Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

Umm... Pirate metal? This is a new one to me. Are there any other bands out there that do this? I've just started listening to this album, and its actually quite catchy. I was expecting to have to stop it on account of lame silliness after 2 tracks. If metal bands existed in 1600 Caribbean America, they would sound something like Alestorm. Its kind of like viking metal, but with pirate themes instead of vikings. Or to steal a quote from their myspace page: "If pirates had a wall of Marshalls."


They lyrical content, since its sung by a vocalist that can be understood, seems to be about all your favorite pirate adventures involving drinking, sunken treasures, sailing the seas, and tavern wenches. "With the power of ale, he could not fail." These guys are Scottish, so I guess it's not that surprising that drinking is a large part of their lyrical inspiration.

Musically, this is great stuff. There's heavy riffs, some blistering solos, and damn catchy sing-a-long choruses involving drinking. These guys must be an absolute blast live.