fate meets Lizzy Borden hangin' out with Judas Priest. If this sounds appealing to you I would suggest you order this one right away. It's just not my thing. I did like the instrumental though. I hope this is helpful.