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Glamour of the Kill (sometimes abbreviated as GOTK) were an English
post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
band from
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. They had a
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video of the week with the track "Feeling Alive".


History

"Glamour of the Kill" were formed in January 2007. They take their name from a line in the title track of He Is Legend's 2004 album, ''
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''. The band's mainstream popularity was assisted by a 10/10
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review for their debut demo EP, '' Through the Dark They March''. This led to tours with Bullet for My Valentine, Darkest Hour and
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. They have cited major influences as
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Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...
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,
Judas Priest Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in th ...
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, The Misfits, Black Flag,
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, and
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.


2008

In 2008, the band released their first licensed EP, ''
Glamour of the Kill Glamour of the Kill (sometimes abbreviated as GOTK) were an English post-hardcore band from York. They had a Kerrang! video of the week with the track "Feeling Alive". History "Glamour of the Kill" were formed in January 2007. They take thei ...
'', with independent label
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. This EP contained a re-recorded version of one of the previous EP's tracks, "Rise From Your Grave". ''Glamour of the Kill'' was given positive ratings from critics throughout the UK. On 15 June, the band made an appearance at
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alongside
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,
In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During t ...
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and others.


2009

2009 saw the band support the likes of
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and
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as well as making as this, GOTK played at the UK leg of
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, a European festival Headlined by
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and
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. This later led to the band touring with DragonForce in the UK in the winter of 2009. The track "A Hope In Hell" was also featured on the game ''
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''.


2010

2010 has already seen the band playing
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, a massive 38 date headline UK tour with support from Yashin titled "In For The Kill". The band have also appeared at Powerfest, Amsterdam, they also played the Red Bull stage at Download Festival 2010. On 28 October 2010, the band announced their first studio album, '' The Summoning''. A statement from the band via email to the G.O.L.D Members read "We are very happy to announce that our debut album "The Summoning" will be hitting all stores across Europe on 24 January 2011." On 13 November 2010, the band released the video for the first single off the upcoming album: "Feeling Alive". The video then went on to become an exclusive on
Kerrang! ''Kerrang!'' is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock, punk and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent (the same company that owns electronic music publication ''Mixmag''). It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one- ...
- becoming Video of the Week.


''The Summoning'' (2011)

On 24 January 2011, Glamour of the Kill released their first full studio album - '' The Summoning''. This album was supported by a 29-date tour of the UK, starting on 17 February at The Lamp in Hull, with the final date on 2 April; when the band played
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in Leeds. They continued their presence in the ''Dirt'' video game series, with "Feeling Alive" being on the soundtrack of ''
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''. From 5 October 2011 Glamour of the Kill will be one of the support acts for Forever The Sickest Kids UK tour along with Decade and Action Item. They played in Norwich, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Portsmouth and London. The tour ended on 13 October in London. For the first time, Glamour of the Kill played their full debut album in its entirety in Manchester, Newcastle, York and Leicester from 15 to 18 December.


''Savages'' (2012–2015)

The band opened for
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and
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along with
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across Europe and the UK in Jan/Feb. They then joined a European tour with Yashin and Dear Superstar across Europe in March/April. They were then added as the local support for the Newcastle date of the 2012 Jägermeister Music Tour, supporting
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,
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and
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. The event was performed at the O2 Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday 12 April 2012. Shortly after the band signed to eOne Entertainment Music worldwide. October/November saw the band fly out for their first tour of the US on the Inked Music Tour along with Alesana,
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and
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. Nov/Dec Band enter the studio to work on their second full-length album with producer
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and engineer Nick Scott. On 16 July, the first single off the band's upcoming second album, '' Savages'', was released, entitled "Break". On 3 September, the new music video for "Second Chance" was released on YouTube. In September 2013, Glamour of the Kill toured alongside
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as the support to
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on their Infamous UK Tour 2013. In March and April 2014, the band toured as main support for
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on their Welcome Home Tour. On 22 July 2015, the band announced that they were splitting up via an official statement on their Facebook page:


Resurrection (2018)

On 17 March 2018, the band officially announced their comeback. On 23 October 2018, the band released a new single called "Fire Fight" from the new upcoming album "Resurrection". The track was mixed and mastered by Innersound Audio Recording Studio. On 4 January 2019, the music video for "Resurrection", the title track off of the album, was released via the band's
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channel. The track was mixed and mastered by Innersound Audio Recording Studio.


Sporadic appearances and future (2019 - Present)

After the release of "Resurrection" the band went quiet, making only a few posts on social media before disappearing entirely. The final post on Facebook was made on the 17th November 2019; marking the 5 year anniversary since the EP ''After Hours''. As of 2020 it appears as though GOTK are no longer together as the members do not seem to be working together. With the beginning of 2022 Davey and Craig are in separate bands, Davey fronting a band called "DeadFlight" Who released their debut album "Arrival" on the 20th January 2022. Craig joined a band called Caskets; formerly known as Captives but had to change the name due to an Australia based band trademarking the name "Captives". Caskets released their full length debut on 13th of August 2021. Mike and Ben appear to be working outside the music industry.


Band members

* Davey Richmond –
lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
, bass (2007–2015; 2018–2019) * Mike Kingswood –
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
,
backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
(2007–2015; 2018–2019) * Chris Gomerson –
rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
, backing vocals (2007–2015) * Ben Thomson –
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
, backing vocals (2007–2015; 2018–2019) * Craig Robinson –
rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
, backing vocals (2018–2019)


Discography

;Studio albums *'' The Summoning'' (2011) *'' Savages'' (2013) ;EPs *''Through the Darkness They March'' (2007) *''Glamour of the Kill'' (2008) *'' After Hours'' (2014) ;Compilations *'' Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden'',
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. (16 July 2008)


References

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External links


Official website
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Glamour of the Kill Musical groups established in 2004 Musical quintets Musicians from York English metalcore musical groups