Avast ye mateys. And starboard your bows. Or something. Did you really think there wouldn’t be a sub-genre of metal called pirate metal? Don’t be silly. Amidst the burgeoning sub-genres of pagan, folk ...

Pirate metal rapscallions Ye Banished Privateers have unveiled A Pirate Stole My Christmas, their holiday album that promises to "deck the hulls with 11 swashbuckling Christmas shanties" and up first ...

How do you know if you’re a pirate? You just ARRRRRGGH! How do you know if you’re a pirate-metaller? Well, if you’re perma-drunk, (dead man’s) cursed to forever plough through rocked-up sea-shanties, ...

Pirate metal originators Running Wild, led by creative visionary and singer/guitarist Rock 'n' Rolf, have released the triumphant "The Shellback," the third single off their 17th studio album, Blood ...

Digital Trends can exclusively reveal that ModRetro is publishing Chantey, a pirate-themed metal rhythm game from Greek indie game studio Gortyn Code that’s coming to both Game Boy and Chromatic. The ...

This, I believe, is what they call a no-brainer. Pirates? Metal? Pirates playing metal? What's not to like? The answer, if you have a sense of humour and want more from life than Fleet Foxes can offer ...

The keyboards swell, the guitar crests and falls, and the drums beat against the hull: hoist the sails landlubber, you're listening to Alestorm! On the fringes of power metal, Alestorm has, with ...

"It might even catch fire and explode under stage lights, you know? That's a risk we're all willing to take." Metal pirates Alestorm returned to where X marked the spot only to discover the buried ...