Benjamin Buss (; born 7 October 1977), best known by his stage name Matthew Greywolf, is a German musician, best known as the guitarist and a main songwriter in the power metal band Powerwolf. He's married to a photographer Janine Buss.

Biography

Buss comes from Wadgassen. He was raised in a Catholic family. He became interested in

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when he was 11 years old. In 1994, along with other people he started a band Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers. He was a guitarist and a keyboardist of the band. They changed their name to

Flowing Tears Flowing Tears was a German gothic metal band founded in 2003 in Wadgassen. Their original name was Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers, which they used for their first several releases. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Helen Vogt, gui ...

in 1999. In 1995 along with his schoolmate Pascal Flach he founded Red Aim. He started Powerwolf along with Charles Greywolf (David Vogt) in 2003. He's the main songwriter of the band and a member that appears in most of the interviews with the group. He also designed the stage setup,

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, artwork and layout for most of their albums. When asked if he was a

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or a

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, Matthew Greywolf answered: "I am a metalist, a metal fan. Metal is my religion. Look at all these people, what unites them? I can tell you, it's the fucking metal". He claims that his main musical influences are Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Michael Schenker Group, Mercyful Fate,

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, Tiamat,

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, Dead Can Dance and countless others.

Discography

With Powerwolf

* ''

Return in Bloodred ''Return in Bloodred'' is the first full-length studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf, released in 2005. History First songs for the album, such as "Mr. Sinister" and "We Came to Take Your Souls", which were completed in the f ...

'' (2005) * '' Lupus Dei'' (2007) * '' Bible of the Beast'' (2009) * '' Blood of the Saints'' (2011) * '' Preachers of the Night'' (2013) * ''

Blessed & Possessed ''Blessed & Possessed'' is the sixth studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf, released on 17 July 2015 by Napalm Records. The band wrote it during 2014 and began recording it in January 2015 at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Swed ...

'' (2015) *'' The Sacrament of Sin'' (2018) * '' Metallum Nostrum'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2021)

With Flowing Tears

* ''Swansongs'' (1996) * ''Joy Parade'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Razorbliss ''Razorbliss'' is the fifth studio album by German gothic metal band Flowing Tears, the third under the moniker of Flowing Tears. It is the band's first album with vocalist Helen Vogt. Track listing Lineup *Helen Vogt – vocals *Benjami ...

'' (2004) * ''

Thy Kingdom Gone ''Thy Kingdom Gone'' is a concept album and the sixth full-length album by the German gothic metal band Flowing Tears. The cover art was made by Seth Siro Anton, who has previously worked with bands such as Moonspell, Soilwork, and Paradise Lost ...

'' (2008)

With Red Aim

* ''Call Me Tiger'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Flesh for Fantasy'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003)

Guest appearances

* Autumnblaze – ''Every Sun Is Fragile'' (2013; guitar on track 10 "Verglimmt")

Equipment

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greywolf, Matthew Powerwolf members Flowing Tears members Red Aim members German heavy metal guitarists Heavy metal keyboardists People from Saarlouis (district) Living people 1977 births