Alestorm – Black Sails At Midnight
Released: March 27th 2009 on Napalm Records
Rating : 3.5/5
Alestorm does it again! Though keeping their first album (Captain Morgan’s Revenge) unbeatable, this crazy pirate band can definitely score an A+ for consistency. Lead singer Christopher Bowes remains true to his punk-rock/grunge style vocals. An ecclectic incorporation of trumpets, accordians, and bagpipes with the electric distortion creates a classic epic sound to the music.
I must include the slight disappointment in this album, however. I hoped for slightly more creativity and song structure, and a little less sloppiness and being generic.
Raise your pints to “That Famous Ol’ Spiced”! What would Alestorm be without their classic pirate-esque drinking songs?
Sounds like: Tyr, Turisas
Tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10
01. The Quest
02. Leviathan
03. That Famous Ol’ Spiced
04. Keelhauled
05. To The End Of Our Days
06. Black Sails at Midnight
07. No Quarter
08. Pirate Song
09. Chronicles of Vengeance
10. Wolves of the Sea
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