Band Review (Alestorm)

Alestorm

Alestorm (From L to R) Peter Alcorn, Elliot Vernon, Gareth Murdock, Christopher Bowes, Dani Evans

    Alestorm (Formerly Battleheart and definitely not Halestorm) are a "True Scottish Pirate" metal 5 piece band. Formed in 2004, have built a reputation for drinking and general shenanigans on stage and off. Alestorm play music heavily themed on pirates with smart use of keyboards which leads to a refreshing sound that is truly distinct in world of generic viking/pagan metal bands.

 Christopher Bowes provides vocals as well as keyboards alongside Elliot Vernon. Dani Evans and Gareth Murdock offer the awesome guitars with Peter Alcorn on drums. 

 Alestorm have been musically active since 04 and definitely have some experience and it shows. With three studio albums under their belts along with a live album filmed in Australia, Alestorm (like pirates) have conquered most places. Alestorm are currently signed to Napalm Records.

 Alestorm (again, like pirates) have been everywhere and are constantly on the road touring with other awesome bands or writing new material. Although Alestorm have been extensively touring Australia recently, Alestorm have announced a string of dates around Europe for the run up to the release of their fourth studio album, Sunset on the Golden Age. For details on the newly announced tours check their website linked here.

 Alestorm (need i say it) get around on the web and can be found on Facebook here, Twitter here and an official website to top it all off here.

 Alestorm's comedic values are portrayed well in their music videos but still nothing beats seeing the band live (I strongly recommend you do this year). As a sneak peek at the upcoming album here is the video for Drink, the first single from Sunset on the Golden Age (Linked here for mobile users)