Hoist the sails! Crank the volume! Pirate metallers Calico Jack’s new EP ‘Jack Speak Shanties’ is out now via Rockshots Records, and to celebrate they released a video for the song ‘Wellerman’!
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Infamous metal pirates Alestorm batten down the hatches for new track ‘The Storm’, the last single unveiled before this Friday’s release of new album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’ via Napalm Records! Experience them live today at Graspop and this weekend at Nummirock, party guaranteed!
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Alestorm are back with their latest anthem of absurdity ‘Killed to Death by Piracy’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’, out next month with Napalm Records! Catch them live this summer at festivals like Graspop and Nummirock for a good party!
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Pirate metal heroes Alestorm announced their eight album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’, set for release in June via Napalm Records!
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A pirate’s life it will be! Folk metallers Calico Jack shared a video for ‘Marauder’, a track from their latest album ‘Isla de la Muerte’, out since last month via Rockshots Records. Fans of Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Equilibrium, Moonsorrow and Running Wild might want to pay attention!
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Scottish pirate folk outfit Anchorsmashed is back with a new track but still recovering, because they’re ‘Bloody Well Hungover’!
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Alcatraz has just added 14 new names to their bill, check them out here!
After a quite strong month with many releases by big names, it seems like February is more dedicated to the underground!
Festival Reports
The first day of Graspop was filled with amazing power metal from Powerwolf, Beast In Black and Warkings, nostalgia with Yellowcard and heavy metal legends with Iron Maiden for our reporter there!
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Report of the first day of Tuska 2024 with Lord of the Lost, I Am The Night, Alestorm, Infected Rain, Kerry King, Zeal & Ardor and Pendulum!
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A report of the pre-party day of Wacken Open Air 2019, a day to get already a bit warmed up for the madness that is to come!
Album Reviews
On their new album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’ out since yesterday with Napalm Records, Alestorm show their skills. They are not only a lot of fun, but also very good musicians, bringing in a couple of surprises along the journey! Those who see them at Nummirock today, have fun!
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Alestorm sets sail for the seventh time on ‘Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum’: creativity and pirates at their best! Out on Napalm Records.
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Crusade of Bards create this mix of power metal, symphonic metal, folk touches, and even gothic and pagan touches. It’s all there, and it all blends in beautifully together.
With this album I found myself distracted. I like the songs. They definitely scream party but they lack the power of pirate metal. It is still Alestorm, but not as loud and rough as we are used to.
The ship has docked and Alestorm has returned! So fill your tankards and tag along for some mighty pirate adventures, for there is no grave but the sea!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with Lord of the Lost, Alestorm, Kerry King, Dimmu Borgir and Pendulum!
The Scottish pirates of Alestorm docked their pirate ship in Torhout, Belgium. A sold out venue was ready to party with them, fantasy power metallers Gloryhammer, the dwarves of Windrose and fellow pirates Rumahoy.
Skálmöld + Alestorm = Skálstorm. Throw on top of that the cowboys of Bootyard Bandits and it results in one hell of a party night!
