Who doesn't love a good drunken pirate metal? I'm sure Alestorm is familiar for many metalheads, if nothing else their songs titled Hangover and P.A.R.T.Y must be on almost every setlist, at least they were on mine whenever I was hosting a house party. Finally I had a chance to go and see them live, and have to say the guys (and lady) didn't disappoint. I mean you can't go wrong with this stage setup, can you?

The setlist featured a good mix of beloved old and new songs and even though it was a small venue, it was packed with dedicated fans. I really loved watching them from the gallery, and if you are brave enough to face the mosh pit (unlike me) it definitely looked like a great party down below. I rather stayed and watched the deckhands' party from the safety of the 'bridge'.

It's very rare to see a band get their audience perform such united activity, last time I've seen one was when Mr Lordi got the entire audience kneel.

There are good shows and there are amazing ones, Alestorm's performance for me definitely belongs to the latter group. On the way home I was checking the tour schedule and debating if I can make a trip to the next show... (I didn't... but 20 year old me who had even less responsibility like I have know, definitely would have skipped work and got on a train.)

I had to settle with a shot of rum and edit the recorded footage for you, so if you fancy checking them out here is a compilation of the almost full setlist (couldn't get a good recording of every song) in under 5 minutes.