Benjamin Buss


Benjamin Buss is a German musician and graphic designer.
Buss is 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.
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 in 1999. In 1995 along with his schoolmate Pascal Flach he founded Red Aim.
He started Powerwolf along with 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, merchandise, artwork and layout for most of their albums.
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.

Associated acts

With Powerwolf