Matthew_Greywolf

Matthew Greywolf

Matthew Greywolf

German guitarist (born 1977)

"B.B. Foxworth" redirects here. For the American actor, see Robert Foxworth.

Benjamin Buss (pronounced [ˈbɛnjaˌmiːn bʊs]; born 7 October 1977),[1] best known by his stage name Matthew Greywolf, is a German musician, best known as the lead guitarist and a main songwriter in the power metal band Powerwolf.[2]

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He's married to a photographer Janine Buss.[3]

Biography

Greywolf performing with Powerwolf at Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar in 2019
Greywolf performing with Flowing Tears in 2004

Buss comes from Wadgassen. He was raised in a Catholic family.[4] He became interested in heavy metal music when he was 11 years old.[5]

In 1994, along with other people he started a band Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers. He was a guitarist and a keyboardist of the band.[6] They changed their name to Flowing Tears in 1999. In 1995 along with his schoolmate Pascal Flach he founded Red Aim.[7]

He started Powerwolf along with Charles Greywolf (David Vogt) in 2003.[8] He's the main songwriter of the band and a member that appears in most of the interviews with the group.[9][4] He also designed the stage setup, merchandise, artwork and layout for most of their albums.[10]

When asked if he was a Christian or a Satanist, Matthew Greywolf answered: "I am a metalist, a metal fan. Metal is my religion. Look at all these people, what unites them? I can tell you, it's the fucking metal".[4]

He claims that his main musical influences are Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Michael Schenker Group, Mercyful Fate, Paradise Lost, Tiamat, New Model Army, Dead Can Dance and countless others.[2][11]

Discography

With Powerwolf

Main article: Powerwolf discography

With Flowing Tears

Main article: Flowing Tears § Discography

With Red Aim

Main article: Red Aim § Discography

Guest appearances

  • Autumnblaze – Every Sun Is Fragile (2013; guitar on track 10 "Verglimmt")[12][13]

Equipment

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References

  1. [1]
    "Matthew Greywolf – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Matthew Greywolf | POWERWOLF". Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Lighthouse in Darkness". facebook.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. [4]
    Hammer, Tom Dare2015-08-18T10:00:00Z Metal (18 August 2015). "Powerwolf: "Too many bands take themselves too seriously!"". Metal Hammer Magazine. Retrieved 1 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. [5]
    "Powerwolf : retour sur l'expérience". RADIO METAL (in French). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. [7]
    "BODYCHECK Nr.11". heavy-metal.de. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. [8]
    "International erfolgreiche saarländische Metal-Band Powerwolf setzte neues Album in Saarbrücken in Szene". 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. [9]
    "INTERVIEW: Matthew Greywolf – Powerwolf". Distorted Sound Magazine. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Interview с Powerwolf". DARKSIDE.ru. Retrieved 29 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  11. [11]
    "Flowing Tears". 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Autumnblaze – Every Sun Is Fragile – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  13. [13]
    "AUTUMNBLAZE". autumnblaze-kingdom.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  14. [14]
    Inc, Equipboard. "Matthew Greywolf's Equipboard". Equipboard. Retrieved 19 February 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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