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Kai Hansen

Kai Hansen is credited on 855 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1984–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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855

Pressings credited

152

Albums

5

Decades active

134

In collections

Biography

Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of another power metal band Helloween, which he was a part of from 1983 to 1989 and rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent figure in power metal and has sold millions of albums worldwide. In 2011, he joined the band Unisonic featuring Helloween vocalist Michael Kiske. Hansen and Kiske reunited with Helloween in 2017 for a world tour with all current members, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of release of the albums Keeper of the Seven Keys Parts I and II.

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Credited work

855 releases · 152 albums · active 1984–2025

  • Performance · 2,737
  • Other credits · 670
  • Production · 122
  • Engineering · 81
  • Mastering · 32

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

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