William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: The Thunderfist Chronicles ; Year: 2025; Genre: Pirate Metal/Power Metal Had them pop into my mind once again this morning; a good mix for doing your taxes to anyway. This is to date their lengthiest song at an epic 17+ minutes and filled with a great deal of big, astounding music and tales of boldness, adventure and legend.   Hear Mega-Supreme Treasure of the Eternal Thunderfist on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Boyz II Men - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday     My song pick 2 years ago today: Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday   My song pick 3 years ago today: The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Hallucinations   My song pick 4 years ago today: The Kinks - Sleepwalker   My song pick 5 years ago today: Carmen - The Horseman   My song pick 6 years ago today: Daniel Lanois - That's The Way It Is   My song pick 7 years ago today: Raspberries - Go All The Way My song pick 8 years ago today: The Thermals - Test...

From: Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum ; Year: 2022; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal Became aware of this soon-to-be-released album from the epic pirate metal band Alestorm the other day; this was the first of the three songs that have been released I heard, I have to say that so far I like wot I hear. As stated in the title, this song is about the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan , who attempted to circumvent the world by sea; he, however perished but his ships and crew completed the expedition. Of course, the band Alestorm adds their own twists and style to the tale using their well-liked pirate themed metal.   Watch the music video on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Ventures - Twilight Zone   My song pick 2 years ago today: Victor Wooten - Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior   My song pick 3 years ago today: Molly Hatchet - Satisfied Man My song pick 4 years ago today: Johnny Cash - Four Strong Winds My song pick 5 years ago today: Red Hot Chili...

From: No Grave But The Sea ; Year: 2017; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal Time for some more Alestorm and their seafaring antics as presented through their unique musical delivery. This is another big, epic song which is filled with the great adventure of seeking fame and fortune.   Hear Treasure Island on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: The Human League - Do or Die   My song pick 2 years ago today: Humble Pie - Get Down To It My song pick 3 years ago today: King Crimson - Exiles My song pick 4 years ago today: Soundgarden - By Crooked Steps My song pick 5 years ago today: Brave Belt - Never Comin' Home My song pick 6 years ago today: Marillion - The Uninvited Guest My song pick 7 years ago today: Rammstein - Nebel My song pick 8 years ago today: Rush - The Necromancer My song pick 9 years ago today: Les Elgart - Bandstand Boogie My song pick 10 years ago today: Oomph! featuring Nina Hagen - Feiber My song pick 11 years ago tod...

From: Curse of the Crystal Coconut ; Year: 2020; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal I felt like picking another track from Alestorm today, this is one of the singles from latest record; as always the song is epic with very witty lyrics.   Hear Fannybaws on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Marillion - Seasons End   My song pick 2 years ago today: Dick Dale - Esperanza My song pick 3 years ago today: Kansas - Questions of my Childhood My song pick 4 years ago today: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Quartet My song pick 5 years ago today: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Radio-Activity My song pick 6 years ago today: Toto - Stranger in Town My song pick 7 years ago today: Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen My song pick 8 years ago today: Styx - Come Sail Away My song pick 9 years ago today: Alestorm - You Are a Pirate My song pick 10 years ago today: Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debbie My song pick 11 years ago today: The Box Tops - The Letter My...

From: Curse of the Crystal Coconut ; Year: 2020; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal Here's some new Alestorm; been waiting for this album for a while now and am finally getting to give it a listen. This was one of my immediate favourites from the record and I figured I'd choose it for today's pick. Hear Call of the Waves on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Foghat - Stone Blue My song pick 2 years ago today: The Platters - The Great Pretender My song pick 3 years ago today: Rhapsody of Fire - Lux Triumphans/Dawn of Victory My song pick 4 years ago today: Blue Cheer - Second Time Around My song pick 5 years ago today: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 My song pick 6 years ago today: The Cars - You Might Think My song pick 7 years ago today: Falco - Rock Me Amadeus My song pick 8 years ago today: Stratovarius - Elysium My song pick 9 years ago today: Johnny Rivers - Muddy River My song pick 10 years ago today: Steeleye Span...

From: Black Sails at Midnight ; Year: 2009; Genre: Folk Metal/Pirate Metal/Power Metal This is an awesome instrumental piece from the pirate metal group Alestorm. No Quarter is very rousing and fun to headbang/dance to. Hear No Quarter on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - The Changing Times My song pick 2 years ago today: Ozric Tentacles - Train Oasis My song pick 3 years ago today: Johnny Winter - Blinded by Love My song pick 4 years ago today: The Moody Blues - In the Beginning/Lovely to See You Again My song pick 5 years ago today: Ian Anderson - Tripudium Ad Bellum My song pick 6 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Rooster My song pick 7 years ago today: Steve Vai - For the Love of God My song pick 8 years ago today: Mastodon - Seabeast My song pick 9 years ago today: Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) My song pick 10 years ago today: Karussell - Wer Die Rose Ehrt My song pick 11 years ago today: The Delgados - Accus...

From: No Grave But The Sea ; Year: 2017; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal A lot of Alestorm's newest album has been coming up whilst driving, so I'm gonna pick one from it; it must be a sign, right? Anyway, this is a song of the namesake of the band and it's a good one in their normal fun style we all love. Hear Alestorm on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Osiris - War On The Bullshit My song pick 2 years ago today: Triumph - Hard Road My song pick 3 years ago today: AC/DC - Big Guns My song pick 4 years ago today: The Yardbirds - For Your Love My song pick 5 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Thank You For The Feeling My song pick 6 years ago today: Symphonic Theater of Dreams - The Ministry of Lost Souls My song pick 7 years ago today: R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth? My song pick 8 years ago today: Steely Dan - Bodhisattva My song pick 9 years ago today: UFO - Rock Bottom My song pick 10 years ago today: Je...

From: No Grave But The Sea ; Year: 2017; Genre: Power Metal/Folk Metal Just found out the other day about this newest album from everybody's favourite "Pirate Metal" band: Alestorm. One thing's for sure, they're keeping their sound perfectly honed and still not becoming stale in the slightest. Hear No Grave But The Sea on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Antoine Busnois - Gaude Coelestis Domina My song pick two years ago today: Al Di Meola - Love Theme from "Pictures of the Sea" My song pick three years ago today: Bad Medicine - Trespasser My song pick four years ago today: Styx - Man in the Wilderness My song pick five years ago today: Curved Air - Vivaldi My song pick six years ago today: Megadeth - Endgame My song pick seven years ago today: Sirenia - The Other Side My song pick eight years ago today: Jethro Tull - Spiral My song pick nine years ago today: Outerstar - You Love It When It Rains

From: Sunset on the Golden Age ; Year: 2014; Genre: Power Metal/Folk Metal Was thinking about picking another one from Alestorm and their newest album today; I have not picked one from them for a bit now. As with their normal sound, this track is very upbeat and rousing; quite a bit of fun. Hear Walk the Plank on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Sky - Sahara My song pick two years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Trouble No More My song pick three years ago today: Simon & Garfunkle - Mrs. Robinson My song pick four years ago today: Rare Earth - Get Ready My song pick five years ago today: Trio of Doom - Continuum My song pick six years ago today: Jethro Tull - Aqualung My song pick seven years ago today: Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys - Wayfaring Stranger My song pick eight years ago today: Billy Squier - In The Dark My song pick nine years ago today: Jethro Tull - Steel Monkey

From: Sunset on the Golden Age ; Year: 2014; Genre: Power Metal/Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal I had some Alestorm on my mind this morning; as I always do, I took it as that I needed to pick one of their songs. When thinking of the song I would pick this one with a really well-defined and pretty melody immediately came to mind; it is definitely one of my favourites from their newest album. Hear Magnetic North on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket My song pick two years ago today: The Police - Invisible Sun My song pick three years ago today: Screaming Trees - Shadow of the Season My song pick four years ago today: Genesis - The Musical Box My song pick five years ago today: Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling My song pick six years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - I'm Alive My song pick seven years ago today: The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

From: Sunset on the Golden Age ; Year: 2014; Genre: Power Metal/Celtic Folk Metal This is one from the new album that was recently released from the epic pirate metal band Alestorm. If you heard the band before you more or less know what to expect; although it is interesting to hear Christopher Bowes go into low "gut" vocals like what you would normally hear in death metal in the mid eight section. I love how they mix the account of an actual historic battle in this song. Not bad in the least and it's nice to see that they're staying on course with the sound I've come to know and love. Hear 1741 (The Battle of Cartagena) on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Genesis - Ripple My song pick two years ago today: Joachim Witt - Goldener Reiter My song pick three years ago today: Savatage - Memory My song pick four years ago today: Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon My song pick five years ago today: S Sgt Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets ...

From: Back Through Time ; Year: 2011; Genre: Power Metal/Folk Metal I've been listening to a lot of Alestorm recently and it felt a good day to pick one as well. This one tells the tale of the heavy metal pirates fighting with and slaying a giant sea monster; yeah, it's that epic. Watch the music video clip on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Of Monsters and Men - Mountain Sound My song pick two years ago today: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast My song pick three years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - The Jam My song pick four years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) - La Mer (Beyond The Sea) My song pick five years ago today: Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens - Top Gun Anthem My song pick six years ago today: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

From: Captain Morgan's Revenge ; Year: 2008; Genre: Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal Last night through this morning I've been binging on Alestorm and thought I'd go ahead an add another one of their songs to my list today. What's not to love about this track? It's very well put together with an excellent singalong sea chanty chorus and is about pirates on a quest for gold and glory; wot more could ya want I ask? Hear Over the Seas on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion My song pick two years ago today: Maurice Ravel - M.81 - Boléro My song pick three years ago today: Megaherz - Schizophren My song pick four years ago today: Genesis - Turn It On Again My song pick five years ago today: Miles Davis - Walkin' My song pick six years ago today: Jethro Tull - Cold Wind To Valhalla

From: Back Through Time ; Year: 2011; Genre: Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal To aid my waking up this morning I put on Alestorm's Back Through Time album; I'd say it did the trick. For today's pick this is one of the record's tracks, enjoy! Hear Rum on YouTube. Watch a live performance of Rum on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Bachman & Turner - Slave to the Rhythm My song pick two years ago today: Pink Floyd - San Tropez My song pick three years ago today: Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz My song pick four years ago today: Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing Parts 1 and 2 My song pick five years ago today: Charlie Parker - Blues For Alice  

From: Leviathan EP; Year: 2008; Genre: Pirate Metal/Celtic Folk Metal I was listening to Alestorm's Leviathan record yesterday and it felt like a good day to pick one of their songs, so here is the title track. While not even close to my favourite song from the band, it's still a good one. Hear Leviathan on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rush - What You're Doing My song pick two years ago today: Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments My song pick three years ago today: Maddy Prior - The Fabled Hare My song pick four years ago today: Chuck Berry - Almost Grown My song pick five years ago today: Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line

From: Back Through Time ; Year: 2011; Genre: Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal Yesterday I had this song my mind; as usual I took as a sign I should pick it. I remember when I first looked at the track list I was certainly amused when I saw that Alestorm had covered this classic Stan Rogers a cappella folk ditty and turned it into a full-blown heavy metal song. I've always liked the original; I can't remember how many times I've heard it, but it's been a bunch. However, to say the least I like Alestorm's cover just a much, probably more now that I think about it. They simply did an awesome job covering it in my opinion, of course the subject matter fit Alestorm's pirate themed music style perfectly, so it's no surprise at all. This track also features a pretty good guitar solo by guest guitarist Heri Joensen from the band Tyr. Hear Alestorm's version of Barrett's Privateers on YouTube. Hear the original Stan Rogers version on YouTube. M...

From: Captain Morgan's Revenge ; Year: 2008; Genre: Power Metal/Pirate Metal Seems like I've been on the road and listening to my iPod quite a bit lately; the other day this and a few other songs from Alestorm kept coming on while I was out and about. As I always do I took it as a sign that I should pick something from the band. I was kind of shocked when I discovered that I hadn't yet picked this one; it's among my many favourites from Alestorm. Hear Captain Morgan's Revenge on YouTube. Watch a live performance from Wacken '08 on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Heart - How Deep It Goes My song pick two years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Flying High Again My song pick three years ago today: Amon Amarth feat. Lars Göran Petrov - Guardians of Asgard My song pick four years ago today: Bob Welch - Ebony Eyes My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - 17

From: Back Through Time ; Year: 2011; Folk Metal/Power Metal/Pirate Metal Today is another one of those days where I wanted to pick a certain song and was thwarted at every angle, so here's one that I've been meaning to pick for a while now instead. After seeing the music video and hearing it, it was more than enough reason for me to pick up the album and I was not disappointed at all. If you've heard the band before you should know what to expect from this track: good strong power metal with pirate subject matter throughout and a very catchy chorus that is easy and fun to sing along with. Hear Shipwrecked on YouTube. Watch the music video on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steeleye Span - Dark-Eyed Sailor My song pick two years ago today: The Police - The King of Pain My song pick three years ago today: Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe My song pick four years ago today: Benjamin Britten - War Requiem +

From: Back Through Time ; Year: 2011; Genre: Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal Yesterday evening our neighbours decided that they were wanting serenade me with their completely boring selection of music; this after doing it for 9 hours straight the day prior. Well, I decided that I would introduce them to Alestorm instead by playing the Back Through Time album just loud enough so I didn't have to hear it anymore. While they aren't horrid neighbours and I bare no malice towards them, they are rife with hypocrisy; they seem to get annoyed when they hear anyone else's music but are perfectly fine with afflicting others with theirs. Oh well, just a couple of months more and we'll be moved away and they will become someone else's problem. Maybe someone just like them will move in when we're gone; that would be the best kind of justice out there. Until then they will have learn to love Alestorm. Anyway, this is one of the many songs I like off of the Back Through...

From: Black Sails at Midnight ; Year: 2009; Genre: Celtic Folk Metal/Pirate Metal After a rather busy day I had Alestorm playing all of way on my journey home; when this song in particular came on it was fun to sit back and sing along with a pirate accent. You gotta love the lyrics: "And If I could go back and make my amends; I'd make all those mistakes again; I'd kill every last one of those bastards, my friend." Hear Pirate Song on YouTube. Watch a live performance of the song on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Steve Vai - The Attitude Song My song pick two year ago today: Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show) - Science Fiction/Double Feature My song pick three years ago today: Puhdys - Bas Buch My song pick four years ago today: The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang +