GLORYHAMMER - Holy Flaming Hammer Of Unholy Cosmic Frost (Official Video) | Napalm Records

New album out on June 2nd, 2023 via Napalm Records!
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Mighty warriors! His Imperial Dundaxian Highness King Angus McFife, the First of His Name, Lord of Dundee, Scion of Pitlochry and the Outer Reaches of Aviemore, Thane of Auchtermuchty, Celestial Regent of the East Neuk and All Other Locations Unknown to Mankind, hereby invites you to his mighty citadel of Dundee to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the defeat of Zargothrax and his imprisonment in the frozen pool of liquid ice! Behold the mighty city in all its splendors, defended by the invincible Knights of Crail, and join in the revels for a great feast in the Marketgait Courtyard! Many flagons of ale shall be quaffed, and the grand83*J W8,..12 48jASD...INITIATING INTERDIMENSIONAL SUBSPACE RELAY...INCOMING TRANSMISSION...ACTIVATE ZARGOTHRAX CLONE ALPHA 1.

[@emetanti]

Zargothrax, Album 1: Undead Unicorns and putting Dundee on ice. Zargothrax, Album 2: Chaos Wizards, Demons and summoning Super Satan. Zargothrax, Album 3: Proletius, Death Knights of Crail, tries to ascend to godhood. Zargothrax, Album 4: Emergency clone, nukes, a laserblaster and basket weaving. Credit where credits due, he keeps finding new tools of evil.

[@KazeKoichi]

I don't think he'll ever beat the evil of basket weaving.

[@RApollos107]

BEHOLD THE ULTIMATE TOOL OF EVIL! THIS BASKET I MADE BY HAND!

[@thegamerator10]

Basket weaving, truly the most diabolical evil he's ever cooked up.

[@emetanti]

​​@@thegamerator10e was so passionate about weaving baskets as he does spells that he went evil, pretty legit argument for the basket weaving being the root of all evil.

[@umbralumbreon7380]

@@RApollos107OBSERVE IT’S INTRICATE WEAVE AND QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP!

[@erichenn8154]

Knights of Crail: Dundee will never fall! Dundee: Falls immediately.

[@KazeKoichi]

Normal for them.

[@chupol5659]

KABOOM

[@ailius1520]

They swore a mighty oath *to say* "Dundee will never fall!" As long as they can utter the battle cry before the nuke goes off, they've fulfilled the oath.

[@luchomscyfy]

At last! Zargothrax reclaimed his 360° keyboard!

[@allenhernandez3350]

I swear you need magic powers to play a 360 keyboard and I love it!!! Little Wizard ring

[@deus_v00lt38]

exactly

[@spagettech]

I think this might actually be the origin story of the keyboard as i believe this album is set before Legends from Beyond

[@wesleythomas7125]

Let Dundee tremble!

[@GrandiaKnight]

It's a prequel so technically it's the origin of how he gets the keyboard

[@juszi6925]

It's Scotland all right. Epic mages, Knights, axes, magic hammer, and it all ends up with a fistfight anyway.

[@KazeKoichi]

All of them decided to multiclass into monks.

[@steakmaster4897]

Don’t forget the nukes

[@joakimbjorkgren3511]

Dinnae forget tha dwarves!

[@BSRaven]

Only because some ned nicked the hammer.

[@Papyrus1902]

3:33 I love how Zargothrax immediately goes killing the key guy to take back his place

[@AceDinwen]

Priorities

[@rothbardfreedom]

Exactly at 3:33 Meaning 6:66 divided by two

[@andrewvarney5687]

"Mom said it's my turn on the keyboard."

[@shadow101class]

They dared to defile Zargothrax's Unholy Circular Keyboard of Chaotic Laser Fire

[@nerdicwarrior]

I think that's the same guy he kills in the Fly Away video.

[@allenhernandez3350]

It’s nice to finally get to see the kingdom of dundee without it on fire for once 🥰 Edit: oh.

[@briang.2218]

lmfao had that exact same reaction

[@itpandah5553]

Got bamboozled fr

[@Maddog3060]

Gloryhammer will never let Dundee survive for long. XD

[@daan3898]

@@briang.2218 big bada boom.

[@Nordico_Gaming]

the destruction of dundee is a fix point in time, doesnt matter the timeline, it willbe destroyed one way or another.

[@jeffscrungle6179]

I just realized this album is about a shadowy wizard who legalizes nuclear bombs

[@briang.2218]

Huh! Interesting. They're really leaning into the world-building. Kinda dig the way they open it like a DM opening up a campaign and laying out the setting. With that opening, it really is kinda nice to see what Dundee looks like when it's not being destroyed by undead unicorns, chaos wizards, or an entire army of horrifying fecal zombies. EDIT: holy shit they nuked Scotland

[@ripit.3457]

“lyle LYLE WAKE UP THEY NUKED SCOTLAND THEY NUKED FUCKING SCOTLAND”

[@alexandercross9081]

Technically, it was Dunkeld that got attacked by the horrifying fecal demons

[@DragonaxFilms]

When the leitmotif from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex started up and it played the translated Morse Code, I got goosebumps. Gloryhammer is my favorite D&D campaign xD

[@Aevasrealm]

Bionicle and gloryhammer and dnd, you are legendary

[@CaptainActually1]

Ah, the obligatory song about the hammer. Now it's a Gloryhammer album!

[@emmanuelgarcia7759]

Don't know why but I feel like there will he 2 songs about the hammer in this album

[@CamelotGaming]

It just wouldn't be the same without it.

[@nerdicwarrior]

It's not a Gloryhammer album without a song about a hammer.

[@petertapola8097]

This video further cements the fact the we want and need a Gloryhammer movie or series, animated or live action.

[@AmogusEpic]

If Avatar were able to make a metal musical, surely gloryhammer could

[@benr717]

With the same level of CGI quality

[@nickderosa175]

I am all for this idea

[@legoguydude7069]

Yeah, but I don't want any other studio or director to do it. It should just be these guys, with maybe half again as much budget as goes into their music videos.

[@vidvicious]

We need a whole Napalm Records shared universe.

[@Brynjar1]

Normal nukes: from the sky Zargothrax nukes: from the cellar

[@thetruegoldenknight]

CHAOS!

[@dwyanecelestial7354]

Nuke Magick ⚡

[@ronibertsntiag881]

and its pointy. to strike fear into the hearts of those who see it.

[@roadrider720]

Thats where the most evil nukes come from of course.

[@son_of_the_heavymetal1142]

So, the clone setup by the OG Zargothrax showed up to an alternate reality of the OG Dundee (Medieval Times) and brought himself 800 kilotons of nuclear justice with him. He probably screamed "Parry this you medieval paesant" before hurling a nuke at Angus.

[@downcastcharter5080]

PROLETIUS LIVES! FINALLY, HE ISN’T THE FIRST CASUALTY FOR ONCE!

[@silverbladeofnorth7345]

"RALATHOR ANGRY NOISES"

[@Wanderingsage7]

No, that would be the one mage who's name I don't know. (Though they seem to have resurective immortality since they also get got in 'fly away' so, iunno.)

[@sanemero3940]

'Ralathor fires his final defense' 'Missiles of NUCLEAR JUSTICE' 'The Deathknights are suddenly vaporized' 'Proletius dies'

[@azazelreeds]

Zargothrax really just said 'Fuck it, unleash the nukes!"

[@andrewvarney5687]

So that's what Ralathor got the idea in Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny.

[@Aevasrealm]

​@@andrewvarney5687 missiles of nuclear justice

[@ИванИпатов-ы6л]

Nuclear missiles of (in)justice)

[@CleaningCaptain]

4:25 "Well nuts, I'm going to get turned into a pile of radioactive ash; This is just so annoying."

[@fireandfeathers6394]

Well, this explains why the other video- the animated one- is in a post apocalyptic wasteland! What an absolute banger~

[@Maediros1]

I swear the song titles just get longer and longer xD

[@sachadossantos7972]

wich make them less frightening than the throngler

[@Zimfier3]

It's going to hit isekai light novel length at this rate.

[@kennethford3550]

The manga of music

[@starxhilmie]

thats not what she said

[@NecroVulture]

Just wait until you see the name of the last song on the album

[@AmericanArchon]

Awesome song! Also, you know any fortress defended by the Knights of Crail is doomed to fall :P

[@AceDinwen]

But... This time Proletius DIDN'T DIE!!!111!

[@marcusvasbinder489]

They’re only good at attacking lol

[@danielbob2628]

Any fortress they attack is doomed to fall too, though! Seems like they could just lean up against any fortress wall and the whole place would just collapse.

[@datboin8669]

I heard the Knights of Crail were the ones guarding Constantinople in 1054

[@SzandorAdinsx]

They do have a terrible track record.

[@agni-kai132]

Proletius voice: if i had a farthing for every time i died in a horrible nuclear bombardment, id have two farthings, which isnt a lot but it is weird it happened twice

[@sanemero3940]

Ralathor fires his final defense Missiles of NUCLEAR JUSTICE the deathknights are suddenly vaporized Proletius dies

[@peacockfilletsteak]

If you watch with captions, the end when Proletius lifts up the armor it says "Do not want" and I just busted out laughing! Fantastic.

[@petertapola8097]

You got a theory of what it means? First thing that popped into my mind was Jon Snow :P

[@2st486]

read alestorm's captions. in the last videos they went off the rails XD

[@Maddog3060]

I'm glad I saw this before posting about it. I'm late, I know. But man is that freakin' funny. Whoever does the captions for Napalm Records is a funny bastard.

[@samuelduarte5093]

holy+unholy=neutral fire+frost/ice=water so its just a neutral water hammer

[@destroyer68175]

Nah, the head of the hammer sets you on fire, but it has an aura of evil frost for the double whammy. Because fuck zargothrax.

[@ailius1520]

No, it's a *cosmic* hammer since that didn't get cancelled out by anything.

[@alexandercross9081]

Nah, flamimg is the descriptor. It is a holy hammer that appears to be flaming that governs unholy cosmic frost. But that's a mouthful, so we get, Holy flaming hammer of unholy cosmic frost

[@Brownd55]

Enable subtitles and watch the ending, you will not be disappointed

[@Donnerwamp]

Can confirm, enable subtitles for the end, it's a fine chuggle!

[@_zanetello_9883]

Did he kill the wrong Angus?

[@joaolira7]

😮

[@glimmer6819]

But what does it mean?

[@CthulhuOnCam]

No not want!

[@PaulKwiatkowski]

This is my favorite Warcraft 2 cinematic.

[@svensorensen7693]

Nailed it.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

The main artifact came straight from the Diablo series.

[@РоманЖуравлев-п4б]

This is so incredibly... CATCHY... epic... and fairy... taily... and hammerly... suddenly... WARHEADS!!! IS THERE ANYTHING NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT!!

[@potatokiller4188]

The CGI is so terrible, I love it!

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

Special defects?

[@therealfriday13th]

Isn't that the point?

[@guilhermitose]

Better than Marvel's CGI

[@WordofSil]

It's actually not bad - better than some series

[@joeyverliesharen]

It's not terrible if it's a conscious stylistic choice. They're just completely embracing the fact that it won't look completely photorealistic.

[@justjoe5373]

Reminds a lot of their older stuff, especially the first album. Love the song, I hope we get more songs like this one Also love how they tossed in Sanctus Dominus in there

[@spagettech]

Yeah I'm getting serious first album vibes from this song and im loving it

[@thetruegoldenknight]

INFERNUS! AD ASTRA!

[@pandacosmique3309]

Ngl, you had me at "welcome mighty heroes" but HOLY SHIT I WASN'T READY FOR WHAT HAPPEN NEXT

[@lucierfolk]

First listen: Rhapsody/First album vibes. Classic, nice. After guitar solo: Wizard talking, more Sinister vibes... Okay what's next I was not prepared, WTF IS HAPPENING I LOVE THIS

[@tommasopilleri1452]

gloryhammer's happening

[@theironpill9296]

It has a strong "Rhapsody vibe", that's for sure. Shaping up to be an epic, legendary tale of unicorns and nuclear devastation... The new singer is great imo.

[@NarutoGeek411]

My Spotify DJ just played this song for me because I've listened to some Gloryhammer in the past. I was cry laughing at the name because I wasn't expecting it. 10/10 best part of my day

[@sergentboucherie]

There is one thing that the army of Dundee needs : a crocodile. He could be named Dundee crocodile, he would speak with an accent from New Zealand and have a big spoon as his weapon

[@irateastartes1206]

Far be it from me to question a dark lord, but it strikes me as... unwise to have your armory of nuclear ordinance right next to your extra life clones. It seems an enterprising rouge could take advantage of that.

[@TrainsGD]

By the holy flaming hammer Of unholy cosmis frost! I will voyage across the multiverse to fight for what was lost! I love the finale

[@sjacpswbs03162005]

Usually I’d get mad and be like spoilers, but that was so damn good

[@HalfBloodBrony]

Thought, sense angus is from 1022 I imagine he got to the nuke and was like “wait I have no clue how to disarm this thing, I don’t even know what it is”

[@mitchnewara3229]

As is DnD, bad luck at the worst of times.

[@alexanderlambert295]

I swear, I can just hear him going 'fuck' right at the end there.

[@Defectivania]

his confused face a second before it goes off really sells it 😆

[@andrewbrigmond8784]

"I Forgot! These things won't be invented until the 20th Century! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN THEM OFF!!!"

[@Zirisek_Art]

We know they did it for lore. And thats why we love them.

[@frostburn195]

As someone who got introduced to Gloryhammer by this song, I'm gonna say that it's a great introduction. Love how it creates the expectation of a medieval RPG metal song and then turns 180 into a freakin' scifi. And since I was raised on Might & Magic games which mixed scifi and fantasy in a similar fashion, I am absolutely in love. Currently listening to the entire album for a 2nd day already, and diving into their other work. Why didn't I know about them before?! The whole Return to the Kingdom of Fife is a masterpiece! BY THE HOLY FLAMING HAMMER OF UNHOLY COSMIC FROST!

[@Xarou]

3:29 Man, if the guy who gets sacked while playing the keyboard is the same guy who dies in Fly Away... he doesn't have much luck.

[@Komotau4691]

RIP member of the band who just wanted save Dundee from nuke and vampires and blowed into air. You will be forever in our hearts.

[@EvgenyEGOROV]

PROLETHIUS SURVIVED!

[@Abegilr_Dragonrider]

Well, you see, that bomb wasn't filled with Nuclear Justice.

[@levesteM]

The missile was nuclear, but it was missing the justice.

[@svensorensen7693]

Seems he's only vulnerable to missiles of nuclear justice, not missiles of nuclear injustice.

[@MagosJCDentonus451]

A HERO CANNOT BE DEFEATED

[@guyincognito5663]

You need more than make him die to defeat a hero.

[@DamianPA757]

one of my favourites now

[@tacdragzag7464]

Man am I glad the 360° keyboard still is a thing...

[@bunnygirl95]

The final "Do not want" caption really made me laugh XD

[@daughterofyith5393]

It feels great to have Fife visualised like this, live action or animated. I love every second of this new album so far!

[@broadbandislife]

DnD Magic Item Loot Table Run Amok: The Title

[@tanamoxv2160]

"DUNDEE WILL NEVER FALL!" That aged like fresh milk…

[@ignispurgatorius5297]

Holy Flaming Hammer Of Unholy Cosmic Frost, aka that moment when your DM has just given up on your group or runs out of material. ;)

[@sly387]

dude i so wish a movie company picked this up and sank millions of dollars into this, itd be sick

[@KazeKoichi]

Unless it's Netflix, they'll ruin everything.

[@Decebalus]

I'd just like to record here, in the event that almost all of humanity perishes and a few survivors are tasked with rebuilding, if some historian of the future sees this, let it be known this music video is a true and accurate account of the events that led to the destruction of the world as we know it.

[@Ivanklord]

Oh no..... They've done it again.... Another song dedicated to a hammer...

[@secondrook6500]

They can't keep getting away with it!

[@ailius1520]

I like how Zargothrax has at least 3 missiles but saves 2 of them in case he has to nuke Dundee again later.

[@РоманЖуравлев-п4б]

Unbelievable catchy! Also.... nukes?!?!

[@anjaevers848]

Gloryhammer are one of the best Power Metal-Bands!

[@repcac3199]

Funny how every time Zarg gets revived he instantly goes to play the magic keyboard

[@egge6145]

Priorities am I right

[@brittanyarmstrong2352]

I love the background sound tech guy who plays the knight Zargothrax pushes aside. He's great, can never remember his name but he was good in the Fly Away video too!

[@LasseLammert]

Zak

[@Llodg]

This song is so good. I love the call backs to the past 2 albums. I can’t wait to hear them live next week!

[@Thereallifebasil]

Already listening on repeat all day, great work guys.

[@SaltyWarPig]

The Sword Lord of the Goblin Horde has entered the chat...

[@ГеоМимик]

Seems like we follow the same structure. Dundee is royally zargothraxed in the first song and through the album Angus [insert number here] gains power, artifacts and mighty warriors to get revenge in the last track. The only question is how Hootsman is going to save the day this time? (We already have Deus Ex Hootsman in the first album, detonation of nuclear heart in the second album and (literally) Deus ex Hootsman in the third album) Anyhow, love Sozos and much appreciate lyrics. Still going strong

[@Murmarine]

Okay, third song on the album and we are nuking people already! G O O D!

[@WillcraftAnimations]

Ah... Another album, another song about this darn hammer. In a chaotic and ever-changing multiverse, there are some constants that can still be depended on.

[@gabubfmvforever]

The title sounds like some weapon enchantment getting out of hand in Skyrim/Oblivion. Love it

[@AlexSanchez0501]

Oh dear lord of dundee, we need a Gloryhammer comic series or something this is wonderful.

[@dunkleosteusterrelli4064]

"Somehow, Zargothrax returned..."

[@pabloncabana6297]

At this point Zargothrax is more like Reverse Flash or Kang, an enemies that always come back because kill him is kill the reality itself.

[@alexandercross9081]

I mean at least this was forshadowed

[@pheonixblue01]

Thanks for showing me you kick as much ass as the last lead. I was worried for the fun of the albums.

[@fabiocastello3118]

Can't wait for the upcoming album! Seems like a masterpiece's coming 😍

[@thedrinkingpainter5891]

where are we in the Gloryhammer universe?, as in which king and what universe? because i seem to remember Angus the 13th (thomas) dying and now were here , am a tad confused. (have we gone back in time?

[@cristiankinzel9529]

Zargothrax was defeated by Angus XIII but before he died he awakened an Alpha-1 clone in the time of Angus II. So now we're back to right after the first album.

[@BlackHayateMX]

Correct. At the end of the previous album, a message was sent to the year 1022, from a different reality. The message to activate the clone.

[@hgababu]

yep, sozos plays angus mcfife the 2nd

[@pagacco]

Yes, because Zargothrax activated a clone that is active a bit after "Tales from the Kingdom of Fife"

[@GrandeJota0526]

I think we are in a different timeline, since this is Angus McFife, first of his name, but, in the description, we are at a 30 year celebration of defeating Zargothrax and imprisoning him in ice

[@jakebarnfield3862]

Im so hyped for the whole album

[@beagledebby]

I'm so looking forward to the album, love Sozos' voice and live performance! 🔥

[@JazzKazoo0930]

Can we talk about how fucking raw the line at 1:46 is? The delivery from sozos on that is fucking immaculate

[@Suiax]

@JazzKazoo0930 YES!!!!!! Sozos is one of Power Metal's finest, these days! Maybe even all time.

[@il2pinguinoss259]

Me at the begining : oh interesting they turn back to a more medieval fantasy setting... 2:37 Zargothrax clone alpha 1 : ACCROSS THE INFINITE VOID OF TIME AND SPACE... *nuke bombing*

[@megmorningstar4250]

someone: do you want to go futuristic or historical route on this album? Gloryhammer: yES

[@dizegan7919]

I'm a simple man, i see a new single of Gloryhammer, i press like

[@ZechsKasshu]

Long live Gloryhammer long live nerd metal.

[@NIGHTvdj]

alright, alright, hands down the BEST homage ever subtitles at 4:52! (and pretty solid song, too!)

[@Kamylospl]

nuclear wizard? Did somebody say shadow wizard money gang?

[@quercusquercus532]

7 days til Gloryhammer.

[@andreagrossi7656]

In "The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny", Proletius dies vaporized by Ralathor's barrage of missiles of nuclear justice. In this timeline however, Proletius gets blasted in the face by a nuke, yet survives.

[@darth_dan8886]

Dundee just cannot catch a break

[@nartuz5016]

Amazing song, can't wait for the new chapter of the Dundee saga

[@Master7of7Disaster7]

Finally centered on zagothrax😢- apparently he got a reboot

[@Abegilr_Dragonrider]

So that's the origin of the mushroom cloud on the album cover!

[@bunnymaid]

Already ordered! I love the extra cds with the orchestral versions \\^^//

[@-SeventeenF]

Oh look, you didn't forget to have a guitar solo in this one. Very nice.

[@LadyYautjaSpacePirate]

Space wizards invades medieval Scotland!

[@spiceyslicey]

This is amazing, I wish Scotland was real

[@angelaharrison5212]

Scotland is real

[@alexandercross9081]

Don't we all

[@mrvsbhs]

Need a Saturday morning cartoon show about Gloryhammer

[@alexandercross9081]

Done in the style of the Keeper of the Celestial Fire of Abernathy video

[@stalker-svk]

good music to listen while doing high level M+ runs in WoW

[@MasterZelgadis]

Now what we NEED nextis a proper video for Maleficus Geminus 😁

[@milenasaek8280]

The story so good, i'd watch a whole full movie about it >< PS: Reading the comments is so much fun here hehe

[@syrupbeard6231]

Zargothrax is having quite a winning streak. Good for him. Don't stop believing ✨

[@alexandercross9081]

I mean, the 203 years spent mastering combat magic and time travel in the Terror Vortex really helped out

[@andrewvarney5687]

A few thoughts to ponder..... 1) Is the Silver Gun mentioned in Universe on Fire the same weapon as the Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem? 2) Holy Flaming Hammer of Unholy Cosmic Frost makes the one-time Sozos portrays Angus I (as the character meets his demise after Zargothrax A-1 activates the floor nukes). And that also means that Sozos has been 3 different incarnations of Angus, Angus V in Fly Away and of course Angus II for the rest of this album. 3) Do we count the destruction of the Castle via the nukes as a defeat for the Knights of Crail? (At least Proletius didn’t die this time, unlike his evil alternate counterpart from Terrorvortex) 4) Zargothrax A-1 apparently knows the Multiform technique/shadow clone Jutsu. 5) At 4:27 Angus the 1st "Guess I'll die."

[@christianherrera2734]

I love the universe medieval space & music of this freaks!! 🔥lml 🔥

[@alexanderfortner1062]

This is like the 3rd best in the album

[@Wanderingsage7]

I like that they really seem to be having fun with these.

[@davinchi3228]

So you guys planning on making book i would definitely read it

[@stonedinthewasteland]

Holy Hooting Hammer of Holy Hooting Frost. Hoots?

[@Donnerwamp]

Hoots!

[@JamesNalacar]

Next banger title by Gloryhammer leaked

[@guyincognito5663]

Absolutely Hoots.

[@bassforhire555]

HOOTS!!

[@BlackWind-rx5il]

Hoots!

[@BlackHermit]

Strong song Gloryhammer.

[@samg5582]

Strong King of the Nordic Twilight vibes here, love this!

[@waynesalvidge8244]

Awesome. Thanks

[@brentlockman7195]

Dwarf part just made me wonder if Windrose were about to show up. Bomb video. ...too soon?

[@jooptablet1727]

For the Haaammer the Hooooots and Dundeeeeee!!! For the realm where Unicorns invaaaade!!!

[@janjodas7001]

This is so dumb, I freaking love it, including the fact that most of CGI is just half of the screen flipped to the other. I kinda feel like Fly Away was not the best song to introduce Sozos, he is killing it in both of the new songs.