I love how Napalm collects all these weird bands, like Gloryhammer. Oddly I found them throught a recommendation at the end of Wind Roses "Diggy Diggy Hole". A Minecraft song covered by a dwarf metal band. Thanks Napalm
I think most people found them this way. I stopped listening to Wind Roses soon after, because how am I going to take them seriously with those pompous lyrics and plastic props. They lack everything that makes Gloryhammer good.
Exactly the same. If you go to Wind Rose's Diggy Diggy Hole video, at the end it recommends "Hootsforce". At first I thought it was just weird and silly, but then I started to listen to the other songs, and then the storyline of each album... Now I'm hooked for life! HAIL HOOTS!
Sabaton is another good gateway metal band. They cover historical events mostly battles and wars but they also cover stuff like the "Livgardet", the end of the swedish empire, acts of heroism, and great tragedies. They also have some pretty solid musical flow to them and are not at all harsh in tone. My personal favorite example of this is Long Live the King.
My fav lyrics are "Long ago in distant future they were a force for the light! But now in the ancient times they slaughter peasants by night!" It just feels so wibbly wobbly timey wimey and i love it.
For the king of space we will fight to end disgrace! In our once proud land we will make our stand! When the dark lord comes we will shoot the lazerguns for the glory of mighty dundee!
Beast in Black is another great way to start your journey into metal. They are extremely catchy with a crapton of 80s disco and synthwave vibes, but also hardcore af!
Soon after I discovered Gloryhammer due to my love of Alestorm, it quickly became my favorite band. I love the music. I love the epic power metal and the symphony. But most of all I love the lore and story. I actually like to take the lore seriously and get into the story while I’m listening. It’s so fun and amazing
I’m in the same boat Huge alestorm fan I can never get enough of them Then thanks to Chris obviously being a part of both bands, I discovered gloryhammer and I love them just as much as Alestrom for everything you mentioned
Gloryhammer is absolutely amazing and no one can ever possibly convince me of anything less than that. But also I absolutely take this ginormous dnd campaign seriously. I am far too invested in the storyline to the point where I have actually cried during the finales (you can imagine which one but I don’t wanna spoil for those who haven’t listened). They may not take the songs to seriously but you can tell that they love bringing these things to their fans. You can tell the amount of effort it took them and how they’re willing to constantly go above and beyond to create these things. And that’s not even mentioning their skill on their instruments. Tbh I take this series about as serious as watching the iron man series or captain America. Somehow these nutjobs have taken over my heart and honestly, that’s fine by me
Right there with you. I've only discovered them a few weeks ago via The Charismatic Voice and I am by no means familiar with the lore, let alone how the story goes. But while the entire premise may be cheesy af, the love and joy they bring to what they do is real. And that's what makes them so great. None of this would work if they weren't great musicians, either.
Yeah I feel less alone to see I'm not the only one taking the story and the lyrics completely seriously :') I'm a bit new to gloryhammer, so what do you mean by "the finale" ?
@@secretlyaspacewizzard Well, their albums have a storyline and the last song is generally an epic battle which translates to like the third act of a play with high stakes and big decision.. The moment of truth where either evil or good prevails. the finale I'm talking about was the one from the legends beyond the galactic terrorvortex album, so that would be the last song on the album: The fires of ancient cosmic destiny :)
The fires of ancient cosmic destiny is probably my favorite song, the meaningless latin chanting bit is just comedy gold. I'm a longtime gloryhammer fan, glad to see more people getting to know this amazing band!
My top 5 favorite songs in no particular order are: 1. The Land of Unicorns 2. Amulet of Justice 3. Apocalypse 1992 4. Hootsforce 5. The Siege of Dunkeld
How did the ridiculous lyrics section not include the whole “inside a chamber of cryogenetical fire a magical wizard is doing a spell” part?? That has to be their best work of all!
Literally, I discovered Gloryhammer in the beginning of the last year and love it, I hear more bands from many genres of metal and rock but the style and elegance of Gloryhammer nobody has it.
"...clown-core. That one was my boyfriend. Isn't he silly?" The dead emotional tone, and the sheer Wednesday Addams-ness of that statment, earned this video a Like.
Questing for a new Metal band to listen to is like an acid trip. You never know what you are going to find, but you usually have a great time. Im glad I found your channel, thanks!
My favorite moment was in the Gloryhammer music video: When Thomas sings the line "mighty prince with the license to slay" he almost cracks a grin at the camera XD At least it looked like that to me and the camera was even focused on his face
@@knavic indeed, the eponymous song of the band has all these funny lines... Just check out the chorus and all the amazing names for a hammer they come up with XD
@@tacdragzag7464 you learned me a new word, appreciate it! "Starship crasher!". Love that whole song. Also watching this ladies video made me realize, it's not "slashing my way through an army of cowards". I kinda wish it were 😭
I discovered Gloryhammer through a friend recommending me a song called Rise of the Chaos Wizards and I thought "oh this has to be good" and well here I am matching my Gloryhammer shirts with my friends.
What an absolutely phenomenal video! One of my all-time favorite bands, easily. The story is so captivating, I've heard every song countless times. I'm sure you know they (Chris) have got 21 albums planned for this entire story. I'm so unbelievably excited for the next album. All the albums have done, since Tales From The Kingdom of Fife, is improve massively in quality, and I'm borderline scared of how amazing the next one's going to be. A day hasn't gone by in the last 7 months of quarantine that I haven't listened to at least one Gloryhammer song, and I'm nowhere near sick of them yet. A mark of an amazing band. Again, beautiful video, an easy subscription from me.
Symphonic version of "Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex" is just a soundtrack to the epic movie you just watched in your imagination. Also, "Italian Folk Metal" is a perfect album for any Gloryhammer fan, with such lyrics as "upgrade mufflon with granade launcher" to defend natural beauty of Sardinia from rider of Ryanair; "always ready for adventure and for crusty bread crust" when praising mascot of popular fish stick manufacturer and let's not forget about the staple of Valentina's local cousine, Polenta Taragna, "a platter of steaming-hot awesomeness forged by Thor's ladle" and "a pride of Valhaltelina's couldrons".
Wow really well done, down to earth review on this band. I never thought of Gloryhammer being a "gateway into metal" before, but it definitely has been for me. Thanks for making this
2:12 I actually sent this song to my Aunt like an hour ago. Rise of the Chaos Wizards is definitely a good gateway song into gloryhammer for people who don’t like metal
A great review for anyone who’s new to Gloryhammer or metal in general! I love the deliberate bad grammar thing. Bowes is a native English speaker, so what I think he’s doing here is affectionately making fun of of how most symphonic power metal is made by European bands whose English isn’t perfect. Fun fact: The “chivistic rainbow” line is a joke in reference to Rhapsody of Fire, who Gloryhammer take a lot of inspiration from and regularly make fun of. “Chivistic” is a made up word (which may or may not mean “like a chive”) that comes from mishearing the lyric “shy mystic rainbow” from Rhapsody’s song Steelgods of the Last Apocalypse. Bowes casually mentioned mishearing the lyric on twitter, and then later went and included it in a Gloryhammer song. It’s these little things that make Gloryhammer so much fun!
After Dragonforce and Rhapsody, Gloryhammer was the first metal band I got into. I think their story telling is among the best as well, it clear early on what the story is about throu out their songs.
Power/symphonic metal in itself is a perfect gateway for beginners, because the clean vocals, catchy melody and upbeat sound make it an easier transition to your ears. I myself started with bands like Nightwish and Alestorm, and over time I've been more invested into the darker/heavier subgenres like death metal and black metal. Just take your time, no one's going to force you.
Me too! I was sold the first time I saw that ridiculous closeup of Angus saying Oh yeah! while flying through space. And I love that he finally got to ride his laser-shooting dinosaur.
Have to say this has been in my recommended for a while now and was never really bothered about clicking it but man that was actually really well made and put together - basically, sorry it took me so long to click on this - super awesome video I'm a huge fan of heavier stuff like the clip of Amon Amarth was awesome but do like flying through space most of the time if I need some peace from all the banging and actually being able to understand lyrics - again super well-made video loved it!
I've been a casual metal listener for most of my life and I found Gloryhammer to be a breath of fresh air. I had been looking for a new band to listen to for some time but nothing really appealed to what I was looking for. At first I thought that the band was too silly to fit the bill for me but it turned out to be exactly what I was looking for without me knowing it. The ridiculous tone is great because it's parody without being condescending and I like that they're just telling a fun story and not trying to send some sort of message. Of course this wouldn't matter if these guys weren't good musicians and they most certainly are. The added bonus is that my teenage son is hooked on them now as well. He never really cared about music much at all until I bought the three Gloryhammer albums and now , listening to them is a fun thing we do together
Wow this video is obscenely underrated. Do you ever plan on doing any other commentaries like this? I would watch them....your delivery is really well done. I was expecting a huge channel with the production values put forth here.
I remember sitting in my grade 10 english class, working on a project while listening to google play music on random shuffle. It tossed in Magic Dragon into the mix, and I ended up listening to it for like 3 hours straight, before listening to the rest of the songs. Imagine my surprise when they dropped Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards, my elation at Tales from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex, and my continued joy all these years later with Return to the Kingdom of Fife. By far my favourite band of all time.
Sometimes you just gotta have fun with metal. It's such a versatile genre and it doesn't always have to be serious or dark and depressing. It can be light hearted, emotional, uplifting and while it is a powerful tool to make a statement or address some really deep issues, personal or global, sometimes its fun to hear songs about drunk pirates and Space Dundee.
another great metal band in a similar style but more serious in their storytelling is Unleash the Archers. great band, their overall story they tell is far more on the serious side, but the band itself is fairly goofy and lighthearted with some of their music videos being about their epic tale, and some being about them going to a track and having a footrace.
Was already a Gloryhammer fan but for some reason the fact that LFBTGT had symphonics arranges completely went over my head, so thank you for pointing that out. Nice vid also.
All of Gloryhammer's songs have symphonic arrangements, even the first album. It just became more apparent when they released the first symphonics with the deluxe version of S1992:ROTCW (what an acronym btw). I sometimes prefer just listening to the symphonics. I especially love symphonic Legend of the Astral Hammer. It's just so heroic!
Seeing this video after the new album DEFINITELY has me changing the favorite lines I've heard... I mean... how can it stay the same when we now have bangers like: "Goblins! Agents of Doom Masters of Evil that come from the moon Robots! Servants of steel Their lasers so real you shall feel Wizard! Frozen in tomb His nuclear clone made Dundee go Kaboom" "Toxic dragons fly across a wasteland made from nuclear war" "By the blood of the sword inmy veins, I will never be defeat! For the eternal glory of Dundee!" And last but not least And really... the most important one of all "🎸🎸 DOUBLE! 🎸🎸 WIZARD!"
@@hopegoble8539 i hope You pased with flying Colors cuz that was a great video .... Thou i'm sad about how the band kicked out the vocalist but atleast now he is making his own bangers
Power metal tends to be one of the most accessible subgenres. Jumping straight into symphonic blackened death doom is like jumping straight into Trout Mask when you're just finding Beefheart. A good band to listen to to get into more serious, less comedic metal would be Opeth. Personally I have to recommend listening to "Still Life" from front to back.
Kingz thank you, future vids that aren’t school projects will still be filmed on my phone and wonts have scripts lol. but this is what my vids are like when i put effort in :)
I've been meaning to find a good video to show people why Gloryhammer is awesome and stands out from everything else in metal music, even thought about making one myself. But I guess I'll just use this one :D Great job, the video is very well written and edited, hope you got an A!
Somewhat amusing to me is that you wrote this for an english class, when I did the exact same thing for my public speaking class. The main difference is that I come from the opposite origin, I have been a metalhead since long before this band, but have nonetheless come to adore them all the same. Also I notice the Startrek DVDs off to the side, I have the exact same box set. Good taste.
It was a great summary of this seemingly tiny part of the huge topic of metal. Good job! ps.: this is one of the most hilarious lines... i think...: 'Long ago in the distant future, (they were a force for the light) / But now in the ancient times, (they slaughter peasants by night)'
I listen to metal and to classical music for 20 years and when I heard GH for the first time I just could not stop laughing. I said this has to be a parody.
Yes Gloryhammer is a glorius gateway in too the Cosmic Horror of Metal like Blind Guardian or Sabaton and even when you are one the deepest layers of the Metalhell this Bands will welcom you with open arms
Great review. There is a pop metal band called Ghost you might wanna check out if you havent already. A song called Dance Macabre is a good place to start. They can be a fun listen.
Check out Nanowar 0of Steel for a seriously over the top Italian Folk Metal band. Valhalleluja is highly recommended. The music is tight and played with verve and the subject matter, well...
Gloryhammer was founded by Christopher Bowes i believe, so possibly you might like Alestorm as well? If any of you like Gloryhammer, you might also like other powermetal bands like Powerwolf, Sabaton, Rhapsody of Fire, Stratovarius, early Sonata Arctica, Wind Rose, Orden Ogan, etc.
I love how your example of Standard Metal is Twilight of the Thunder God. I mean, that's totally fair I just love that was your choice. My bet was on Raining Blood.
Randomly popped up in recommended. I liked your explanation. My favourite band is Gloryhammer, and only listen to bands similar to them(you know, fantasy symphonic P.M.). Chris is brilliant in this matter. Thx for making the video, I quite enjoyid it!
@@hopegoble8539 ok then, u have to check out Twilight Force or Bloodbound(their newer stuff). Both have fantasy lyrics, both have good melodies etc, especially Twilight Force. Make sure to update me wether u like them or not!
Literally one of the characters is a Cyborg Barbarian ripoff of Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Conan the Barbarian who became King of California and a movie star, then self-destructed his neutron star-powered heart to prevent a portal from opening, tearing open a wormhole to another dimension, in the process merging with the fabric of that alternate reality to become a god before literally dropping from the sky during the climactic fight to drop a Macho Man Randy Savage-worthy pro wrestling promo before laser blasting a wizard into liquid dust. I fucking LOVE this band.
Nice video. You got an A, right? My gateway to metal was hard rock. However, today I would suggest Nightwish if you are already into music that's a little more complicated than the usual 3min pop song.
I’ve been a Gloryhammer fan for over ten years now - ever since I first heard the song Angus McFife. Still one of my favourite bands! Have you heard their new album?? What did you think? Great video! 🤘🏻
Well done! I'm an old metalhead - I've been listening to it for 40 years, and honestly, bands like Gloryhammer and Alestorm are a breath of fresh air. I'm too old to be listening to a bunch of doom & gloom, angry music, or musicians trying to portray themselves as some sort of badasses. I absolutely love the fact that, these days, there are a lot of really great metal bands that are clearly just having fun and not taking themselves too seriously. Like I told my 77-year-old mom recently, you take a lot of these scary-looking metal musicians, remove the makeup/costumes/onstage theatrics, and find they're just a bunch of band geeks and theater nerds.
My Ukrainian friend actually introduce me this band years ago. Not much into power metal, but this band is pretty stellar. Bowes pretty much is really multi-talented given he's in 4 bands(including one of them about his plate of beans) while still make it silly in the process.
I always thought that Ghost would be babby's first metal band tbh, due to having a musical style that blends modern pop rock with older heavy metal Fuck, now I can't help but wanna see Bowes tour with Ghost as Zargothrax
Masters of the galaxy is my favorite because I know some of the lyrics! Also probably because that has been the only gloryhammer song I have fully listened to lol
I love this band so much. They taught me to take myself less seriously, and their music always puts a smile on my face. This is a great analysis of what makes them such a rad band :D
To sum up Gloryhammer it’s basically a DND campaign where the DM literally just gave up in trying to control anything at all
yeah thats about it
I wouldn't even say it that way
It's a DND campain, where the DM just smoked some stuff and the entire party went with it
"Hey, DM, I know I'm one of the players, but can I also be the main villain?"
"Well, you're in Alestorm, so sure."
true
Oh, no. It's where the DM just keeps jumping further than the players.
I love how Napalm collects all these weird bands, like Gloryhammer. Oddly I found them throught a recommendation at the end of Wind Roses "Diggy Diggy Hole". A Minecraft song covered by a dwarf metal band. Thanks Napalm
Same. Never look back.
literally the same thing happend to me
I think most people found them this way. I stopped listening to Wind Roses soon after, because how am I going to take them seriously with those pompous lyrics and plastic props. They lack everything that makes Gloryhammer good.
Exactly the same. If you go to Wind Rose's Diggy Diggy Hole video, at the end it recommends "Hootsforce". At first I thought it was just weird and silly, but then I started to listen to the other songs, and then the storyline of each album... Now I'm hooked for life! HAIL HOOTS!
Diggy Diggy Hole was actually created by a Minecraft TH-cam channel, The Yogscast, and was covered by Wind Rose.
TLDR: S tier shitposting and that's why everybody loves them
"The force of unicorns make Zargothrax fight great!"
This is the lyric that won me over. Within days I was telling everyone I knew about the band.
"Flying high into space to charge my laser-powered goblin smasher".
For me it was "fireballs make everyone die" that got me.
For me it was: Ralatho fires his final defence, Missiles of nuclear justice. Beautiful XD
It was the opening line for me: 'The Unicorn Invasion of Dundee'. I just cracked up laughing and have loved them ever since. They are pure silliness.
I really love: "A hero cannot be defeated
Simply by making him die"
Sabaton is another good gateway metal band. They cover historical events mostly battles and wars but they also cover stuff like the "Livgardet", the end of the swedish empire, acts of heroism, and great tragedies. They also have some pretty solid musical flow to them and are not at all harsh in tone. My personal favorite example of this is Long Live the King.
My fav lyrics are
"Long ago in distant future
they were a force for the light!
But now in the ancient times
they slaughter peasants by night!"
It just feels so wibbly wobbly timey wimey and i love it.
For the king of space we will fight to end disgrace! In our once proud land we will make our stand! When the dark lord comes we will shoot the lazerguns for the glory of mighty dundee!
Yeah I just love that whole ancient artefacts that comes from the futur and stuff its so silly
I like the one about the fecal demons
My favorite lyric how has to be "DOUBLE! WIZARD!"
My fav is: "When the dark lord comes we will shoot the laser guns."
Beast in Black is another great way to start your journey into metal. They are extremely catchy with a crapton of 80s disco and synthwave vibes, but also hardcore af!
Uhhhh I loove them. Their music absolutly slabs!
"Yes, I am a metalhead." Welp, I don't need to hear more: I now know you have good taste!
The best moment on a Gloryhammer concert is when you say "Hoots!" and everybody around you started to say "Hoots!"
Hoots!
Hoots!
Hoots!
Hoots!
Soon after I discovered Gloryhammer due to my love of Alestorm, it quickly became my favorite band. I love the music. I love the epic power metal and the symphony. But most of all I love the lore and story. I actually like to take the lore seriously and get into the story while I’m listening. It’s so fun and amazing
There is actually an subreddit about Gloryhammer and there are people who explain the lore, and actually are fully commited into it, it's awesome!
@@SchizoDoll Oh yeah! I’m a member of that subreddit. It’s really good and wholesome
I’m in the same boat
Huge alestorm fan I can never get enough of them
Then thanks to Chris obviously being a part of both bands, I discovered gloryhammer and I love them just as much as Alestrom for everything you mentioned
@@SchizoDoll www.reddit.com/r/Gloryhammer/comments/ch583j/the_entire_storyline_of_the_gloryhammer_albums/
@@SchizoDoll Until Chris appears and talks about how much he hates lore
Gloryhammer is absolutely amazing and no one can ever possibly convince me of anything less than that.
But also I absolutely take this ginormous dnd campaign seriously. I am far too invested in the storyline to the point where I have actually cried during the finales (you can imagine which one but I don’t wanna spoil for those who haven’t listened). They may not take the songs to seriously but you can tell that they love bringing these things to their fans. You can tell the amount of effort it took them and how they’re willing to constantly go above and beyond to create these things. And that’s not even mentioning their skill on their instruments. Tbh I take this series about as serious as watching the iron man series or captain America. Somehow these nutjobs have taken over my heart and honestly, that’s fine by me
Oh man, yes, the ending left me heartbroken as well.
Right there with you. I've only discovered them a few weeks ago via The Charismatic Voice and I am by no means familiar with the lore, let alone how the story goes. But while the entire premise may be cheesy af, the love and joy they bring to what they do is real. And that's what makes them so great. None of this would work if they weren't great musicians, either.
You are not the only one bro 😭❤️
Yeah I feel less alone to see I'm not the only one taking the story and the lyrics completely seriously :') I'm a bit new to gloryhammer, so what do you mean by "the finale" ?
@@secretlyaspacewizzard Well, their albums have a storyline and the last song is generally an epic battle which translates to like the third act of a play with high stakes and big decision.. The moment of truth where either evil or good prevails. the finale I'm talking about was the one from the legends beyond the galactic terrorvortex album, so that would be the last song on the album: The fires of ancient cosmic destiny :)
I am a simple man, I see Gloryhammer, I click. I see Amon Amarth, I like. Well deserved random youtube stranger-person!
This probably took her a long time. Let’s appreciate that she did this so we could try out something new.
it only took 2 days but thank you 🤪 check out gloryhammer!
Im glad listening to GH took me here!
@@hopegoble8539 2 days is more than enough! :)
@@hopegoble8539 Only 2 days. lol
@@hopegoble8539 Welcome to the metalheads!
The fires of ancient cosmic destiny is probably my favorite song, the meaningless latin chanting bit is just comedy gold. I'm a longtime gloryhammer fan, glad to see more people getting to know this amazing band!
My top 5 favorite songs in no particular order are:
1. The Land of Unicorns
2. Amulet of Justice
3. Apocalypse 1992
4. Hootsforce
5. The Siege of Dunkeld
May you have received many blessings of Hoots and good grades from this presentation
incredible video!
ps - how dare you insinuate that melodic viking death metal is not accessible
Thanks to you I discovered Amon Amarth, one of my favorites bands, thanks a lot
Now she has a Thunder Striking Dark Lord Thrasher
How did the ridiculous lyrics section not include the whole “inside a chamber of cryogenetical fire a magical wizard is doing a spell” part?? That has to be their best work of all!
A magical wizard, no less. Rather than the other sort.
It's taking me a while to watch this video, every time a song plays I have to go replay it a bunch of times.
Don’t forget all of power metal bands Powerwolf: they’re admittedly goofy for how intense they are, and they have like 4 dick jokes per song
Literally, I discovered Gloryhammer in the beginning of the last year and love it, I hear more bands from many genres of metal and rock but the style and elegance of Gloryhammer nobody has it.
"...clown-core. That one was my boyfriend. Isn't he silly?"
The dead emotional tone, and the sheer Wednesday Addams-ness of that statment, earned this video a Like.
Questing for a new Metal band to listen to is like an acid trip. You never know what you are going to find, but you usually have a great time. Im glad I found your channel, thanks!
My favorite moment was in the Gloryhammer music video: When Thomas sings the line
"mighty prince with the license to slay"
he almost cracks a grin at the camera XD
At least it looked like that to me and the camera was even focused on his face
- This can only mean that I have arrived into space "oh yeah" . That's when I fell in love
@@knavic indeed, the eponymous song of the band has all these funny lines...
Just check out the chorus and all the amazing names for a hammer they come up with XD
@@tacdragzag7464 you learned me a new word, appreciate it! "Starship crasher!". Love that whole song. Also watching this ladies video made me realize, it's not "slashing my way through an army of cowards". I kinda wish it were 😭
everytime i hear this lyric i hear a drag queen say 'yasss slay queeennn' in my head
7:45
“What is liquid dust?”
I googled it. All I got was some hair product…
I discovered Gloryhammer through a friend recommending me a song called Rise of the Chaos Wizards and I thought "oh this has to be good" and well here I am matching my Gloryhammer shirts with my friends.
What an absolutely phenomenal video! One of my all-time favorite bands, easily. The story is so captivating, I've heard every song countless times. I'm sure you know they (Chris) have got 21 albums planned for this entire story. I'm so unbelievably excited for the next album. All the albums have done, since Tales From The Kingdom of Fife, is improve massively in quality, and I'm borderline scared of how amazing the next one's going to be. A day hasn't gone by in the last 7 months of quarantine that I haven't listened to at least one Gloryhammer song, and I'm nowhere near sick of them yet. A mark of an amazing band.
Again, beautiful video, an easy subscription from me.
21 albums?! can't wait to be listening to them as an old woman haha
wait 21 yoooooooooooo hell yeah!
Symphonic version of "Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex" is just a soundtrack to the epic movie you just watched in your imagination. Also, "Italian Folk Metal" is a perfect album for any Gloryhammer fan, with such lyrics as "upgrade mufflon with granade launcher" to defend natural beauty of Sardinia from rider of Ryanair; "always ready for adventure and for crusty bread crust" when praising mascot of popular fish stick manufacturer and let's not forget about the staple of Valentina's local cousine, Polenta Taragna, "a platter of steaming-hot awesomeness forged by Thor's ladle" and "a pride of Valhaltelina's couldrons".
Wow really well done, down to earth review on this band. I never thought of Gloryhammer being a "gateway into metal" before, but it definitely has been for me. Thanks for making this
6:14 technically they travel through the wormhole in apocalypse 1992, which is album 2... (Well, Agnus and Zargothrax at least)
2:12 I actually sent this song to my
Aunt like an hour ago. Rise of the Chaos Wizards is definitely a good gateway song into gloryhammer for people who don’t like metal
A great review for anyone who’s new to Gloryhammer or metal in general! I love the deliberate bad grammar thing. Bowes is a native English speaker, so what I think he’s doing here is affectionately making fun of of how most symphonic power metal is made by European bands whose English isn’t perfect. Fun fact: The “chivistic rainbow” line is a joke in reference to Rhapsody of Fire, who Gloryhammer take a lot of inspiration from and regularly make fun of. “Chivistic” is a made up word (which may or may not mean “like a chive”) that comes from mishearing the lyric “shy mystic rainbow” from Rhapsody’s song Steelgods of the Last Apocalypse. Bowes casually mentioned mishearing the lyric on twitter, and then later went and included it in a Gloryhammer song. It’s these little things that make Gloryhammer so much fun!
I could also refer to some of the interesting "non-standard" grammar in old hymns that was done to make a line fit the rhythm of the melody.
Please do some more Gloryhammer album reviews! We love it!
After Dragonforce and Rhapsody, Gloryhammer was the first metal band I got into.
I think their story telling is among the best as well, it clear early on what the story is about throu out their songs.
Luke Skywalker: Join the Light Side!
Darth Vader: Join the Dark Side!
Angus McFife: Lemme tell you about the Hootsforce.
Power/symphonic metal in itself is a perfect gateway for beginners, because the clean vocals, catchy melody and upbeat sound make it an easier transition to your ears.
I myself started with bands like Nightwish and Alestorm, and over time I've been more invested into the darker/heavier subgenres like death metal and black metal.
Just take your time, no one's going to force you.
Me too! I was sold the first time I saw that ridiculous closeup of Angus saying Oh yeah! while flying through space. And I love that he finally got to ride his laser-shooting dinosaur.
Have to say this has been in my recommended for a while now and was never really bothered about clicking it but man that was actually really well made and put together - basically, sorry it took me so long to click on this - super awesome video I'm a huge fan of heavier stuff like the clip of Amon Amarth was awesome but do like flying through space most of the time if I need some peace from all the banging and actually being able to understand lyrics - again super well-made video loved it!
Like to join the Hootsforce
This is quite a great video. Editing and music is on point. I am sad it doesn't have more views or likes
I've been a casual metal listener for most of my life and I found Gloryhammer to be a breath of fresh air. I had been looking for a new band to listen to for some time but nothing really appealed to what I was looking for. At first I thought that the band was too silly to fit the bill for me but it turned out to be exactly what I was looking for without me knowing it. The ridiculous tone is great because it's parody without being condescending and I like that they're just telling a fun story and not trying to send some sort of message. Of course this wouldn't matter if these guys weren't good musicians and they most certainly are. The added bonus is that my teenage son is hooked on them now as well. He never really cared about music much at all until I bought the three Gloryhammer albums and now , listening to them is a fun thing we do together
Pls do this on more bands it's really informative and interesting. good job !!!
Wow this video is obscenely underrated. Do you ever plan on doing any other commentaries like this? I would watch them....your delivery is really well done. I was expecting a huge channel with the production values put forth here.
galaxies swarming behind me,
nebulas lying ahead
this can only mean
that I have arrived into space.
oh yeah.
Underratedly hilarious. I always just go "GEE.YA THINK???".
This is essentially how I spend my time talking to my friends about the music I listen to. Now I can just link them this video, thanks ;) Great job!
I remember sitting in my grade 10 english class, working on a project while listening to google play music on random shuffle. It tossed in Magic Dragon into the mix, and I ended up listening to it for like 3 hours straight, before listening to the rest of the songs. Imagine my surprise when they dropped Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards, my elation at Tales from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex, and my continued joy all these years later with Return to the Kingdom of Fife. By far my favourite band of all time.
Sometimes you just gotta have fun with metal. It's such a versatile genre and it doesn't always have to be serious or dark and depressing. It can be light hearted, emotional, uplifting and while it is a powerful tool to make a statement or address some really deep issues, personal or global, sometimes its fun to hear songs about drunk pirates and Space Dundee.
I got this in my recommendations. I hope your channel blows up!
another great metal band in a similar style but more serious in their storytelling is Unleash the Archers. great band, their overall story they tell is far more on the serious side, but the band itself is fairly goofy and lighthearted with some of their music videos being about their epic tale, and some being about them going to a track and having a footrace.
DOUBLE, WIZARD!
I always assumed liquid dust meant like particles.
Was already a Gloryhammer fan but for some reason the fact that LFBTGT had symphonics arranges completely went over my head, so thank you for pointing that out. Nice vid also.
All of Gloryhammer's songs have symphonic arrangements, even the first album. It just became more apparent when they released the first symphonics with the deluxe version of S1992:ROTCW (what an acronym btw). I sometimes prefer just listening to the symphonics. I especially love symphonic Legend of the Astral Hammer. It's just so heroic!
Going to share this around to my friends, it's a great explanation of why a lot of people find Gloryhammer so fascinating.
thanks! let me know if they like the video and the band :)
TWILIGHT
OOOF
THE THUNDERGOOOD
P.S. you should check the band "Twilight Force". They're fun.
Seeing this video after the new album DEFINITELY has me changing the favorite lines I've heard... I mean... how can it stay the same when we now have bangers like:
"Goblins! Agents of Doom
Masters of Evil that come from the moon
Robots! Servants of steel
Their lasers so real you shall feel
Wizard! Frozen in tomb
His nuclear clone made Dundee go Kaboom"
"Toxic dragons fly across a wasteland made from nuclear war"
"By the blood of the sword inmy veins, I will never be defeat! For the eternal glory of Dundee!"
And last but not least
And really... the most important one of all
"🎸🎸
DOUBLE!
🎸🎸
WIZARD!"
Where are your videos like this
I made this for a school project so it's the only one I've made
@@hopegoble8539 i hope You pased with flying Colors cuz that was a great video .... Thou i'm sad about how the band kicked out the vocalist but atleast now he is making his own bangers
Power metal tends to be one of the most accessible subgenres. Jumping straight into symphonic blackened death doom is like jumping straight into Trout Mask when you're just finding Beefheart.
A good band to listen to to get into more serious, less comedic metal would be Opeth. Personally I have to recommend listening to "Still Life" from front to back.
Gloryhammer was also my gateway metal band and the first one I show anyone interested in the genre. Thanks for the great video!
Unicorn invasions is no laughing matter.
When I say metal, probably a lot of people imagine this: Plays AmonAmarch A.K.A. the Sabbaton of Viking gods history. You just won a subscriber XD
Your presentation skills are top notch. Enjoyed that.
love this new style looks super nice
Kingz thank you, future vids that aren’t school projects will still be filmed on my phone and wonts have scripts lol. but this is what my vids are like when i put effort in :)
@@hopegoble8539 i see its quite nice either way:) very well done :)
As a big Gloryhammer fan, I love this detailed look at the band and why their music works so well. I'd love to see more music reviews!
I discovered gloryhammer from listening to alestorm. And had the pleasure of seeing them live supporting alestorm.. They put on a cracking show too.
I saw them live recently for the first time "(with Brothers of Metal and Beast in Black) and... the most fun iv ever had at a concert!
I've been meaning to find a good video to show people why Gloryhammer is awesome and stands out from everything else in metal music, even thought about making one myself. But I guess I'll just use this one :D Great job, the video is very well written and edited, hope you got an A!
Somewhat amusing to me is that you wrote this for an english class, when I did the exact same thing for my public speaking class. The main difference is that I come from the opposite origin, I have been a metalhead since long before this band, but have nonetheless come to adore them all the same.
Also I notice the Startrek DVDs off to the side, I have the exact same box set. Good taste.
It was a great summary of this seemingly tiny part of the huge topic of metal. Good job!
ps.: this is one of the most hilarious lines... i think...: 'Long ago in the distant future, (they were a force for the light) / But now in the ancient times, (they slaughter peasants by night)'
I listen to metal and to classical music for 20 years and when I heard GH for the first time I just could not stop laughing. I said this has to be a parody.
That symphonic version should be a film soundtrack!
Yes Gloryhammer is a glorius gateway in too the Cosmic Horror of Metal like Blind Guardian or Sabaton and even when you are one the deepest layers of the Metalhell this Bands will welcom you with open arms
Was introduced to Glory Hammer through Valhallaluya by Nanowar of Steel
Great review. There is a pop metal band called Ghost you might wanna check out if you havent already. A song called Dance Macabre is a good place to start. They can be a fun listen.
This is awesome. Great job
Check out Nanowar 0of Steel for a seriously over the top Italian Folk Metal band. Valhalleluja is highly recommended. The music is tight and played with verve and the subject matter, well...
Gloryhammer was founded by Christopher Bowes i believe, so possibly you might like Alestorm as well?
If any of you like Gloryhammer, you might also like other powermetal bands like Powerwolf, Sabaton, Rhapsody of Fire, Stratovarius, early Sonata Arctica, Wind Rose, Orden Ogan, etc.
"goblin king of the darkstorm galaxy ride of the wings of doom"
I love how your example of Standard Metal is Twilight of the Thunder God. I mean, that's totally fair I just love that was your choice. My bet was on Raining Blood.
I love Gloryhammer, but i also like amon amarth...
All in all fantastic video!
Also whats ur op on Apocalypse 1992
one of my favorite songs tbh it's just so goofy
@@hopegoble8539 Agreed goofy but good,
Randomly popped up in recommended. I liked your explanation. My favourite band is Gloryhammer, and only listen to bands similar to them(you know, fantasy symphonic P.M.). Chris is brilliant in this matter. Thx for making the video, I quite enjoyid it!
thanks! if you have any recommendations let me know, I'm always looking for new PM bands!
@@hopegoble8539 ok then, u have to check out Twilight Force or Bloodbound(their newer stuff). Both have fantasy lyrics, both have good melodies etc, especially Twilight Force. Make sure to update me wether u like them or not!
Literally one of the characters is a Cyborg Barbarian ripoff of Arnold Schwarzeneggar's Conan the Barbarian who became King of California and a movie star, then self-destructed his neutron star-powered heart to prevent a portal from opening, tearing open a wormhole to another dimension, in the process merging with the fabric of that alternate reality to become a god before literally dropping from the sky during the climactic fight to drop a Macho Man Randy Savage-worthy pro wrestling promo before laser blasting a wizard into liquid dust. I fucking LOVE this band.
Thoughts on the new album that just came out?
Did you tried to explore classic power metal?
Such as: helloween, gammaray, avantasia, rhapsody of fire, stratovarius,
Sonata arctica,
HELL YEAH
Great presentation!
Excellent analysis. That's why I enrolled into the hootforce
Nice video. You got an A, right?
My gateway to metal was hard rock. However, today I would suggest Nightwish if you are already into music that's a little more complicated than the usual 3min pop song.
I’ve been a Gloryhammer fan for over ten years now - ever since I first heard the song Angus McFife. Still one of my favourite bands! Have you heard their new album?? What did you think?
Great video! 🤘🏻
You have proven yourself to be mighty indeed.
FROM THE HEAVENS
COMES A HERO
MIGHTY HOOTSMAN
edit: great review
HOOTUS DEI!
I remember my first love just like I remember the first time I heard this song. I will never forget! THE HOOTSMAN HAS ARRIVED!!!
This part of the song makes me want to be there. Epic music is epic.
You should try Massacration, a Brazilian parody band, especially their first album "Gates of Metal Fried Chicken of Death"
Well done! I'm an old metalhead - I've been listening to it for 40 years, and honestly, bands like Gloryhammer and Alestorm are a breath of fresh air. I'm too old to be listening to a bunch of doom & gloom, angry music, or musicians trying to portray themselves as some sort of badasses. I absolutely love the fact that, these days, there are a lot of really great metal bands that are clearly just having fun and not taking themselves too seriously.
Like I told my 77-year-old mom recently, you take a lot of these scary-looking metal musicians, remove the makeup/costumes/onstage theatrics, and find they're just a bunch of band geeks and theater nerds.
My Ukrainian friend actually introduce me this band years ago. Not much into power metal, but this band is pretty stellar. Bowes pretty much is really multi-talented given he's in 4 bands(including one of them about his plate of beans) while still make it silly in the process.
FOR DUNDEE!
I always thought that Ghost would be babby's first metal band tbh, due to having a musical style that blends modern pop rock with older heavy metal
Fuck, now I can't help but wanna see Bowes tour with Ghost as Zargothrax
Masters of the galaxy is my favorite because I know some of the lyrics! Also probably because that has been the only gloryhammer song I have fully listened to lol
Well if the one you listened became your favorite, maybe you should listen to a few more.
A very interesting video. It's cool to hear a different perspective on metal.
I love this band so much. They taught me to take myself less seriously, and their music always puts a smile on my face. This is a great analysis of what makes them such a rad band :D
Have you listened Twilight Force?