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Album: Captain Morgan's Revenge

Old Rating: 4.5/5

Verdict: Ask most metalheads and they will tell you, Pirate Metal isn't actually a thing. The thing is this here album represents actual evidence that this statement doesn't have to be strictly true and it's not even got anything to do with the fact that Alestorm sing about pirates: they sound like a pack scurvy sea dogs too, but most of the land lubbers that make up the world's population of metalheads sadly don't seem to realise just how genre founding Captain Morgan's Revenge actually sounds, from Bowes pirate drawl that in any other band probably wouldn't pass as good vocals, to the sound of the keys and the overall vibe of sea shanties in their songs, the album has new folk metal sub-genre written all over it. And it was fucking awesome. 

It's a pity that most didn't appreciate it as more than a bit of humour and a novelty, none less so perhaps than Alestorm themselves, who steadily began to delve more into comedy for their lyrics and while they remain hilarious entertaining to this day, their status as genre pioneers has since fallen into heavy dispute. 

New Rating: No Change.