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Landlubbers beware! There’s a new Alestorm coming ashore! These five pirates, Christopher Bowes, Dani Evans, Gareth Murdock, Elliot Vernon & Peter Alcorn, bring you their newest album, entitled “Sunset on the Golden Age”. After "Captain Morgan's Revenge" (2008), "Black Sails at Midnight" (2009), and "Back Through Time" (2011), this will be their fourth full length album, via Napalm Records, and you can be sure of it, that it will be another pirate party! At least that’s what Captain Christopher Bowes and Elliot Vernon, one of his crazy crew, said at Graspop Metal Meeting, where they opened the biggest metal festival in Belgium.

FVM: You guys just opened Graspop Metal Festival!?

Christopher Bowes: We did! Elliot Vernon: Yes, we did open Graspop! Waw!

FVM: It must have been awesome, because it was an awesome gig!?

Chris: It has been a bit nice... Elliot: I had quite a little bit of fun...

FVM: A little bit?

Elliot: No, I had lots of fun! (grins)

FVM: So this was your fourth time here at Graspop?

Chris: Yes, the first time we played at the metal dome, next two times we’ve played at Marquee One and now we are finally on the big stage. Elliot: Yey!

FVM: But you belong there, the crowd loved you!

Chris: I think that was quite the biggest show we’ve ever played. Elliot: And I think they knew most of our songs.

FVM: Yes, they were singing along!

Elliot: And that is very helpful!

Alestorm’s gig at GMM was a blast! People were singing along and dancing as if the were at a campfire on the beach. There were people dressed up like pirates, crowd surfing to the front stage like waves rolling over to the beach. And at one certain point the crowd sad down and all together started rowing. It was really fun to be a part of that. So we were curious if this new album would be more like that.

FVM: So, you have a new album “Sunset on the Golden Age”, can you tell something about it?

Chris: It’s good! Elliot: It’s very good! It has got songs about...

Chris: Legs!...one about bees... Elliot: There is one about pirates...

Chris: one about Lady Gaga... Elliot: one about ships, and more ships...

Chris: one of them actually is a secret recipe for cheese burgers! Not even lying! Elliot: One of them is about cuddling ducks. Chris: Actually, everything we’re saying here is true, that’s the worst part! We are not making this up. There is a song about cuddling ducks and cheese burgers... So Yeah... It’s very stupid, it’s a very stupid album. (smiles)

Elliot: It is, a most stupid album... Chris: But it is the best stupid album! (proud)

FVM: Is it like the others? A real party?

Elliot: It’s very thematic with the rest of our songs. Chris: It definitely ... a pirate party has had within the songs.

If you listen to the album you will indeed hear songs about bees in “Mead from Hell” and we’re pretty sure that “Wooden Leg” will tell you more about legs. Which songs are about the ducks and the burgers, you better find out yourselves because this album will have you sailing through `Bacon Powered Pirate Core´ with sleek keyboard riffs influenced by Folk Metal and classical Power Metal. It will make you believe you’re on a pirate ship on a quest to “Drink” beer and steel rum from the landlubbers. If you don’t believe me...

FVM: Will you be releasing new video’s as well?

Chris: We did a video for the song “Drink” which we’ve played today. We have never quite played it for so many people... Elliot: It was the second time we played that song and there was a lot more people here. We’ve played it in Germany about two months ago. Chris: We’ll do video’s because we like video’s...

... just take a look at the video on YouTube and find out what this new record is all about! It has catchy songs that sound like you’ve known them for years and you’ll be singing along right away. It will make you dream about being a pirate, sailing the seven seas at sunset, with a bottle of rum in your hand and a parrot on your shoulder, on a new treasure hunt. "Sunset on the Golden age" is now available!

Alestorm will set sail again, storming across Europa further more in 2014 and will come ashore in Belgium on the 20th of September at Biebob in Vosselaar. A pirate metal party you should go to!

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Artist / Title: 
Alestorm
Date: 
20 sept 2014
Location: 
Biebob Vosselaar
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