Gloryful

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Gloryful
Gloryful - Dong Open Air 2016 [1]
Gloryful - Dong Open Air 2016
General information
origin Ruhr area , Germany
Genre (s) Heavy metal , power metal
founding 2009
Website www.gloryful.net
Founding members
"Johnny La Bomba" (Christoph Süselbeck)
"Shredmaster JB" (Jens Basten)
"Vito" (Vittorio Papotto) (until 2014)
"Kay" (Oliver Karasch) (until 2012)
Jim Sander (until 2012)
Current occupation
"Johnny La Bomba" (Christoph Süselbeck)
"Shredmaster JB" (Jens Basten)
Adrian Weiss (since 2014)
"Danij" (Daniel Perl) (since 2014)
Hartmut Stoof (since 2012)

Gloryful [ glôrēfəl ] (portmanteau of English. Glory and the syllable -ful for fame and translates -fully or baronial) is a German heavy metal - band from the Ruhr area , you stepped among other things. Festivals such as the Metal Days 2016 in Tolmin the Summer Breeze 2017 in Dinkelsbühl and the Wacken Open Air 2019 in Wacken .

history

Gloryful at the 2015 Heathen Rock Festival
Gloryful at the Turock Open Air 2015

The idea of starting a metal band with epic lyrics called Gloryful was conceived in October 2009 by singer Christoph Süselbeck and Night in Gales guitarist Jens Basten. They produced the 3-track demo "Sedna's Revenge", which, due to its good response, led to the decision to bring the band on stage . After finding instrumental support in guitarist Vittorio Papotto, bassist Oliver Karasch and drummer Jim Sander, they completed the band line-up in summer 2010. This gave them the opportunity at an early stage to open gigs for bands such as Powerwolf , Vicious Rumors , Orden Ogan and Helstar, among others . Shortly before the studio recordings in September 2012, Jim Sander left the band in May and Hartmut Stoof, formerly at Deadsoil , succeeded him on drums. With him the debut album The Warrior's Code has now been recorded, which was released on May 24, 2013 under the label of Massacre Records . Mix and mastering made the Swedish producer Dan Swanö , the cover - artwork created by the Belgian artist Kris Verwimp The first video clip of the band for the song "The Warrior's Code" was in Helvete in Oberhausen recorded and released in June, 2013. More than 30 concerts followed, among others with Queensryche , Alpha Tiger , Bullet , Axxis , Grand Magus , Screamer and High Spirits as well as the second album Ocean Blade within 10 months . While working on the second album, it became apparent that Oliver Karasch would withdraw from the music business for family reasons . He played the bass tracks of the songs on the second album before he finally left the band. Shortly before the release of the second album, Danij Perl could be won as the new bass player for the band. Here, too, Dan Swanö mixed the sound, while this time Charles Greywolf did the mastering. In the summer of 2014, Vittorio Papotto left the band to focus on other band projects such as Exotoxis. Adrian Weiss, previously known for Thought Sphere and Forces At Work, who had previously helped out on live shows, joined the band as successor on lead guitar, and completed the band's permanent line-up. The following filming of the music video Black Legacy took place in the historical monument of the old Wilhelm Büsgen band factory in Wuppertal . The band's success story continued, followed by concerts with Accept , Hammerfall and Powerwolf , among others . The concert recordings of September 11, 2015 at the "Civilized Violence" in Club Fabrica in Bucharest , combined with battle scenes, served as the basis for the pre-release of the song This Means War from the third album End of the Night, which followed in August 2016 . Charles Greywolf was again available for mixing and mastering . Gloryful received top-class support on the violin not only in the video for the ballad End of the Night by Detlef Scherner alias Zagan by Black Messiah . A Europe - tour with shining light and Almanac in January 2017 and an appearance at the Summer Breeze 2017 in Dinkelsbühl followed. Also in the book "Kumpels in Kutten 2: Heavy Metal im Ruhrgebiet" by Christian Krumm , which was published in November 2017, the guys from Gloryful do not go unmentioned with their fourth album Cult of Sedna , mastered by Jörg Uken and a cover artwork by Axel Hermann, Gloryful was able to maintain its position in the market. The album was released on January 18, 2019 as the start of their European tour with Mob Rules and Brainstorm , in August 2019 Gloryful heated up the audience at Wacken Open Air .

concept

With their songs, the band tells mystical stories that essentially revolve around the Inuit goddess of the sea , Sedna . The first album The Warrior's Code tells of courageous metal warriors, community and struggle as well as Sedna's resurrection and her revenge. On the 2nd album, Captain McGuerkin and his crew from the ship "Ocean Blade" fight a relentless battle against the mighty sea goddess Sedna, at the end of which McGuerkin dies. The video for the ballad "Black Legacy" takes up the narrative of the second album. It shows McGuerkin below decks of his ship full of rats, keeping his logbook and navigating the seas. The band is part of the team and some even die, their dropped jaws are tied and coins for the crossing into the realm of the dead are placed on their closed lids. The third album, End of the Night , continues the story a hundred years after the sinking of the "Ocean Blade". Captain McGuerkin emerged from his wet grave on the ocean floor and, as King McGuerkin, is leading his vengeful crew into the next battle. In the fourth album, Sedna is no longer seen as a bitter enemy, but is worshiped by a desert people who hope for rain and water, whereby the previously negatively occupied figure of Sedna is now also granted positive qualities.

style

The musical style of Gloryful is mainly located between Power Metal and Heavy Metal with influences from the NWoBHM . With each new album release, the band draws on further elements of the metal spectrum. In the beginning, Gloryful was based on bands like Iron Maiden , Judas Priest , Dio , Manowar and Running Wild . In interviews and reviews, the albums are categorized as follows: The debut album The Warrior's Code follows the style of True Metal / Heavy Metal, the second album Ocean Blade that of Heavy Metal and the third album End of the Night that of Power Metal With this Album, the band is given the potential to reach dimensions like Sabaton or Powerwolf. The fourth album Cult of Sedna shows elements of heavy metal with strong elements of thrash metal and melodic power metal refrains.

The guitarist Adrian Weiss plays a TS Customs (built by TS Customs - Timo Schramm) electric guitar made for him and often uses the Phrygian-dominant scale in his solos . Singer Johnny La Bomba stands out from the spectrum of metal bands with his unusual voice.

occupation

  • Gloryful, live at Turock Open Air 2015

  • Singer Johnny La Bomba

  • Guitarist Adrian Weiss

  • Guitarist Shredmaster JB

  • Bass player Danij Perl

  • Drummer Hartmut Stoof at the 2016 Dong Open Air

Discography

Albums

  • 2013: The Warrior's Code (CD on Massacre Records & vinyl LP on Metalizer Records)
  • 2014: Ocean Blade (CD on Massacre Records)
  • 2016: End of the Night (CD from Massacre Records & vinyl LP black & green from For Those Who Chose to Pose Records)
  • 2019: Cult of Sedna EU Version (CD on Massacre Records)
  • 2019: Cult of Sedna JP version incl. Japanese version of "Void of Tomorrow" (CD by Radtone Music, Massacre Records)

EPs

  • 2010: Sedna's Revenge (Blood & Fire Productions)

Compilation Contributions

  • 2016: Holy Diver & Heavy Metal Will Never Die on A Light in the Black (A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio) (Massacre Records)

Music videos

  • 2013: The Warrior's Code (Mirko Witzki)
  • 2014: Hiring the Dead
  • 2015: Black Legacy (Jaegerrot Movie Production)
  • 2015: Ocean Blade
  • 2016: This Means War
  • 2016: Hail to the King
  • 2016: End of the Night (Jaegerrot Movie Production)
  • 2018: Brothers in Arms (Razvan Raduta for Oldboy Studio)

Trivia

As a tribute to the heroes of their youth, Gloryful played a song from Conan the Barbarian between 2014 and 2016 right before their appearances and the intro of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cassette between 2016 and 2018 .

Web links

Commons : Gloryful  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] Dong Open Air tape archive
  2. ^ [2] Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives Gloryful from Gelsenkirchen. Retrieved on April 1, 2020 [3] Facebook page Gloryful from Duisburg. Retrieved April 1, 2020
  3. ^ [4] Website Metal Inside Switzerland. Retrieved April 1, 2020
  4. ↑ [5] Website Summer Breeze. Retrieved April 1, 2020
  5. ↑ [6] Heavy Stage Force Festival Report Wacken Open Air 2019. Retrieved on April 1, 2020. [7] Youtube video "Gloryful at Wacken Open Air, 1.8.19". Retrieved April 1, 2020
  6. ↑ Holger Schmenk, Christian Krumm: Kumpels in Kutten. Heavy metal in the Ruhr area. Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop July 31, 2010, ISBN 978-3-942094-02-3 .
  7. ↑ [8] Website Gloryful [9] Facebook Page Gloryful About
  8. ↑ [10] The Pit Interview with Johnny La Bomba from November 12, 2012
  9. ↑ Soulfood Music Distribution Weekly Menue WM30 of July 22, 2016, p. 21
  10. ↑ [11] Metal Heads Interview with Hartmut Stoof from March 29, 2020
  11. ↑ [12] Facebook page Gloryful Post from May 31, 2012. Accessed April 1, 2020
  12. ^ [13] Massacre Records Gloryful
  13. ↑ [14] Eternal Concert Interview with Johnny La Bomba from June 2, 2013
  14. ↑ [15] Youtube "GLORYFUL - This Means War Videoclip" from July 31, 2016
  15. ↑ [16] Time for Metal Interview with Jens Basten from June 13, 2014
  16. ↑ Booklet for the album "Ocean Blade" from April 25, 2014
  17. ↑ [17] Rock Hard Edition RH 296 Album Review Adrian Weiss - Big Time
  18. ↑ [18] The Pit Interview with Johnny La Bomba from October 22, 2014
  19. ↑ [19] Youtube "GLORYFUL - Black Legacy Official Music Video" from May 8, 2015
  20. ↑ [20] Music video Gloryful - This Menas War
  21. ↑ [21] The Pit Band Gloryful [22] Rock Live Radio Live-Review Almanac "European Tour 2017" Turock in Essen (February 15, 2017)
  22. ↑ Holger Schmenk, Andreas Schiffmann: Kumpels in Kutten 2. Heavy Metal in the Ruhr area. Henselowsky Boschmann, Bottrop November 20, 2017, ISBN 978-3-943022-30-8 .
  23. ^ [23] Metal Kingdom Gloryful Lyrics
  24. ↑ [24] Rock Garage interview with Jens Basten from August 13, 2016
  25. ↑ [25] Youtube "GLORYFUL - Black Legacy Official Music Video" from May 8, 2015
  26. ↑ [26] Rock Hard Edition RH 313 Review Gloryful - The Warrior's Code
  27. ↑ [27] Stormbringer Metal Review May 28, 2013
  28. ↑ [28] Rock Hard Edition RH324 Album Review Gloryful - Ocean Blade
  29. ↑ [29] Dead Rhetoric Album Review of April 27, 2014
  30. ↑ [30] Time for Metal Album Review April 15, 2014
  31. ↑ [31] Rock Hard Edition RH 352 Album Review Gloryful - End of the Night
  32. ↑ [32] Metal Album Review from August 27, 2016
  33. ↑ [33] Metal Heads Album Review Gloryful - End Of The Night
  34. ↑ [34] Ramzine UK album review from August 19, 2016
  35. ↑ [35] Time for Metal Album Review of August 22, 2016
  36. ↑ [36] Eternity Magazine Album Review Gloryful - End of the Night from January 10, 2017
  37. ↑ [37] Rock Hard Edition RH 381 Album Review Gloryful - Cult of Sedna
  38. ↑ [38] Metal Hammer album review from January 18, 2019
  39. ↑ [39] Eternity Magazin album review of January 3, 2019
  40. ^ [40] Discogs Label Metalizer Records
  41. ↑ [41] Discogs Label For Those Who Chose To Pose Records
  42. ^ [42] Discogs Label Radtone Music
  43. ↑ [43] Music video "Gloryful - The Warrior's Code" from August 3, 2013 [44] Website Mirko Witzki
  44. ↑ [45] music video "Gloryful - Hiring The Dead" from October 5, 2014
  45. ↑ [46] Music video "Gloryful - Black Legacy" from May 8, 2015 [47] Facebook page Jaegerrot
  46. ↑ [48] Music video "Gloryful - Ocean Blade" from November 7, 2015
  47. ↑ [49] Music video "Gloryful - This Means War" from August 1, 2016
  48. ↑ [50] Music video "Gloryful - Hail To The King" from August 29, 2016
  49. ↑ [51] Music video "Gloryful - End Of The Night" from October 15, 2016
  50. ↑ [52] Music video "Gloryful - Brothers In Arms" from December 19, 2018 [53] Facebook page Oldboy Studio contribution from December 19, 2018