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Subject: Alestorm August 30th 2010, 11:52
Hej there, been a while since i put a band here, so hopefully its one you'll like and don't know yet (kinda think you'll do )
Alestorm! They are a folk / power metal band consisting out of the following members.
Christopher Bowes – lead vocals, keytar Dani Evans – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals Gareth Murdock – bass guitar, backing vocals Peter Alcorn - drums
They're from Scotland and have the most catchy chorus i ever came across off .
Keelhaul the filthy landlubber, send him down to the depts below. Make the bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a yo-ho-ho
And totally in style, they support musical piracy.
Listen for yourselves, kinda love them!
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE Warrior
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 30th 2010, 12:02
As you said, very catchy chorus kinda like them
Admin Metal Master
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 30th 2010, 16:19
I'm sorry but the singer looks like a little goblin The band is pretty nice. I used to listen to them when they were really small in like late 2007. But nowadays it's not really my taste anymore.
EmmaMetal Metal God
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 31st 2010, 00:53
Thought I'd already make a thread? No? Omygosh shame on me รถ anyway, THEY ARE AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING and sooo my favorite! I don't care if the singer is a goblin, he's cool They were live at Graspop, but the singers solos weren't that good and the guitars were too silent, but who cares! They rule!
EDIT; See? I've already made a thread; See other (Heavy metal pirates -- PIRATE metal)
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE Warrior
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 31st 2010, 08:36
its almost 24 hours since i listened to alestorm the first time in my life, and i cant get keelhauled out of my head, its just so amazing ..
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 31st 2010, 12:36
i gotta agree, they got damn catchy songs
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Subject: Re: Alestorm August 31st 2010, 15:55
hehe yeah, have it on repeat at work with some other songs, pure awesomness
And sorry Emma, was only checking if the band was already listed in the folk section
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 1st 2010, 05:12
No probs!
Woodchuck Wannabe-Poser
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 18th 2010, 22:04
Thread in the Other section should be deleted. Alestorm are Power/Folk; 'Pirate Metal' does not exist, no matter how badly people seem to want it to.
Don't care much for them, to be honest. They're pretty damn cheesy and just a tad too happyfuntimeupbeat for my tastes. The worst thing is that they seem to want to be taken seriously. I'm sorry, I just can't. x3
They do make some pretty catchy songs, though. I suppose they're good for a laugh every now and then.
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE Warrior
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 09:15
Woodchuck wrote:
Thread in the Other section should be deleted. Alestorm are Power/Folk; 'Pirate Metal' does not exist, no matter how badly people seem to want it to.
Don't care much for them, to be honest. They're pretty damn cheesy and just a tad too happyfuntimeupbeat for my tastes. The worst thing is that they seem to want to be taken seriously. I'm sorry, I just can't. x3
They do make some pretty catchy songs, though. I suppose they're good for a laugh every now and then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_metal
Woodchuck Wannabe-Poser
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 09:32
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_metal
Yes, because wikipedia is such a definitive source on music. It's a joke genre based on lyrical themes with no specific sound. Every band that uses piracy as a lyrical concept can easily be categorized into other genres. Running Wild played Heavy/Power, Alestorm play a sort of Epic Power/Folk combination, and Swashbuckle play Thrash with some Death influence. They sound absolutely nothing alike. A genre, by definition, is a label to group bands together who have a similar sound. "Pirate Metal" fails to do so.
Also, I give you: http://www.metal-archives.com/. Sure, they're not 100% correct about everything, but it's about the best source on the net for everything Metal. It's user-edited, so it closely follows the general consensus in the Metal community. Just try searching for Pirate Metal in Music Genre. You'll get no results, which means that the vast majority of metalheads out there refuse to recognize it as a legitimate genre.
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 09:55
EmmaMetal wrote:
Thought I'd already make a thread? No? Omygosh shame on me รถ anyway, THEY ARE AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING and sooo my favorite! I don't care if the singer is a goblin, he's cool :) They were live at Graspop, but the singers solos weren't that good and the guitars were too silent, but who cares! They rule!
EDIT; See? I've already made a thread; See other (Heavy metal pirates -- PIRATE metal)
Pirate is a lyrical theme, not a genre- just like sorrow, nature, murder and melancholy are lyrical themes.
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE Warrior
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 11:30
Me: Hey dude check out PIRATE METAL!!!
You: you dingus, theres no such thing as pirate metal.
Me: Haha, well you right, but it's still fun to pretend that there is!
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 11:37
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE wrote:
Me: Hey dude check out PIRATE METAL!!!
You: you dingus, theres no such thing as pirate metal.
Me: Haha, well you right, but it's still fun to pretend that there is!
Haha, alright. Works for me.
Mayhem Poser
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 12:30
Woodchuck wrote:
tHE_Bizarre_jOKE wrote:
Me: Hey dude check out PIRATE METAL!!!
You: you dingus, theres no such thing as pirate metal.
Me: Haha, well you right, but it's still fun to pretend that there is!
Haha, alright. Works for me.
You're being exceptionally tolerant today old chum.
Can I call Korpiklaani 'drinking metal'?
Or Eluveitie 'The Gauls were better than the Romans' metal?
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Subject: Re: Alestorm September 19th 2010, 13:33
Mayhem wrote:
You're being exceptionally tolerant today old chum.
Can I call Korpiklaani 'drinking metal'?
Or Eluveitie 'The Gauls were better than the Romans' metal?
Yeah, well, there's no real reason to start a huge argument or anything. The only reason I made a big deal about it in the first place is because I'd like to see the subgenre boards organized a bit more correctly than they are right now.
And I thought that's what genre Eluveitie were in anyway. ;]
May 25th 2015, 21:28 by tshearn
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kinda like them 
