Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann (born 30 October 1966 in Nürnberg,

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) is a retired heavy metal

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. Dan is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands

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and

Freedom Call Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. The band tours regularly and the current line-up includes two original members including lead vocalist and songwriter, Chris Bay. Freedom Call has released 12 albums in total, nine ...

from 1997 to 2012. He was a founding member of Freedom Call, from which he departed in 2010. Two years later he also left Gamma Ray, announcing a rest from the music business in 2012.

Discography

With Gamma Ray

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'' (1997) *''

Somewhere Out In Space ''Somewhere Out in Space'' is an album by German power metal band, Gamma Ray. It was released on 25 August 1997 and is the band's fifth studio album. Continuing in the tradition of the previous four albums, it contained yet another different lin ...

'' (1997) *''The Karaoke Album'' (1997) -

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Compilation album *''

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'' (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 ''Skeletons & Majesties Live'' is the fourth live album of the metal band Gamma Ray. The album was recorded during Gamma Ray's 2011 concert in Pratteln (Switzerland) and contains acoustic renditions of the songs ''Rebellion in Dreamland'' and ''Se ...

'' (2012) *'' The Best (Of)'' (2015)

With Freedom Call

*'' Stairway To Fairyland'' (1999) *'' Taragon EP'' (1999) *''

Crystal Empire ''Crystal Empire'' is the second full-length album by the German power metal band Freedom Call. It was released on 22 January 2001 by Steamhammer. It was the last Freedom Call album with Sascha Gerstner, who later joined Helloween. Track lis ...

'' (2001) *''

Eternity Eternity, in common parlance, means infinite time that never ends or the quality, condition, or fact of being everlasting or eternal. Classical philosophy, however, defines eternity as what is timeless or exists outside time, whereas sempitern ...

'' (2002) *'' Live Invasion'' (2004) *'' The Circle of Life'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Legend of the Shadowking'' (2010) *''Ages of Light 1998-2013'' (2013)

With Lanzer

*''Under A Different Sun'' (1995)

With Hirsch und Palatzky

*''Saitenfeue'' (1997)

With Lenny Wolf

*'' Lenny Wolf'' (1999)

With Iron Savior

*''Coming Home (single)'' (1998) *'' Unification'' (1999)

External links

Profile on official Gamma Ray website
Living people German heavy metal drummers Male drummers German male musicians 1966 births Musicians from Nuremberg Iron Savior members Gamma Ray (band) members Freedom Call members {{drummer-stub