''Heading for Tomorrow'' is the first studio album released by German

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on 26 February 1990 by

Noise Records Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any ...

. In 2002 it was re-released with a different cover as part of the Ultimate Collection box-set. This re-released version of the album has also been released separately from the box-set.

Track listing

Notes * "Look at Yourself" only appears on the CD version of the album. * The three bonus tracks from the 2002-release are also available on the '' Heaven Can Wait EP''.

Personnel

;Gamma Ray *

Ralf Scheepers Ralf Scheepers (born 5 February 1965) is the vocalist for the German heavy metal band Primal Fear. He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is ...

– lead vocals *

Kai Hansen 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 metal band Helloween, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a promine ...

– guitars, vocals, producer * Uwe Wessel – bass (all tracks but 4 and 5) * Mathias Burchardt – drums (all tracks but 3) ;Guest musicians *

Dirk Schlächter Dirk Schlächter (born 15 February 1965, in Bad Nauheim, Germany) is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray and Avalanch from 2018. History Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the ag ...

– bass (tracks 4, 5) * Tommy Newton – lead guitar (track 8), backing vocals, mixing * Tammo Vollmers – drums (track 3) * Mischa Gerlach – keyboards, piano *

Piet Sielck Piet Sielck (born 14 November 1964) is a German power metal guitarist, vocalist and producer. He is member of the power metal, power/speed metal band Iron Savior as well as owner of the studio Powerhouse in Hamburg. Early years Born in Hamburg ...

– additional keyboards, backing vocals, second engineer * Joal, Fernando Garcia, Petr Chrastina – backing vocals ;Production *Ralf Krause – engineer, mixing of "Look at Yourself" *Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heading For Tomorrow 1990 debut albums Gamma Ray (band) albums Noise Records albums Albums produced by Kai Hansen