| Glamour of the Kill | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | GOTK |
| Origin | York, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Glam Metal, Metalcore |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
| Labels | Siege of Amida |
| Members | |
| Davey Richmond Chris Gomerson Mike Kingswood Ben Thomson |
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Glamour of the Kill are an English band from York, United Kingdom. Also styled as 'GOTK' they have also had Kerrang! video of the week with the track 'Feeling Alive'.
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"Glamour of the Kill" were formed in January 2007. They take their name from a line in a He Is Legend track - I Am Hollywood The band's mainstream popularity was assisted by a 10/10 Metal Hammer review for their debut demo ep Through the Dark They March. This led to tours with Bullet for My Valentine, Darkest Hour and Avenged Sevenfold.
In 2008, the band licensed their debut release with independent label Siege of Amida Records. The self-titled Glamour of the Kill contained a re-recorded version of the previous EP's popular track 'Rise From Your Grave'. This EP was also given high ratings from critics throughout the UK. They were also a part of the Main Stage at the years Download Festival.
2009 saw the band support the likes of Escape The Fate and Wednesday 13 as well as making as this, GOTK played at the UK leg of Sonisphere, a European festival Headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park. This later lead 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 Dirt 2.
2010 has already seen the band playing Eurosonic Festival, Holland, 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 the that our debut album "The Summoning" will be hitting all stores across Europe on the 24th January 2011. Special Pre-order packages will be available with exclusive bonus content as well as additional exclusive songs! More info on that coming soon."
On November 13, 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! - becoming Video of the Week.
On January 24, 2011, Glamour of the Kill released their first full studio album - The Summoning. This album will be supported by a 29-date tour of the UK, starting on 17 February at The Lamp in Hull, with the final date on the 2nd of April, when the band will play The Cockpit in Leeds. They continued their presence in the Dirt video game series, with "Feeling Alive" being on the soundtrack of Dirt 3.
From October 5th, 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 will be playing in Norwich, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Portsmouth and London. The tour will come to an end on October 13th in London.
For the first time, Glamour of the Kill will be playing their full debut album in its entirety in Manchester, Newcastle, York and Leicester from the 15th December to the 18th.