Day two of the festival kicked off a little earlier than the previous day at 11am with Tesseract on the main stage. Alestorm, however, were the real treat of the morning opening the Saturn stage with ‘The Quest’ and continued their infectious jitterbug set with the likes of ‘The Drunken …
Read More »Alestorm announce ‘Piratefest’
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… Alestorm announce ‘Piratefest’, 19 dates across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Eire! Scottish pirates ALESTORM with Captain Christopher Bowes at the helm are set to release their upcoming album Sunset On The Golden Age on …
Read More »Alestorm release exclusive album teaser for new album ‘Sunset On The Golden Age’
Scottish pirates ALESTORM with Captain Christopher Bowes at the helm are set to release their upcoming album ‘Sunset On The Golden Age‘ on the 4th August in the UK via Napalm Records. To get a first taste of the pirates live on the high seas, check out the album preview …
Read More »ALESTORM return to the seven seas with ‘Sunset On The Golden Age’
ALESTORM are back with their outstanding new album “Sunset On The Golden Age”. Release date is set for the 1st August 2014. Join the band as they cross the ocean on a vessel packed to the gunwales with their trademark catchy songs, fuelled by the bands on going love of …
Read More »ALESTORM Reveal Title, Track Listing & Release Dates of Their Upcoming Album
Captain Christopher Bowes and his pirate crew of ALESTORM have just unveiled the title, track listing and release dates of their upcoming album! Sunset on the Golden Age (Napalm Records), is the title of their brand new masterpiece and will be available on August 5th in North America, August 4th …
Read More »Gloryhammer interview, October 2013
I spoke to Christopher Bowes and James Cartwright from Power metal band Gloryhammer at the end of their first UK tour to talk about how Chris formed the band, the writing of the album, the forthcomign Alestorm DVD, why Alestorm decided to do a cover of “In the navy” and …
Read More »The Defiled + Glamour Of The Kill – Mandela Hall, Belfast – Friday September 13, 2013
All ages gigs, when you get to a certain ‘vintage’, can be weird affairs at best and uncomfortable ones at worst. It’s OK if you’ve got your own sprog to keep an eye on, but when you’re there on your ownsome merely to observe the proceedings on stage, it can …
Read More »Gloryhammer -tales from the Kingdom of Fife
The news that Alestorm’s Christopher Bowes had launched a power metal band got my interest straight away. The thought of Alestorm’s humour being applied to power metal sounded like a perfect match – after all, a lot of power metal lyrics are cheesy and over the top. With Gloryhammer, Christopher …
Read More »Summer Breeze Open Air 2013
Summer Breeze Open Air is about to go into its 16th round. For the seventh time, the metallic breeze will blow in beautiful Dinkelsbuehl, Germany from August 15th to 17th, 2013. As usual, this year’s Summer Breeze will take place over three days on two open air stages on the airfield …
Read More »Alestorm Interview with Dani Evans. 6th October 2012
Just prior to their gig at in Shepherd’s Bush last weekend with Dragonforce, I caught up with Dani Evans from Alestorm to talk about what they’ve been up to since we last met in March this year, who would win a fight pirates or vikings and what their plans are …
Read More »Wacken Open Air 2013.
The 24th Wacken Open Air takes place on the 1st to 3rd August 2013.
Read More »Darkest Era / Mael Mordha – The Limelight, Belfast – Saturday 28 April 2012
There I was, ’round my local Wetherspoons, quietly minding my own business and reading my Sunday newspaper while enjoying my traditional Ulster Fry when I saw a headline which nearly made me choke on my extra piece of grilled potato bread… “The Vikings Are Coming Back” it proudly proclaimed! The …
Read More »Alestorm – O2 Academy, Leicester
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Read More »Interview with Chris, Alestorm – Heidenfest, London, 11th October
Planetmosh: Your new album back through time came out earlier this year. Hows the album been doing? Chris: It’s sold three Billion copies which is pretty good – it means at least half the world has heard our music. You’d have thought we’d be richer by now because of that …
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