Powerglove

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.
History
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. 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 and opened the band up to many oppurtunites.
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.
New albums (2009 - present)
Since then, the band has begun writing their third album, yet to be titled, stated by the band on their MySpace page. It has been stated that they will most likely record their new album as they recorded Metal Kombat.<ref name="10 Questions"/> At this point, the band had demo recordings for three possible songs.<ref name="10 Questions"/>
July 2009, guitarist Chris Marchiel stated in a blog on the band's official MySpace that the band is about to record two albums. The first, Marchiel hopes to have released later in 2009, will be centered around TV, cartoon, and movie themes the band grew up with. Some songs mentioned were the Pokémon theme song, Danny Elfman's "This Is Halloween" from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid, The Flintstones, and more. The second album, Marchiel hopes for a 2010 release, will return to the band's brand of video game metal. The only possibility mentioned for this album was Snake Man from Mega Man 3.
Vocalist
At one point Powerglove was considering looking for a vocalist, but could never find the right fit for the music.<ref name="10 Questions"/> 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.<ref name="10 Questions"/> He stated that they are a joke band, but take their music very seriously, and there would be no way to write serious lyrics.<ref name="10 Questions"/> In addition, Marchiel stated a general dislike for today's selection of metal vocalists, calling them mediocre and homogeneous.<ref name="10 Questions"/>
Band members
Current members
* Chris Marchiel — guitar
* Alex Berkson — guitar
* Nick Avila — bass
* Bassil Silver-Hajo — drums
Session musicians
* Spalding — bass (2005)
* Matt Piggot — guitar, synth programming (2007)
* Simon Jeker — saxophone (2007)
Discography
*2005: Total Pwnage
*2007: Metal Kombat for the Mortal Man
*2009: TV, cartoon, and movie album
*2010: Next video game album

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