History Music / Alestorm

* Dani Evans - Guitar (2007-present), Bass (2004-2007)

* Christopher Bowes - Vocals, Keyboards (2004-present)
* Dani Evans - Guitar (2007-present), Bass (2004-2007)

* BizarroEpisode: The music video for ''Magnetic North'' has absolutely nothing to do pirates and instead features a prison and wild west theme.

* OdeToIntoxication: "Rum", and the cover song "I Am A Cider Drinker", ''[[CaptainObvious Drink]]''.

* TalkLikeAPirate: [[CaptainObvious Well, yeah.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: ''Leviathan'' sets up for this in it's sequel, ''Death Throes of the Terrorsquid''.

* AnArmAndALeg: "Midget Saw" (which is about a group of pirates who saw a man's legs off after he kills a monkey) and "Wooden Leg" (about a man who loses his legs to a pair of Spanish boradsides, and then loses his arms to a {{Samurai}} in a BarBrawl).

* AnArmAndALeg: "Midget Saw" (which is about a group of pirates who saw a man's legs off after he kills a monkey) and "Wooden Leg" (about a man who loses his legs to a pair of Spanish boradsides, and then loses his arms to a {{Samurai}} in a BarroomBrawl).

* WalkThePlank: In ''Captain Morgan's Revenge'' and ''Keelhauled'', in the latter case as a pretext to something [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelhauling far worse]]. In ''Sunset On The Golden Age'' they now have a track ''named'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Walk the Plank]].

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The song "Pirate Song" gleefully celebrates being a pirate. Also, ''Of Treasure'' concerns itself largely with treasure and no points for guessing the subject of the chronicles detailed in ''Chronicles of Vengeance''.

* '''RatedMForManly'''

* AscendedMeme: The Limited Edition version of Back Through Time includes a cover of [[Series/LazyTown You Are a Pirate]].

--> You put your faith in Odin and Thor
--> We put ours in cannons and whores
--> Your viking gods won't save you now
--> When pirates strike from the starboard bow

* AlienInvasion: ''Surf Squid Warfare'' is about a invasion of space squids, which the pirates have to travel to the future to battle.

* Captain Morgan's Revenge in 2008
* Leviathan ([=EP=], also in 2008)
* Black Sails at Midnight in 2009
* Back Through Time in 2011
* Sunset on the Golden Age in 2014.

->''"We are Heavy Metal Pirates
->Our cutlasses are true
->So give us all your treasure
->Or soon we'll come for you"''
-->-- "Heavy Metal Pirates", first song written by Alestorm

* OutOfGenreExperience: When the titular monster awakens, ''Death Throes of the Terrorsquid'' abruptly becomes a Dimmu Borgir song. Their cover of ''Hangover'' also features a brief rapping portion by Bowes.

** One of the band's two mascots, the zombie rat Barry Shitpeas, shares a name with a character from [[CharlieBrooker Charlie Brooker's]] works.

* TookALevelInBadass: "Leviathan" and "Death Throes of the Terrorsquid" concern the same crew. In the first the monster slaughters them with impunity, In the second [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu the crew takes revenge]]. The chorus makes it clear: The chorus in the first song is about the beast's fearsome slaughter, the chorus in the second is the crew's BadassBoast.

* TookALevelInBadass: "Leviathan" and "Death Throes of the Terrorsquid" concern the same crew. In the first the monster slaughters them with impunity, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu in the second]]. The chorus makes it clear: The chorus in the first song is about the beast's fearsome slaughter, the chorus in the second is the crew's BadassBoast.

* BadassGrandpa: TheCaptain on the videoclip of Death Throes the Terror Squid [[spoiler: In fact, he is the [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slayer]] of the aforementioned squid]]

* SequelSong: "Death Throes The Terror Squid" is a sequel to "Leviathan", as both songs feature a beast called "Leviathan" and follow some sort of chronology. "Leviathan" has the pirate crew hunt down an ancient beast of yore to battle it, but lose the battle and the beast escapes after slaughtering most of the crew. "Death Throes The Terror Squid" concerns the Crew's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the beast, and the second round of the battle.

* TookALevelInBadass: "Leviathan" and "Death Throes The Terror Squid" concern the same crew. In the first the monster slaughters them with impunity, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu in the second]]. The chorus makes it clear: The chorus in the first song is about the beast's fearsome slaughter, the chorus in the second is the crew's BadassBoast.

* VillainProtagonist: The songs are aware they are talking about a bunch of selfish, petty and murderous thieves. The clearest example is "Pirate's Song", which describes a RetiredMonster of a pirate elaborating on his numerous crimes and how he doesn't feel an inch of remorse.

* WouldHurtAChild: One of the verses of Pirate's Song is "I've killed and I've shot, and reddened the cold tears of children with blood!", driving home just how much of a RetiredMonster our protagonist is.

* CoolVersusAwesome: No one is safe from pirates, including vikings, ninjas, and sea monsters.

* TheNeedForMead: ''Wenches and Mead''
* OdeToIntoxication: "Rum", and the cover song "I Am A Cider Drinker".

* OutOfGenreExperience: When the titular monster awakens, ''Death Throes of the Terrorsquid'' abruptly becomes a Dimmu Borgir song.

* WalkThePlank: In ''Captain Morgan's Revenge'' and ''Keelhauled'', in the latter case as a pretext to something [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelhauling far worse]].

* OdeToIntoxication: the song Rum

** And is Back Through Time(the track) not a TakeThat directed at fellow Folk Metal band Music/{{Turisas}}, for their song Hunting Pirates?

As Alestorm, they've released one [=EP=] and three studio albums:

* Sunset on the Golden Age is planned for Summer 2014.

* UnreliableNarrator: Interestingly enough, we're never told exactly why the perpetrator is being keelhauled in ''Keelhauled.'' We pretty much just have the narrator's word for it that he did something bad.
--> I will not say what he has done
--> His sins are far too great to tell
--> It's not my place to judge a man
--> But for them he will burn in Hell
** The video seems to imply that he [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} stole some of the captain's money...]]

* CoverVersion: Many. "[[Series/SesameStreet P is for Pirate]]" is one with slightly modified lyrics (it is now pirate-themed instead of cookie-themed). "[[Series/LazyTown You Are a Pirate]]," "[[Music/StanRogers Barrett's Privateers]]," and "Wolves of the Sea" are the most famous of their covers. They also did a version of "[[Music/TheVillagePeople In the Navy]]." Suffice to say, if there's a nautical-themed song, a nautical-themed children's song, or a children's song that can be [[BuffySPeak piratified]], Alestorm stands a good chance of covering it, often hilariously. There is also their version of "I Am A Cider Drinker", originally by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wurzels the Wurzels]] (which was itself a parody of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_%28musician%29 George Baker's]] "Paloma Blanca")..

* CoverVersion: Many. "[[Series/SesameStreet P is for Pirate]]" is one with slightly modified lyrics (it is now pirate-themed instead of cookie-themed). "[[Series/LazyTown You Are a Pirate]]," "[[Music/StanRogers Barrett's Privateers]]," and "Wolves of the Sea" are the most famous of their covers. They also did a version of "[[Music/TheVillagePeople In the Navy]]." Suffice to say, if there's a nautical-themed song, a nautical-themed children's song, or a children's song that can be [[BuffySPeak piratified]], Alestorm stands a good chance of covering it, often hilariously.