Matthew Greywolf

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Matthew Greywolf

| image = Matthew Greywolf and Falk Maria Schlegel interview (MG cropped).jpg

| caption = Matthew Greywolf during an interview in 2018

| birth_name = Benjamin Buss

| alias = Matthew Greywolf
B.B. Foxworth

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1977|10|7}}

| birth_place = Wadgassen, Saarland, West Germany

| death_date =

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|power metal|gothic metal|doom metal|stoner rock|raga rock|punk rock}}

| instruments = {{hlist|Guitar|keyboards}}

| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}

| years_active = 1994–present

| label =

| current_member_of = Powerwolf

| past_member_of = Flowing Tears, Red Aim

| website =

}}

Benjamin Buss ({{IPA|de|ˈbɛnjaˌmiːn bʊs|pron}}; born 7 October 1977),{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Matthew_Greywolf/9936|title=Matthew Greywolf – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=metal-archives.com|access-date=1 September 2019}} best known by his stage name Matthew Greywolf, is a German musician, best known as the lead guitarist and a main songwriter in the power metal band Powerwolf.{{Cite web|url=https://www.powerwolf.net/band/matthew-greywolf/|title=Matthew Greywolf {{!}} POWERWOLF|access-date=1 September 2019}}

He's married to a photographer Janine Buss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/LighthouseInDarkness/photos/a.1268151373262278/1268151379928944/?type=3|title=Lighthouse in Darkness|website=facebook.com|access-date=27 September 2019}}

Biography

File:Powerwolf - 2019169202228 2019-06-18 Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar - 1652 - B70I3892 (cropped).jpg at Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar in 2019]]

File:Flowing Tears live 2004-07-04 (9).jpg in 2004]]

Buss comes from Wadgassen. He was raised in a Catholic family. He became interested in heavy metal music when he was 11 years old.{{Cite web|date=1 July 2020|title=Powerwolf : retour sur l'expérience|url=http://www.radiometal.com/article/powerwolf-retour-sur-experience,370707|access-date=4 August 2020|website=RADIO METAL|language=fr-FR}}

In 1994, along with other people he started a band Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers. He was a guitarist and a keyboardist of the band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Flowing_Tears_&_Withered_Flowers/64860#band_tab_members|title=Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=metal-archives.com|access-date=1 September 2019}} They changed their name to Flowing Tears in 1999. In 1995 along with his schoolmate Pascal Flach he founded Red Aim.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heavy-metal.de/stuff/memories/bodycheck/red_aim.htm|title=BODYCHECK Nr.11|website=heavy-metal.de|access-date=1 September 2019}}

He started Powerwolf along with Charles Greywolf (David Vogt) in 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aktuell/lokalnews/International-erfolgreiche-saarlaendische-Metal-Band-Powerwolf-setzte-neues-Album-in-Saarbruecken-in-Szene;art27857,4755229|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418034552/http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aktuell/lokalnews/International-erfolgreiche-saarlaendische-Metal-Band-Powerwolf-setzte-neues-Album-in-Saarbruecken-in-Szene;art27857,4755229|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2017|title=International erfolgreiche saarländische Metal-Band Powerwolf setzte neues Album in Saarbrücken in Szene|date=18 April 2017|access-date=1 September 2019}} He's the main songwriter of the band and a member that appears in most of the interviews with the group.{{Cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/interview-matthew-greywolf-powerwolf/|title=INTERVIEW: Matthew Greywolf – Powerwolf|date=17 July 2018|website=Distorted Sound Magazine|access-date=1 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/powerwolf-too-many-bands-take-themselves-too-seriously|title=Powerwolf: "Too many bands take themselves too seriously!"|last=Hammer|first=Tom Dare2015-08-18T10:00:00Z Metal|website=Metal Hammer Magazine|date=18 August 2015 |access-date=1 September 2019}} He also designed the stage setup, merchandise, artwork and layout for most of their albums.{{Cite web|url=https://www.darkside.ru/interview/515/|title=Interview с Powerwolf|website=DARKSIDE.ru|access-date=29 September 2019}}{{dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

When asked if he was a Christian or a Satanist, 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, Paradise Lost, Tiamat, New Model Army, Dead Can Dance and countless others.{{Cite web|url=http://www.flowingtears.de/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227181006/http://www.flowingtears.de/|archive-date=27 February 2012|title=Flowing Tears|date=27 February 2012|url-status=live|access-date=25 September 2019}}

Discography

= With Powerwolf =

= With Flowing Tears =

Swansongs (1996)
Joy Parade (1998)
Jade (2000)
Serpentine (2002)
Razorbliss (2004)
Thy Kingdom Gone (2008)

= With Red Aim =

Call Me Tiger (1999)
Saartanic Cluttydogs (2001)
Flesh for Fantasy (2002)
Niagara (2003)

= Guest appearances =

Autumnblaze – Every Sun Is Fragile (2013; guitar on track 10 "Verglimmt"){{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Autumnblaze/Every_Sun_Is_Fragile/383500|title=Autumnblaze – Every Sun Is Fragile – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=metal-archives.com|access-date=28 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://autumnblaze-kingdom.com/?og=1|title=AUTUMNBLAZE|website=autumnblaze-kingdom.com|access-date=28 September 2019}}

Equipment

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|+Instruments used by Matthew Greywolf{{Cite web|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/matthew-greywolf|title=Matthew Greywolf's Equipboard|last=Inc|first=Equipboard|website=Equipboard|language=en|access-date=19 February 2020}}

! style="background:#dde; width:175px;" |Instrument

! style="background:#dde; width:105px;" |Years used

ESP LTD DV8-R

|2003–2014

ESP LTD V-401

|2014–2016

Dean Guitars custom signature V Guitar

|2016–