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Argh! No Pirate Metal category? They categorize them generically as Folk Metal but have a separate Viking Metal category.
by davidjhall 4y ago
Argh! No Pirate Metal category? They categorize them generically as Folk Metal but have a separate Viking Metal category.
- drKarl 4y agoArgh? You mean Arrrrr! Alestorm!!!
- twic 4y agoAlestorm, the world's second best true Scottish pirate metal band!
- mjr00 4y agoPirate metal is probably seen as "ironic," or maybe just too niche to deserve a top level genre (how many bands besides Alestorm are there?). Viking metal has a long history, though, given the Nordic roots of many extreme metal genres. That being said, I don't think Viking Metal is too helpful of a genre anyway given the completely different sound of, say, Ensiferum vs Borknagar, or Tyr vs Windir.
- ane 4y agoRunning Wild was the first to make pirate themed power / speed metal
- progre 4y agoThey do? I see Folk/Pagan/Viking as one genre when I browse by genre. Alsetorm (sorry, don't know of any other pirate themed bands) has some folk elements so I think it fits.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoEveryone's mentioning Alestorm - where's the love for Visions of Atlantis? It's not even ironically good, it's just good.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoI've never heard of this sub-genre. I assume that's not like Savatage's Wake of Magellan.
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoI would argue that the existence of Bathory alone is good reason for having a separate Viking Metal category.