I'd say it's totally worth getting, no doubt. And to me the new Alestorn is absolutely great as well!
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Andiferum
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Kingface
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Just given it my first listen and I must admit I'm far more impressed by it than I thought I would be!
The lyrics for 'Scraping the Barrel' are particularly funny and I like the epic-ness and use of Black Metal elements on the closing song. I'm particularly impressed by the significantly improved musicianship throughout and all songs would be worthy of being performed live!
I find it kinda funny that the song after 'Scraping the Barrel' is 'Rum'. After a song that jokes about struggling to have enough lyrics for a fourth album comes a song that shows major signs of such a struggle!
The lyrics for 'Scraping the Barrel' are particularly funny and I like the epic-ness and use of Black Metal elements on the closing song. I'm particularly impressed by the significantly improved musicianship throughout and all songs would be worthy of being performed live!
I find it kinda funny that the song after 'Scraping the Barrel' is 'Rum'. After a song that jokes about struggling to have enough lyrics for a fourth album comes a song that shows major signs of such a struggle!
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I agree with every word of this post. I gotta say Shipwrecked didn't impress me too much, but I'm glad the rest of the album impressed me... mostly. Not a fan of songs like Midget Saw and Buckfast Powersmash (although the subject matter of Midget Saw is humorous, the songs like that just don't do it for me). I much prefer songs like Death Throes of the Terrorsquid - now that song blew me away! The songwriting is exactly what I love about Alestorm (the horns, the epic lyrics/musicianship, that unique Alestorm sound etc.etc.) and those black metal vocals absolutely completed the song. I certainly agree the musicianship has been improved - thank god there's not a cringeworthy ballad like that one on Black Sails at Midnight... you know the one I'm talking about
I would absolutely love to hear more songs in the vein of Terrorsquid on their next album. The drummer really helped speed things up on this album, I noticed - lots of speed! Thumbs up for Alestorm on this one... none of the 'fun' songs match Keelhauled, in my opinion, but I love how they can be tongue-in-cheek with a lot of their music and still pull out an epic like Terrorsquid.
EDIT: Oh, the Lazytown cover. One of the most fun covers I've ever heard, haha!
Kingface
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I'd have to say I'm really liking 'Buckfast Powersmash' at the moment! Kinda sounds like a better and catchier version of 'Death Before the Mast'.
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Power_Metal_Dom
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Managed to snag tickets to go see Vicious Rumors + Sapiency in Frankfurt this Sunday 
Very excited about this!
Very excited about this!
Nickstervarius
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Managed to snag tickets to go see Vicious Rumors + Sapiency in Frankfurt this Sunday
Nice one Dom! Have a great time.
I'm actually off to a picnic today, one of my good friends fiancée wants to meet me so I'll get to finally meet him after so long. Haven't been to a picnic for such a long time, so I'm actually excited
Andiferum
My penis exploded
Picnics are awesome! We had a heavy metal picnic in Alexandra Palace a few weeks ago. Was great fun! Wish I could do it more often...
Sounds great! Have a good time!
The amazing weather is making me very happy today! And I just got out a practical exam which I think I aced. All is well.
The amazing weather is making me very happy today! And I just got out a practical exam which I think I aced. All is well.
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Andiferum
My penis exploded
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Cronopio
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Cronopio
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And you, my lass, have absolutely no sense of humour. Notice I used the British spelling of humour. All for you.
