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29.07 - Ministry - Offer Free Download Of 'Permawar' Remix

29.07 - Southwest Terror Fest III - Complete Lineup And Running Order

29.07 - Monolithe - Reissue Second Album, Release Compilation Of EPs

29.07 - KEN Mode - Release New Video, New Tour Announced

29.07 - Intronaut - Confirm 10th Anniversary US Tour In November

28.07 - Machine Head - Announce Tour With Epica And Children Of Bodom

28.07 - Panopticon - New Album Streaming Online

28.07 - Wovenwar - New Single Online

28.07 - Winterfylleth - Reveal New Album Cover And More Details

28.07 - After The Burial - US Tour Dates Confirmed

28.07 - Exodus - Kirk Hammett To Guest On New Album

28.07 - Nightrage - New Label, Enter The Studio In September

Reviews Articles

	Martyrdöd Elddop
	Ocean Districts Expeditions
	Bölzer Soma [EP]
	Harakiri For The Sky Aokigahara
	Dog Fashion Disco Sweet Nothings
	Belphegor Conjuring The Dead
	Entombed A.D. Back To The Front
	Accept Blind Rage
	Chaos Moon Resurrection Extract
	Fozzy Do You Wanna Start A War

29.07 - Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2014 - Denver, CO - 13 Jul 2014

28.07 - Amaranthe - American Beauty Car Show, Haapsalu Episcopal Castle, Haapsalu, Estonia, 19.07.2014

23.07 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 4 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

20.07 - Hellfest 2014 - A report!

13.07 - Agalloch - Gothic Theatre, Englewood, USA - 8 Jul 2014

13.06 - Iced Earth, Sabaton, ReVamp - Summit Music Hall, Denver, USA - 14 May 2014

06.06 - Roadburn Festival - Day 4: Afterburner

03.06 - God Is An Astronaut - Tapper, Tallinn, Estonia, 18.05.2014

Shoutbox

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Hallo, metalstormers! :D

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02:38 - Lokaeda
You know who you're talking to, right?

02:29 - Ilham
Oh George, what a poet.

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Because it is I who posted it.

02:17 - Ilham
I don't even know why I clicked that.

Events Now online Today

30.07 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2014 (33)

06.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2014 (29)

08.08 - Portugal
Vagos Open Air 2014 (22)

07.08 - United Kingdom
Bloodstock Open Air 2014 (14)

13.08 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2014 (14)

13.08 - Germany
Summer Breeze Open Air 2014 (11)

22.01 - USA
70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 (11)

Musicians' birthdays:

33 - Cruor
27 - Cyrill
38 - David Fremberg
61 - Geddy Lee
37 - Jani Juhola
55 - John Sykes
29 - Joni Palmroth
28 - Luke "Blaspherion" Blaso
32 - Mariusz "Koshen" Kozon
69 - Mike Garson
46 - Paavo Lötjönen
45 - V.O. Pulver
49 - Woodroe "Woody" Weatherman

RIP:

1996 - Jason Thirsk

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Alestorm

Popularity index: 133
468 fans

Also known as	Battleheart (2004-2007)
Country:	United Kingdom
Label:	Napalm Records

Links:	Official Website Myspace Facebook show moreTwitter

Formed in:	2004

2004-	Folk power metal

Line-up

Current members:
2004-	Christopher Alexander Bowes - vocals, keyboards
2006-2008	Daniel "Dani" Evans - bass
› 2009-	-//- guitar
2009-	Gareth "Gazz" Murdock - bass
2010-	Peter "Pete" Alcorn - drums
2011-	Elliot Vernon - keyboards
Former musicians:
2004-2008	Gavin Harper - guitar
2006	Robin Hell - vocals
2006	Doug Swierczek - drums
2006	Jason Heeny - bass
2007-2008	Ian Wilson - drums
› 2008-2010	-//-
2008	Tim Shaw - guitar
2008	Alex "Hasselhoff" Tabisz - drums
Studio musicians:
2008-	Brendan Casey - bass ('08), backing vocals
2008-2009	Migo "Oger Mampf" Wagner - drums
2009-	Gordon Krei - programming, brass and orchestral arrangements
2009-	Tobias Hain - trumpet
2009	Austus Twele - great highland bagpipes
2009	Bee Bloodpunch - backing vocals
2009	Heinrich Gimpel - bass trombone
2009	Carsten Petersen - trumpet, cornet
2009	Mirjam Beyer - violin
2011	Derek Fobaire - trombone
2011	Florian Frambach - trumpet
2011	Maria Odvody - violin
2011	Chris Jones (II) - accordion
2011	Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen - whistles
Guest musicians:
2008	Lasse Lammert - vibraslap, tambourine
› 2009	-//- guitar, backing vocals
› 2011	-//- guitar, vibraslap
2008	Chris Mummelthey - backing vocals
2009	Tim Shaw - backing vocals
2011	Ken "Sorceron" Bergeron - vocals
2011	James "Grand Master Jaldaboath" Fogarty - narration
2011	Heri Joensen - guitar
2011	Robert "Balfabar Nosugref" Cranny - vocals

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

2006 \| 7.4	Battleheart [EP]
2006 \| 8.3	Terror On The High Seas [EP]
2008 \| 7.8	Captain Morgan's Revenge
2008 \| 8	Leviathan [EP]
2009 \| 7.9	Black Sails At Midnight
2011 \| 8.1	Back Through Time
2014	Sunset On The Golden Age
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Photo galleries

07.11.2012	Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO, 07 NOV 2012 by D.T. Metal
03.10.2012	Dragonforce, Alestorm - Nottingham, England, 3rd October 2012 by Baz Anderson
16.10.2010	Sabaton, Alestorm - Sheffield, England, 16th October 2010 by Baz Anderson
29.04.2009	Alestorm, Týr - Nottingham, England, 29th April 2009 by Baz Anderson
24.04.2009	Hammerfest 2009 - Prestatyn, Wales, 24th-25th April 2009 by Baz Anderson
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News / Concerts / Interviews

News

09.07.2014	Alestorm - Piratefest Tour Confirmed
02.07.2014	Alestorm - Release New Album Preview
12.06.2014	Alestorm - New Video Online
28.05.2014	Alestorm - Confirm European Tour
16.04.2014	Alestorm - Share New Album Details
05.02.2014	Alestorm - Recording New Album, Title Unveiled (Update)
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Interviews

15.11.2012

with Christopher Bowes

Articles

15.11.2012	Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO - 7.11.2012
03.05.2009	Alestorm, Týr - Nottingham, England, 29th April 2009

Concerts

10.08.2014	CAN, Montreal, QC - Heavy MTL Festival (7)
15.08.2014	CZE, Hodonín - Made Of Metal 2014
12.09.2014	GER, Nuremberg
13.09.2014	GER, Bochum (1)
14.09.2014	GER, Ludwigsburg
15.09.2014	GER, Pratteln
16.09.2014	SUI, Monthey
17.09.2014	FRA, Lyon (1)
18.09.2014	FRA, Paris (1)
19.09.2014	GER, Trier
21.09.2014	NED, Nijmegen
22.09.2014	GER, Hamburg
23.09.2014	POL, Wroclaw
24.09.2014	POL, Warsaw
25.09.2014	POL, Krakow (1)
28.09.2014	AUT, Graz
29.09.2014	AUT, Vienna (1)
30.09.2014	CRO, Zagreb
01.10.2014	SLO, Ljubljana
02.10.2014	ITA, Brescia
03.10.2014	GER, Munich
04.10.2014	GER, Dramstadt
05.10.2014	NED, Eindhoven
08.10.2014	GBR, Norwich (1)
09.10.2014	GBR, Birmingham (1)
10.10.2014	GBR, Sheffield
11.10.2014	GBR, Southampton
12.10.2014	GBR, Brighton
13.10.2014	GBR, Plymouth
14.10.2014	GBR, Liverpool
15.10.2014	IRL, Dublin
16.10.2014	IRL, Cork
17.10.2014	GBR, Belfast
18.10.2014	GBR, Aberdeen
19.10.2014	GBR, Glasgow (1)
20.10.2014	GBR, Bristol
21.10.2014	GBR, Manchester
22.10.2014	GBR, Exeter
23.10.2014	GBR, Reading
24.10.2014	GBR, London (1)
25.10.2014	GBR, Leeds
26.10.2014	GBR, Cardiff
22.01.2015	USA, Fort Lauderdale, FL - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 (11)

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