#gloryhammer live

[bean-there-done-that]

The best moment from the Gloryhammer concert: Zargothrax and Proletius dancing together to Universe on Fire

(I am losing my mind just a little bit, why is this so wholesome???)

[free-urban-clown]

This year I really started to explore more ska, I'm definitely not the most knowledgeable and I'm certain there are ska artists/bands I'd like that I haven't discovered. Though if I'm honest, I'm surprised that We Are The Union aren't in my top 5 artists had a blast listening to their stuff this year.

If I had to pick a few recommendations from stuff that released specifically this year, I'd probably suggest;

Summer Everyday by TWRP (and tbh that whole EP)

Where Did All My Friends Go? by Mustard Plug (the song AND album)

Beautiful Mind by Brian David Gilbert and Tom Cardy

Black Cat by Red Rum Club

wednesday by Ethan Gander

Also, apparently I listened to 362 artists this year? that's almost enough for one every day. i also listened to 964 different songs???

Outside of Ska this year is definitely the most experimental I've been since 2016 when I first got spotify and was exposed to bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Fratellis.

I'm definitely hoping to keep this broadening of my horizons going in 2024. One last thing, since Spotify started doing wrapped, this is the first year The Fratellis haven't absolutely DOMINATED my top 5 songs. (they still account for 19 out 100 songs aha)

[cbonfire]

power metal is ridiculous

[sei-kanopy]

Noone:

Sozos Michael: *turns "fire" into a six-syllable-word*

[dudawhenmaybeart]

ZARGOTHRAX, MASTER OF NIGHTMARES

KEEPER OF CELESTIAL FLAME

SORCERER, BOUND TO THE DARKNESS

EVIL LIES IN HIS BRAIN

DARK LORD ZARGOTHRAX, MASTER OF NIGHTMARES

KEEPER OF CELESTIAL FLAME

WIZARD KING, CHAOS INCARNATE

ZARGOTHRAX IS HIS NAME

feeling violently aromantic, any and all romance in my direction will be blown up

[uupiic]

Thank gods that’s over. The Unicorn Invasion, I mean. Everybody is happily dead, or splattered on the nearest surface (same thing, really).

Everybody but the wizard :)

Look! He got a brand new shiny wizard tower out of it! With a large fireplace! That’s what I call living the life!

From the ‘Keeper Of The Celestial Flame of Abernethy’ by Gloryhammer

[arcaneoddity]

I've been obsessed w Gloryhammer the past couple days and I'll get to see them live next week... their shit slaps so hard omg

[bean-there-done-that]

Silly moment from the Gloryhammer concert: Zargothrax pretends to play keyboard on Proletius' guitar

[pqleyr]

Are there any plans to release any of the orchestral arrangements as sheet music? I'm learning to play the violin and I'd love to someday play some of my favourite Gloryhammer songs.

I'd like to do that. I think it might take quite a while to create the scores but it would be a fun project. I would love to hear some of my music and arrangements performed by real live musicians!

[disastardly]

Hyper-specific poll time!

Honorable mentions: The Dead South (ran out of poll options), Taylor Swift (just missed the one year cutoff), Magic Sword (had tix but got too sick to go), The Crane Wives (had tix but my partner had to work and no one else could go with me)

[ask-the-crimson-king]

Saw Gloryhammer Live

Take Angus McFife II vs Zargothrax during the Unicorn Invasion of Dundee [CW for Flashing Lights and also terrible audio quality because I was Right Next to the amps]:

I hope the video actually works when it loads.

I also received +1 Staff of Cowdenbeath:

It was an awesome night. The set was good, I was very surprised to hear Questlords of Inverness of all songs.

Very good night. Now I get to look forward to Wind Rose in April.

[borealopelta]

i wrote one (1) ralathor with a kid fic ages ago which i since deleted off ao3 but i still like it sooo much actually. baby angus xiii interaction!!

anyway yeah ralathor is absolutely the Will Avoid Children At Any Cost kinda person(?) but if he Has to be in a situation with a child he's going to treat them so niceys....

once again thinking about ralathor interacting with a mcfife child. normal about it too!!! 👍

[adrasteaeydiate]

Two days ago I was at the Gloryhammer concert (with Beast in Black and Brothers of Metal) and WOW. With each subsequent concert, the guys are even better, the energy is amazing, and this castle - I saw it in photos from previous locations, but it looks ABSOLUTELY AMAZING in real life. I'm really more than impressed with the entire concert and these emotions will stay with me for a long time. And despite the huge queue, I managed to buy a tour shirt yay 🎉. And what I like most of all is that with each subsequent concert I have even more fun. Seeing the guys live really makes me happy - especially two days ago because the day of the concert was a hard day for me, but as soon as the guys appeared on stage my mood immediately went better 😁 What was funny (and awkward xd) was that during Keeper, a lot of people standing next to me didn't really know he lyrics and I started singing like a maniac and one lady was like 👀

And I'm still screaming internally because I managed to give Sozos the gift (actually it was box with 6 different gifts) I made for him - BUT I'M SCREAMING BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A RANDOM ACTION AND IT WAS SO SUDDEN AND SOZOS WAS SHOCKED AND KINDA CONFUSED? (AND ME TOO BECAUSE I FREEZED LIKE ZARGOTHRAX IN LIQUID ICE) AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE ???? I CAN'T 🤣 Normally I would never do something like this but I DID IT 😱 😍

[clouds-of-wings]

I may have said this before, but if you are curious about the behind-the-scenes finances and organization of metal bands, the Reddit comments of Chris Bowes (of Alestorm/Gloryhammer) are always super interesting to read.

He even gives numbers! Hardly anyone ever gives numbers!

[thegenderdruid]

about to see Gloryhammer live, extremely excited, second time seeing them but first as a headliner and first since the new album came out

[do-androids-dream-ao3acc]

Travel back 1000 years To a time before Dundee There lived a simple peasant Weaving baskets in a field But when a prince destroyed his home To build a kingdom new He forged a pact with chaos Swore to bring him to his doom A wizard did arise (concealed a clone beneath Dundee) The prince of Fife must die

(Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy, Gloryhammer)