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Gloryhammer is a British power metal band founded by keyboardist Christopher Bowes, lead vocalist of the band Alestorm. Each member of the band represents a character in the story concept. Band members appear on stage in armour and costumes to represent their respective characters.
The band released videos on Napalm's channel for "Universe on Fire" on 8 August 2015 and "Rise of The Chaos Wizards" on 11 September 2015. On 25 September 2015, Gloryhammer released their second studio album titled with which the band entered the official album charts in several countries, followed by tours with bands such as Stratovarius, Blind Guardian and HammerFall.
On 16 May 2017, Gloryhammer was nominated as best band in the category "Up & Coming" of the Metal Hammer Awards 2017 by the German edition of international music magazine Metal Hammer.metal-hammer.de: Die METAL HAMMER Awards 2017: Das sind die Nominierten In 2018, the band was nominated again in the same category.metal-hammer.de: Die METAL HAMMER Awards 2018: Das sind die Nominierten
In January 2018, the band did a headlining tour across Europe, consisting of 24 shows in a row.
In September 2018, they toured with Alestorm through North America for the first time, playing 19 shows in the USA and Canada.thomaswinkler.net: Legendary Tourdates of Glory
On 30 January 2019, the band's official Facebook page announced the album Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex,facebook.com: INCOMING TRANSMISSION which was released on 31 May 2019. The band released two singles, "Gloryhammer" on 12 April 2019 and "The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)" on 10 May 2019, through the Napalm YouTube.
Following the album's release was the band's first North American tour as headliners in June with Æther Realm as support.
On 22 August 2021, Gloryhammer announced that Thomas Winkler had left the band. Winkler addressed the situation, stating he was fired via an email that cited the band's reasons for his departure as disagreements on business and organizational matters. Shortly after, a Twitter account named "GloryhammerC" posted screenshots of what appeared to be an internal chat from 2017 between the members of the group that showed misogynist and racist humour along with several racial slurs. At the same time allegations of domestic violence committed by James Cartwright also surfaced. Bassist Vincent Jackson Jones, who collaborated with Gloryhammer keyboardist Chris Bowes in the band Wizardthrone, released a statement on 26 August 2021 distancing himself professionally from Bowes and urging Bowes to make his own statement; at the time, none of Gloryhammer's members had made public comments on the issue. On 5 September 2021, Bowes and the rest of the band released statements, admitting the leaked chat was true and apologizing for the controversial remarks. However they also stated that the claims regarding Cartwright and the alleged abuse were false.
In December 2021, Sozos Michael was introduced as the new singer of the band. They released their first single with Michael as lead singer, titled "Fly Away", on 28 April 2022. On 14 March 2023, the fourth studio album, Return to the Kingdom of Fife, was announced and later released on 2 June 2023. The band released three singles in support of the album: "Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy", "Holy Flaming Hammer of Unholy Cosmic Frost" and "Wasteland Warrior Hoots Patrol".
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