Powerwolf
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Powerwolf | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Power metal |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Metal Blade Records (Europe) |
| Members | Attila Dorn Matthew Greywolf Charles Greywolf Roel van Helden Falk Maria Schlegel |
| Past members | Stefan Funèbre Tom Diener |
| Website | Official homepage |
Powerwolf is a German/Romanian power metal band created in 2003 by Charles and Matthew Greywolf. The group is notable for having rather dark themes and images, both musically and lyrically, both counteractions to traditional power metal music and including usage of corpse paint, gothic-tinged compositions and songs about Romanian werewolf legends and dark religious tales, though the latter is done ironically.
Biography
In 2003, "brothers" Charles and Matthew Greywolf, who had been playing together for years, decided to create a band, and this is how Powerwolf started. Soon the "brothers" added French drummer Stéfane Funèbre and German keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel to the band, but couldn't find a suitable singer to complete Powerwolf. In the meantime, the band started writing, and on holidays in Romania, Charles and Matthew met Attila Dorn.[1] Dorn, who studied Classical Opera at the Music Academy of Bucharest, became the frontman of Powerwolf. With Dorn's love of Romanian werewolf legends, the band created their debut album, Return in Bloodred, which used these same legends as the basis of a lot of the lyrics. In 2007 they followed up with their second album, Lupus Dei, a concept album starring a wolf as the main character and his fall from bloodlust to enlightenment.[2][3]
Powerwolf's third album Bible of the Beast was released on April 25, 2009.[4]
In 2011, Powerwolf organist Falk Maria Schlegel stated about the group's new material, "We spent the last three months in the rehearsal room working out stuff for the new album. Even though it's still in the making, we can already promise the songs are 100% POWERWOLF, taking off where Bible of the Beast ended. There's furious stuff, there's epic stuff — and all of it is catchy as hell."
Their fourth album was titled "Blood Of The Saints" and was released 29 July in Europe and 2 August in the United States.
Members
- Attila Dorn – vocals
- Matthew Greywolf – guitar
- Charles Greywolf – bass, guitar
- Roel van Helden – drums
- Falk Maria Schlegel – organ, keyboards[5]
Discography
- Return in Bloodred (2005)
- Lupus Dei (2007)
- Bible of the Beast (2009)
- Blood of the Saints (2011)
References
- ^ Metal Blade's Powerwolf page. Retrieved on 2010-03-19
- ^ http://www.bioandlyrics.com/powerwolf/biography. Retrieved on 2009-02-26
- ^ http://www.metalblade.co.uk/index.php?mod=artists&page=interviewdetail&id=51&interviewid=38. Retrieved on 2009-02-26.
- ^ http://www.powerwolf.net. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ^ http://www.metalblade.co.uk/index.php?mod=artists&page=detail&id=51. Retrieved on 2009-02-26