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Kai Hansen

real name Kai Michael Hansen

Kai Hansen is credited on 856 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1984–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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856

Credits

152

Albums

5

Decades active

134

In collections

Biography

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Kai Michael Hansen (born January 17, 1963, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.
Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder of German metal band Helloween who he rejoined in 2017 to tour, having originally left in 1988.
He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide. He is regarded as "the grandfather of power metal", having founded two seminal bands in the genre.

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Credited work

856 releases · 152 albums · active 1984–2025

  • Performance · 2,737
  • Other credits · 670
  • Production · 122
  • Engineering · 82
  • Mastering · 33

Studios: Horus Sound Studio · Hansen Studios, Hamburg · Karo Musikstudio, Brackel · Music Lab Berlin

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