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Band
Alestorm
Title
Sunset On the Golden Age
Type
LP/EP
Company
Napalm
YOR
2014
Style
Power
9/12/2014 - Review by: T. Ray Verteramo

Alestorm
Sunset On the Golden Age

Company: Napalm
Release: 2014
Genre: Power
Reviewer: T. Ray Verteramo

  • Frickin' drinking music for Metalheads



  • I'll give this to Alestorm: They are what they are, they do what they do, and they're incredibly good at it. Considering there isn't a whole lot of competition on the "true Scottish pirate metal" scene (or "bacon-powered pirate core" as it's properly labeled), it's just really gosh darn helpful to know that the monopoly is dependable when you want a little mosh with your grog…or a little grog with your mosh, whichever.

    "Sunset" is just good fun, pretty much from start to finish – with maybe just a little bit of off-key, under-produced vocal discomfort. "Walk the Plank" was the right tune to introduce the project as it starts off with great fanfare, then jumps right into a slam-dance (yes, I used the old original punk term from the 80's on purpose), call-back-drunken polka, which sums up exactly what you're in for. Perfect. "Wooden Leg," "Surf Squid Warfare," "Mead From Hell" all have the signature sing-a-long with the Sex Pistols on the beach as you would expect from sea shanties for stage diving. With such deep, meaningful, introspective lyrics such as, "We are here to drink your beer!" and the single epic track, "1741 (The Battle of Cartagena)," you can expect this new classic from Alestorm to soothe your aching soul after a long day in the cubicle, filling your ears with cheers and jeers, letting your mind escape into the romance of high seas, rolling the bones with Davy Jones, and…

    Psht, who the hell am I kidding? It's frickin' drinking music for Metalheads. It's fun, it rocks, go buy it.



    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: ALESTORM
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Black Sails At Midnight
    2009
    Napalm
    Raising Iron6/16/2009
    4
    Captain Morgan's Revenge
    2008
    Napalm
    Etiam1/6/2011
    2
    Leviathan
    2009
    Napalm
    Raising Iron2/9/2009
    4.5
    No Grave But The Sea
    2017
    Napalm
    David Loveless8/15/2017
    4.5
    Sunset On the Golden Age
    2014
    Napalm
    T. Ray Verteramo9/12/2014
    4

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: ALESTORM
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