Powerglove
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| Powerglove | |
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| Origin | Boston, United States |
| Genre(s) | Nintendocore, heavy metal, Power Metal, speed metal |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | www.vgmetal.com |
| Members | |
| Alex Berkson Chris Marchiel Nick Avila Bassil Silver-Hajo |
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Powerglove is an instrumental American heavy metal band who play versions of classic video game themes. The band is named after the Power Glove, a NES controller accessory.[1]
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[edit] History
[edit] Total Pwnage and Metal Kombat (2005 - 2007)
The band is not signed to any record label, and does not record in a professional studio. Instead, they record their music in various locations and mix them in a home studio.[2] The band recorded and released its debut EP, Total Pwnage, in 2005 (to be re-released in 2008). The EP allowed the band to develop a kind of cult following. Over the followig two years, the band arranged and recorded what would become their debut, full-length album, Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man. The album met positive reviews[3][4][5][6][7] and opened the band up to many oppurtunites.
[edit] Rising Fame and Touring (2008)
Throughout 2008, following the release of the band's album, Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man, the band had found its way into many publications, such as Game Informer, Metal Hammer, and Gamepro, with interviews with the band members and album reviews.
In May 2008, the band embarked on their first U.S. tour with bands, Psychostick and Look What I Did. It was during this tour that extreme power metal guitarist Herman Li invited the band to open for his group, DragonForce, at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. After this performance, the band was invited to be a part of DragonForce's Ultra Beatdown U.S. and Canadian tour, which took place November-December of 2008 along with the Finnish metal band Turisas.
[edit] New album (2009 - present)
Since then, the band has begun writing their third album, yet to be titled, stated by the band on their MySpace page.[8] It has been stated that they will most likely record their new album as they recorded Metal Kombat[2], and have demo recordings for three possible songs.[2]
[edit] Vocalist
At one point Powerglove was considering looking for a vocalist, but could never find the right fit for the music.[2] Guitarist Chris Marchiel stated that if they had lyrics, they would be phenomenally stupid and they would be funny at first, but get old very fast.[2] He stated that they are a joke band, but take their music very seriously, and there would be no way to write serious lyrics.[2] In addition, Marchiel stated a general dislike for today's selection of metal vocalists, calling them mediocre and homogeneous.[2]
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Chris Marchiel — guitar
- Alex Berkson — guitar
- Nick Avila — bass
- Bassil Silver-Hajo — drums
- Zach Caruthers;- Lead singer
[edit] Session musicians
- Spalding — bass (2005)
- Matt Piggot — guitar, synth programming (2007)
- Simon Jeker — saxophone (2007)
[edit] Discography
- Total Pwnage (2005)
- Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man (2007)
[edit] See also
- The Minibosses, one of the very first game-music cover bands, focusing mainly on NES tunes.
- Coffin Caddies, A Pop-Punk band which plays original songs based on Video Game and Comic Books.
- The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.
- The NESkimos, another band which plays covers of Nintendo music, but adds a very heavy style to it.
- MegaDriver, another band which plays covers of video game music, mostly of the Sega Genesis (or "Mega Drive" outside North America) but also plays Nintendo covers, with a heavy metal style.
- PRESS PLAY ON TAPE, another band which plays covers of video game music (Commodore 64 music, in the genre of rock).
- The Megas, a band which covers Mega Man songs, adding lyrics to expand on the game's story.
- Stemage, a band which covers Metroid.
[edit] References
- ^ Janjanian, Armen (2006-11-16). "Powerglove - Total Pwnage". The Metal Observer. http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=6&id=11116. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g 10 Questions with Powerglove. spinelanguage. May 24, 2009. http://spinelanguage.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/10-questions-with-powerglove/.
- ^ Damigella, Rick (2008-07-05). "Powerglove - Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man Review". G4. http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/686773/Powerglove__Metal_Kombat_for_the_Mortal_Man_Review.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ Rademacher, Brian (2008). "Rock Eyez Webzine: Powerglove- "Metal Combat For The Mortal man"- Demo Review". Rock Eyez Webzine. http://www.rockeyez.com/reviews/demo/powerglove/rev-powerglove.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ Strader, Brandon (2008). "Album Review POWERGLOVE- Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man :: Maelstrom :: Issue No 60". Maelstrom. http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/review_iss60_4472.php?sid=aa9f783a8137ebf7148714f947667a98§ion=3. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ "Powerglove - Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man (2007)". Department of Virtuosity. 2008. http://www.hmpmag.pl/dovmag/index.php?m=070766. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ Porter, Jason (2007-11-29). "Powerglove - Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man". Game Chronicles. http://www.gamechronicles.com/features/powerglove/mkmm.htm. Retrieved on 2009-06-11.
- ^ Strader, Brandon (February/March 2008). "Powerglove interview". Ezine issue #60. Maelstrom.nu. http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/complete_iss60.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
