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1. Treasure Chest Party Quest

2. Fannybaws

3. Chomp Chomp

4. Tortuga

5. Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship

6. Call of the Waves

7. Pirate's Scorn

8. Shit Boat (No Fans)

9. Pirate Metal Drinking Crew

10. Wooden Leg Part 2 (The Woodening)

11. Henry Martin


__For another time in metal studio productions an illness air of schizophrenic jocularity that comes from Alestorm,thats a recording with accurateness compositions and without loss of tones but alot of catchy songs,without attribute "black metal" screams and ,neither too long guitars solos.

Basic Idea are Jolly Roger status at 19th century sailboats , illegalities and deliquencies attributed tatstefully, not overdone bloods killings and bloodbaths.___


__Most compositions move from the brink of cheap /bad tatste, but Alestorm song writers know how to stop and when to dont become horrible black metal or kitch thrash,(for example) ,in song about famous "Pirate Crist/Bowes" with hints and jokes presents the criminal pirate as a pleasant hero like Robin Hood.__

the First track "Treasures Chest,PartyQuest" is a preface intro explanatory regards what is going to play at the rest of the album, namely, <<...we are joking and the orchestral air we act is a party zone, a recommendation to let loose ,we dont get depressed and dont want to act as some "sad boobs" antiheroes, of course we sing for bandits seamen predators, or killer pirates, not to take it seriously.Will be some metal comedy with catchy folk songs and pirate accordion..>>

Track <<Chomp Chomp>> An Up tempo motive,in Up Tempo pace ,without unger but full of threatning rabies drums and action lyrics,in regards attacks to spanish ships (mention and aligators and swamps) somwhere between Florida and Mexico or the Caribean sea,in a barrage of hysterical guitar riffs consequent guttural vocals of -Cr.Bowes-....

"Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship", fifth (5)track,where fast horses guitars under recreational strong electrobeat,this "parabolic zombie theme" at the time machine mixing between 21 century's cinematic horror and 19 century's deadly sailing ships, a parabolic lyrics travels far like cartoons serial soundtrack__All album contains a behindhand picturesque with accordion folk motives..

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e to Covid 19 the bad side of lock out, is evident (from one side) at the concerts, (from the other side),are consumers sales delays , namely, as buyers, they postpone to purchase of CD's and Vinyl-records second hand records, due to closing all recordstores , but also because during their long abstention from mass music events, like rock clubs, like metalcafe and rock concerts, happens to change tastes of his music orientation so are moved themselves to some similar kind of music that happened to meet it while the <<medical lock dowm>> lasted.



When meeting points of rock and rec/stores were closed, so that made some chances to tried some other musics and to left a side their previous genre, and while before they used to dedicate all their time and income to one specific genre, now they share between these two or three music styles,while all their financial income they can afford for purchasing CD's Vinyl records, concert tickets and to the other similar genre of music, which now they being tested it for first time in regards corona virus lock out ,since, due to closed stores and places they have more time to spend, so they get to explore to this something new in sound.So hapens transfers from thrash metal to AOR and glam metal,these hardcore guys of thrash, spend some time to listen again and again some AOR albums from curiosity,and day after day became more friends to melodic AOR, regards surplus of time due to corona virus lock up.

As the "conspiracy theories" say, Covid 19 was created by dark minds, and during the process was spread by accident, so due to the dark decision centers,decided, that regards humanity who was too comfortable and complacent and humans lost their demon of entrepreneurship, also lost all ambition for profit activities also most of subversive activities ,so in the music industry, Lock Down changed the way of thinking to the fans of each music cast and lost the habits,he has before to follow each one music anti-culture ,and even in meantime of this strong Lock Down, each individual person acquired a new way of share and compare with the music he had been serving until now. Most young ages moved to less pop kinds, some students moved to classic music lending records from their parents and exploring classics

So the young generations guys, who did not face some serious problem of becoming fatally ill, spent their time during the lock out prison differently, in an effect that this changed the music CD market and sales, even those on the internet, they prefer old bands from their parents record selves.

Nothing from now on would be as was once before, music from the past came to the surface a lot,all corporated new young stars remained inactive due they could not give concerts and seduce their audience, most dinosaur artists from 60ties and 70ties came out of their graves and mausoleums again on downloads and share downloads, these labels who were seeking to move the music forward, they saw the tsunami of backwardness inadvertently overwhelming them, due to the excessive excess of time that the young children had from now on.

Glory to the Slain


Fight the Fight

Denied by the Cross

Maiden of Shadows

I Am the Sword

Shotgun Evolution

Born of Fire

Godkiller

The Blackest Heart

Demon Holiday

Undying

Waking the Moon


At the beginning of 2008 and 2010, the band was German with German members, so Ross was fascinated like main guitarist on specific bands, such as Death Dealer, (not in Germany but in America in New York where he lives permanent)..

But until he made his decision and start his own band, it was ,still ,so many years, and finally, after first finding of right singer by chance, he moved on to their previous album, with more professional American musicians , after that , embolished his old german friends.

The previous album "By Blood Sworn" most of the songs were old "Manowar" songs (covers)!!! and some of his new compositions, it was just an album for people to get used to the brand new singer Marc Lopes, that is, through the performances of the songs, to judge and accept him as a substitute for manowar's Eric Adams..

Ross (Friedman) did not estimate his audience in right way,put at the songwriting tones of adrenaline,cause previous singer Mike Cotoia had nothing similar to the current one Marc Lopes,this guy is a champion hysterical macho singer, the man gets gold metal to the metal-olympics to contest of yelling screaming, and so the whole artistic feeling of the musical work performance changes in vertical level, result of Born Of Fire is that he moves away from epic metal as pompous metal and melodic, it's an aggressive, twisted species,antimelodic full of rage and envy, topics against some supposed black evil existences, persecution at black demons, goes against the exploitative tyrannical monarchs, a fast furious and nasty bumpkin speed, thrash genre ,bullshit, blood here,...blood there, swords here,swords there and shields over there,big heavy Conan swords (call the ambulance to pick up the bodies).

Ross The Boss's opener track is an extremely dynamic and irrationally fast, "Glory To The Slain" ' launching' like bomber is a thrash one in all its glory, while it has a lack of epic _for example__ as to listen something from 'newyorkers' Overkill__the performer makes like a manic in raptures also has a lack of melody too. Then a Brave and full of anger (track) is the "I Am The Sword", where songwriter would wrote that as some epic 'Cirith Ungol' style, namely its an Epic song regards it's topic and lyrics, but musicaly is full of barking and shouts.Rhytm section comes strong in regards bass and drums, this beat turn on listeners.

Two good and genuine angry epic songs are the "Fight the Fight" and the "Shotgun Evolution", steady mid tempo rhytm and bulky drums, Ross guitar penetrates the brain, burning lyrics,that's in general catchy anthems. Another fucking thrash style is "Denied by the Cross", an antimelodic anxious one like to hear Overkill, with sharp lyrics and epic enough but thickening screams from Marc Lopes ,while brave guitar riffs save it.

"Born of fire" titled track is an obscene antimelodic and close to thrash, a full of screams and paroxysm trying to convince that modern metal is full of Aaaarrrgghhh , snaarls!! false compositions and agressive choruses, like Pantera and many many others,thats abstractive artists problem,wants to get out of conservative.

You can't say that the band isn't trying to create an Epic atmosphere,but unfortunately songwriters do not realize that epic stuff wants greatness and not anger and rage.


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