Myspace Band Review: Alestorm/Asmegin

Just as a heads up, Alestorm/Asmegin isn’t the band name, it’s two separate bands.
Anyway, we’ll start with Alestorm.

Well, look at that picture. What’s it all about? Is it just some silly gimmick? NO! Alestorm is a SCOTTISH PIRATE METAL band, and i must say they are sick. The music is pretty heavy, and actually does a good job in (and i can’t believe I’m saying this, but…) setting a pirate mood. And the best part is, the guy actually sings like a pirate.

The Good:
-Good vocals and instrumentals.
-Really really fun to listen to.

The Bad:
- The concept is still pretty dumb.

Rating: 3/5 doubloons
www.myspace.com/alestorm

Next up we have Asmegin.

Now, these guys are absolutley brutal. Here and there, they are musicaly similar to Alestorm, but replace Alestorms singer with the singer from Skeletonwitch and make him sing even heavier. Ya, badass. These guys are Norwegian folk metal and “viking metal”. Don’t really know what viking metal would be, but if it’s actually anything like this then I would say it’s fucking sick.

The Good:
- Insaneley heavy vocals and guitars and drums and the like.
- I’m into the folk kinda stuff. I just think it’s really different.
- If you look in the “band members” section of their myspace, you will see the sentence “Marius Olaussen – Guitar & Accordion”. Not only does that guy have a badass name, but he’s a guitar-accordion player.

The Bad:
- I don’t like the fact that i can not pronounce any of their song titles.
-The second song on their playlist, i strongly dislike when the random opera chick starts singing.
-The random baby noises in the last song annoy me a little.
www.myspace.com/asmeginfanpage

Rating: 4/5 viking warriors.

~ by darkorchestra on June 9, 2008.