Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex

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Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
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Studio album by
Released31 May 2019
Genre Power metal [1] [2]
Length49:30
Label Napalm
Producer Lasse Lammert
Gloryhammer chronology
Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
(2015)
Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
(2019)
Return to the Kingdom of Fife
(2023)
Singles from Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
  1. "Gloryhammer"
    Released: 12 April 2019 [3]
  2. "The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)"
    Released: 10 May 2019 [4]

Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex is the third studio album by Anglo-Swiss power metal band Gloryhammer. It was released on 31 May 2019. [5] It is the final album to feature vocalist Thomas Winkler. [6]

Contents

Story

After Earth was destroyed by the Hootsman in order to stop Zargothrax from summoning the Elder god Kor-Virliath, Zargothrax fled into the wormhole that was opened as a result ("Into the Terrorvortex of Kor-Virliath"). Angus McFife XIII followed him into the wormhole and upon reaching the other side he discovered a terrible alternate reality ("The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)"). Zargothrax has corrupted this reality and is slaughtering the peasants of the world. Angus attempts to stop Zargothrax but quickly finds that the Hammer of Glory has no power in this dimension. While Angus flees, Zargothrax proclaims himself the emperor of this land, commanding the corrupted Dreadlord Ser Proletius and the deathknights of Crail to slaughter more peasants in Auchtermuchty ("Masters of the Galaxy"). Angus McFife is told about a resistance far north in the Land of the Unicorns.

Upon reaching the resistance, he is met by Ralathor, the hermit of Cowdenbeath, now known as Submarine Commander Ralathor ("Land of Unicorns"). Ralathor tells Angus that he needs to charge his hammer by bringing it to the sun of this world, and to do this, he must find the Legendary Enchanted Jetpack ("Power of the Laser Dragon Fire"). Angus quests away to acquire the jetpack ("Legendary Enchanted Jetpack") and uses it to fly into outer space where he recharges his legendary Hammer of Glory ("Gloryhammer"). Returning to Fife, the resistance gathers aboard the flying Submarine, the DSS Hootsforce ("Hootsforce"). They head to Dunkeld and engage the forces of Zargothrax ("Battle for Eternity").

As the solar conjunction draws close, although Ralathor is able to wipe out Proletius and his deathknights, Zargothrax proclaims that there is nothing they can do to stop his ascension to godhood . Then a mighty hero with holy armor made from wolf descends from the heavens. This hero is soon revealed to be the Hootsman, who was not killed in the explosion but was instead merged with the fabric of reality and became a god in this universe. The Hootsman yells to Zargothrax that he is the one and only true god of this universe and with his power combined with the Hammer of Glory, they defeat Zargothrax forever.

However, as Zargothrax falls to liquid dust, Angus McFife realizes he was impaled by the Knife of Evil and will soon be left to the same fate that Ser Proletius was left to. Realizing that he would soon turn for the worse, Angus McFife ends his own life in the raging fires of Mount Schiehallion. As Angus dies, there is a mysterious morse code transmission reading out "Activate Zargothrax Clone: Alpha 1", implying that the battle for Fife is not over just yet. ("The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny").

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Into the Terrorvortex of Kor-Virliath"1:18
2."The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)"4:46
3."Masters of the Galaxy"4:25
4."The Land of Unicorns"4:24
5."Power of the Laser Dragon Fire"5:06
6."Legendary Enchanted Jetpack"4:18
7."Gloryhammer"5:00
8."Hootsforce"3:50
9."Battle for Eternity"3:52
10."The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny"
  • I. "Dundaxian Overture"
  • II. "The Battle of Cowdenbeath"
  • III. "Return of the Astral Demigod of Unst"
  • IV. "The Knife of Evil"
  • V. "Transmission"
12:33
Total length:49:32
Bonus 7" single
No.TitleLength
1."Hootsforce"3:50
2."On the Wings of a Rainbow"4:00
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."On the Wings of a Rainbow"3:54

Notes

Personnel

Credits for Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex adapted from liner notes. [7]

Gloryhammer

Additional musician

Choir

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 169
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 8

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