Captain Morgan's Revenge

by Alestorm

Captain Morgan's Revenge cover art

The debut full-length from the Scottish band effectively coined the 'pirate metal' subgenre, leaning incredibly hard into maritime fantasy and swashbuckling aesthetics. Utilizing synthesizer-driven sea shanty melodies, accordion patches, and chugging power-metal riffs, the record is unabashedly campy, focusing primarily on drinking anthems and high-seas pillaging. It became a wildly successful, heavily polarizing novelty hit within the European metal festival circuit.

Genres

  • Folk Metal
  • Power Metal

Tracklist

  1. Over the Seas
  2. Captain Morgan`s Revenge
  3. The Huntmaster
  4. Nancy the Tavern Wench
  5. Death Before the Mast
  6. Terror on the High Seas
  7. Set Sail and Conquer
  8. Of Treasure
  9. Wenches & Mead
  10. Flower of Scotland