History Music / 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 the bassist of Lagerstein, tourmates with Alestorm.

* AwesomeMccoolname:

** MagicalGirl: In the video for Shit Boat, Chris gets a transformation sequence before kicking the shit out of the pirate crew in a rather fetching gown.

* MetalBandMascot: Two: A zombie-ish pirate and a pirate rat, who appear in all three covers. According to [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Christopher Bowes]], they're called Jimmy [=McFucknugget=] and Barry Shitpeas respectively.

* HorribleHistoryMetal: They ventured in this genre with ''1741 (The Battle of Cartagenea)'', about the battle [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias of the same name]].
* InsaneAdmiral: Or Captain, but with the same purpose. In ''1741 (The Battle of Cartagenea)'', the Captain sails against the Spanish despite overwhelming evidence that he's going to lose, and so he dooms himself and his crew to a LastStand.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The first verse of ''Mexico''.
--> The wenches they are plenty, the alcohol is free
--> The party lasts all through the night, and the alcohol is free

* EndOfAnAge: The song ''Sunset On The Golden Age'' which is about facing the end of a golden age. It's a tad vague what age they're refering to, but it can be interpreted as the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. The lyrics do leave the implication that another golden age may come in the future.
-->''The sun has set, now night is falling

-->[[TitleDrop The sun has set upon the golden age]]!''

* EscapedFromHell: The Huntmaster. "Out of the bowels of hell he sailed/ Wielding a tankard of freshly brewed ale!"
* FaceDeathWithDignity: The pirate crew in ''Captain Morgan's Revenge''.
-->At sunrise we will dance the hempen jig / So raise up your pint of rum and take another swig! / The curse of Captain Morgan has led us to this fate / So have no fear and don't look back, the afterlife awaits!

* SilverFox: Mentioned in ''Nancy The Tavern Wench'', "She may be old/but her beauty ain't failin'."

* SuddenNameChange: The bands undead rat mascot seems to be called Barry Shitpeas or Scurvy Steeve, depending on who you ask.

But when they saw where I did lay\\

* ClusterFBomb: ''Fucked With an Anchor'' is an entire song that consists of a pirate with HollywoodTourettes threatening to [[AssShove shove an anchor up the arse]] of the Witch Doctor that cursed him. The chorus of the song provides a good example, shown under LyricalDissonance.
-->''Now when I speak, it's rather absurd\\

* DenserAndWackier: They slowly became a band more about FunPersonified over time. They went from dressing like pirates in their concerts to [[https://alestorm.net/images/landscape2017.jpg dressing in wacky outfits]]. Their concerts also include a giant inflatable duck onstage. While they still sing about pirates and piracy, there's more songs about drinking and general buffoonery, too. There's even a song about Time Cube.

** ''Wooden Leg Part 2: The Woodening'' has this. The pirate manages to get revenge on the men who mutilated him then uses HollywoodVoodoo to [[BodyHorror attach their limbs to himself]]. But the magic he uses awakens a curse that causes the limbs to be possessed by the spirits of their origional owners. The spirits drive him to insanity and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].

* HookersAndBlow: ''Wenches and Mead''

* LargeHam: Christopher Bowes definitely qualifies.

* LocationSong: "Yo ho Mexico..."

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally 7 or 8, with "Death Throes of the Terrorsquid" ratcheting up to an easy 9.

* OneManArmy: The Huntmaster vanquishes a considerable number of people single-handedly.

* RedemptionQuest: ''Magnetic North'' is a minor example.

** The 7-second long ''Rumpelkombo'' is this. Once, Alestorm was touring with Music/GraveDigger, and they were basically the opposite of Alestorm: old, cranky, and hated drinking and partying, so the entire tour pretty much consisted of Music/GraveDigger hating Alestorm. During an interview, the lead singer, Chris Boltendahl described Alestorm as a "rumpelkombo," which basically means "group of rowdy idiots." Well, [[{{Troll}} Christopher Bowes then decided to write the really quick song where the only word is "rumpelkombo," but then credited the lyrics to Boltendahl, thus giving him a royalty check every month that's a couple of cents from Alestorm, reminding him of them every month]].

* TalkLikeAPirate

* 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 ounce of remorse.

** The final verse of ''Man the Pumps'':
-->''Then daylight came, and all was calm / The ship, she did not sink / And all the crew did celebrate / Their rescue from the brink / But when they saw where I did lay / The mood, it fell bereft / For by the time the sun arose /'' '' '''I'd pumped myself to death.''' ''

** ''Wooden Leg Part 2: The Woodening has this.'' The pirate manages to get revenge on the men who mutilated him then uses HollywoodVoodoo to [[BodyHorror attach their limbs to himself]]. But the magic he uses awakens a curse that causes the limbs to be possessed by the spirits of their origional owners. The spirits drive him to insanity and [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].

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

* {{Deconstruction}}: While they do sing about the joys and adventures of piracy, Pirate's Song is a rather deconstruction of the whole romantic pirate, showing the singing protagonist as a ruthless monster who lost all his glory in his old age.

[[caption-width-right:300:True Scottish Pirate Metal]]

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Mentioned in ''Nancy The Tavern Wench'', "She may be old/but her beauty ain't failin'."

* Christopher Bowes - Vocals, Keytar (2004-present)
* Gareth "Gazz" Murdock - Bass, Vocals (2009-present)
* Pete Alcorn - Drums (2010-present)
* Elliot Vernon - Keyboard, Vocals (2011-present)
* Máté Bodor - Guitar, Vocals (2015-present)

* Gavin Harper - Guitar (2004-2007)
* Lasse Lammert - Session Drummer in 2008
* Tim Shaw - Drums (2008)
* Alex "Hasselhoff" Tabisz - Guitars (2008)
* Micha "Migo" Wagner - Session Guitarist in 2007 and 2008
* Ian Wilson- Guitars (2007-2008, 2008-2010)
* Dani Evans - Guitar, Vocals (2007-2015), Bass (2004-2007)

As Battleheart, they've released two [=EPs=], ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Battleheart]]'' and ''Terror on the High Seas''.

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

** One interpretation of the pirates as described under AdaptationalHeroism is that the pirates started off as NominalHeroes at best and then slowly pulled one of these becoming heroes for real.