Dan Zimmermann
Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann (born 30 October 1966 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a retired German heavy metal drummer. He is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call. He was a founding member of Freedom Call, from which he departed in 2010.
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- Name
- Dan Zimmermann
- Birth Name
- Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann
- Born
- 30 October 1966
- Birthplace
- Nürnberg, West Germany
- Occupation
- Musician and songwriter
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- music
- Languages
- German
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Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann (born 30 October 1966 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a retired German heavy metal drummer. He is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call. He was a founding member of Freedom Call, from which he departed in 2010.
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Two years later he also left Gamma Ray, announcing a retirement from the music business in 2012. Freedom Call celebrated their 20th anniversary and release of M.E.T.A.L, their tenth studio album, on tour. The new album featured a reprise of Zimmermann's drumming on the title song.
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• Name — Dan Zimmermann • Birth Name — Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann • Born — 30 October 1966 • Birthplace — Nürnberg, West Germany • Occupation — Musician and songwriter • Genre — Power metal, heavy metal • Instrument — Drums • Years Active — 1993–2012 • Past Member Of — Gamma Ray Freedom Call Iron Savior
With Gamma Ray
With Gamma Ray
• Valley of the Kings (1997) • Somewhere Out In Space (1997) • The Karaoke Album (1997) - Karaoke Compilation album • Power Plant (1999) • Blast from the Past (2000) - "Best of" Compilation album • No World Order (2001) • Skeletons in the Closet (2003) • Majestic (2005) • Land of the Free II (2007) • Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (2008) • To The Metal (2010) • Skeletons & Majesties (EP) (2011) • Skeletons & Majesties Live (2012) • The Best (Of) (2015)
With Freedom Call
With Freedom Call
• Stairway To Fairyland (1999) • Taragon EP (1999) • Crystal Empire (2001) • Eternity (2002) • Live Invasion (2004) • The Circle of Life (2005) • Dimensions (2007) • Legend of the Shadowking (2010) • Ages of Light 1998-2013 (2013)
With Lanzer
With Lanzer
• Under A Different Sun (1995)
With Hirsch und Palatzky
With Hirsch und Palatzky
• Saitenfeue (1997)
With Lenny Wolf
With Lenny Wolf
• Lenny Wolf (1999)
With Iron Savior
With Iron Savior
• Coming Home (single) (1998) • Unification (1999)
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- 1.Top 25 Power Metal Albums of All Time. Loudwire. 5 de julho de 2017.
- 2.The 25 greatest power metal albums. Metal Hammer. 14 de novembro de 2019.
- 3.Gamma Ray Official Website.
- 4.GAMMA RAY: 'Skeletons & Majesties' Details Revealed. 24 de março de 2011.
- 5.Gamma Ray: Band-Probe in neuem Line-Up. 30 de agosto de 2012.
- 6.Gamma Ray Interview @ PPM 2013. 25 de abril de 2013.
- 7.AMBERIAN DAWN Guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen To Assist GAMMA RAY On Upcoming Dates. 19 de março de 2010.
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