It’s a Sunday Night and many of us will have work in the
morning but that’s not stopping us from packing out the venue at Concorde 2 in
Brighton where a mass of pirates have descended to witness Alestorm’s
Piratefest..
The first support act Red
Rum, are such a superb and appropriate band to support the mighty swash
buckling scallywag’s that are Alestorm! Sometimes the first support band
doesn’t grab the crowd’s attention, but Red Rum didn’t suffer this fate! They
had the crowd dancing, singing and stomping their feet like they were crew on
the decks of a drunken pirate party! This six piece neoclassical pirate metal
band from East Midlands showed Brighton a hell of a good and hearty time,
especially with their brilliant Lord Of The Rings rendition which fitted in
nicely with their set! If you weren’t a fan before today you will be now!
The second support act, Lagerstein
hailing from Australia who describe themselves as ‘drunken pirate metal’ keep
up the momentum and cheers of the rather fittingly ‘drunken’ wannabe Pirates
from what I saw of their performance, and pave the way for the headliner act!
The primary reason all us pirate loving fans are here is for
the main act that is Alestorm! They
open their set with the first song, “Walk The Plank” from their incredible new
album, “Sunset On The Golden Age”, which seems a good place to start – there
was many a crowd surfer that ‘walked the plank’ so to speak, by being carried
along by the crowd and dropping down when they reach the stage which front man,
Christopher Bowes thoroughly enjoyed seeing and said, “I want to see more
people crowd surfing and breaking bones!” – What a scallywag!! They of course
played a number of new songs, including a new Alestorm fan favourite, for its
catchy typical pirate themes, “Drink”, which went down a storm with the crowd
madly dancing and screaming in unison, “We are here to drink your beer!”, and throughout
their set, everyone pretty much joined in every way possible along
to other classic fan favourites such as, “Shipwrecked”, “Keelhauled”, “The
Sunk’n Norwegian” and “Wenches & Mead”! Here lies a rowdy and merry crowd
to soak up the funny yet serious delights of piratical metal! They also offered
some random brilliant amusing moments amongst their set, including, front man,
Christopher bringing out “Gary Monkey Bastard” (monkey) puppet, and a strange
and difficult staring contest between bassist ,Gareth Murdock and guitarist, Dani Evans
who through all the smoke can barely even see each other, but nonetheless Gareth reigns worthy! Front man of Australian Folk
Pirate Metal band, Lagerstein joined and performed briefly
with Alestorm also! I think everyone who attended can all agree that Alestorm
deserve a massive ‘Yo Ho Ho’ to cheer them for a highly fun, memorable and enjoyable
night!Alestorm: http://www.thepiratebay.com
Red Rum: http://www.redrummetal.com/
Lagerstein: http://www.lagerstein.com/
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