Gloryhammer


Gloryhammer is an Anglo-Swiss symphonic 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. The band appears on-stage in armour and costumes.

History

Gloryhammer released their debut album Tales from the Kingdom of Fife through Napalm Records in March 2013.
On the 25th of 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 the 16th of 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. In 2018, the band was nominated again in the same category.
In January of 2018, the band did a headlining tour across Europe, consisting of 24 shows in a row of which 11 shows were sold out.
In September of 2018, they toured together with Alestorm through North America for the first time, playing 19 shows in the USA and Canada.
On January 30, 2019, the band's official Facebook page announced the album Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex, which was released on May 31, 2019. Following the album's release was the band's first North American tour as headliners in June with Æther Realm as support.

Lineup

Current members
Current touring members

Discography