Land of the Free II

Land of the Free II is the ninth full-length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released 19 November in Europe, 21 November in Japan and January 15, 2008 for North America. To promote Land of the Free II, Gamma Ray joined Helloween on the 2007/08 Hellish Rock Tour. The song "Into the Storm" is available on the band's MySpace page and its music video on YouTube.

Land of the Free II
Studio album by Gamma Ray
Released	19 November 2007
Recorded	2006-2007, at High Gain Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Power metal
Length	65:18
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer	Dirk Schlächter and Kai Hansen
Gamma Ray chronology
Majestic (2005) Land of the Free II (2007) To the Metal! (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	link
Allmusic	link
Jukebox:Metal	link
Lords of Metal	(8.8/10) link
Metal Glory	link

The first-edition CD, released as a Digipak, was limited to 30,000 copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Into the Storm"	Kai Hansen	Hansen	3:47
2.	"From the Ashes"	Hansen	Hansen	5:26
3.	"Rising Again"	Hansen	Hansen	0:27
4.	"To Mother Earth"	Hansen	Hansen	5:11
5.	"Rain"	Henjo Richter	Richter	5:16
6.	"Leaving Hell"	Hansen	Hansen	4:20
7.	"Empress"	Dan Zimmermann	Zimmermann	6:22
8.	"When the World"	Hansen	Hansen	5:44
9.	"Opportunity"	Dirk Schlächter	Schlächter	7:14
10.	"Real World"	Hansen	Hansen	5:42
11.	"Hear Me Calling"	Richter	Richter	4:14
12.	"Insurrection"	Hansen	Hansen	11:33

Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Blood Religion" (Live in Montréal)	Hansen	Hansen	8:11

Personnel

• Kai Hansen - Vocals, guitars
• Henjo Richter - Guitars, keyboards
• Dirk Schlächter - Bass
• Dan Zimmermann - Drums

Technical personnel

• Produced and engineered by: Dirk Schlächter, Kai Hansen
• Mixed by: Tommy Newton at Area 51 Studio, Celle, Germany
• Cover Painting by: Hervé Monjeaud
• Booklet Graphics and Layout by: Dirk Illing

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[1]	194
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[2]	54
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	57

1. "Lescharts.com – Gamma Ray – Land of the Free II". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
2. "Offiziellecharts.de – Gamma Ray – Land of the Free II" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. "ランド・オブ・ザ・フリーII". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Swedishcharts.com – Gamma Ray – Land of the Free II". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.