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Freedom Call
12+ albums
Power metalheavy metalmelodic metalmetalgerman
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Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. The band tours regularly and its current line-up includes one original member, lead vocalist and songwriter Chris Bay. Freedom Call has released fourteen albums in total, eleven of which are studio albums. Chris Bay, the band's frontman, developed his vocal skills from his grandfather, an opera singer with the Berlin State Opera, and his mother, a chorus singer. He began playing guitar at age seven and piano at age ten. Bay played in several local rock bands before moving to Hamburg in 1990, where he joined Zed Yago. From 1993 to 1996, he was a member of Hermann Frank's band Moon Doc, recording the albums "Moon Doc" (1995) and "Get Mooned" (1996). In 1998, Bay and Daniel Zimmermann formed Freedom Call during a break from Zimmermann's main band, Gamma Ray, with the aim of creating what they described as "Happy Metal". The band completed a six-song demo with producer Charlie Bauerfeind, and the line-up was finalised with Ilker Ersin on bass and Sascha Gerstner on guitar. Freedom Call released their debut album "Stairway to Fairyland" on 7 May 1999 through NTS Records, selling over 35,000 copies in its first year. The band made their live debut in France supporting Angra and Edguy. Later that year, they recorded the mini LP "Taragon", which included a cover of Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" and a re-recorded version of "Tears of Taragon" featuring Biff Byford. The band's second album, "Crystal Empire", was
