ALESTORM – PIRATE METAL SETS SAIL FOR WROCŁAW
Alestorm sets a course for Wrocław, turning a concert into a pirate voyage powered by metal riffs, memorable choruses and irreverent humour. The Scottish band brings its unmistakable world of seafaring stories to Centrum Koncertowe A2, where theatrical flair meets a healthy sense of fun. Since its beginnings under the name Battleheart, the group has developed a sound that pairs heavy guitars with melodies inviting the audience to sing along. The show welcomes dedicated crew members and anyone discovering the pirate side of metal for the first time. Explore how a modest Scottish project became a band with such a distinctive identity.
Alestorm – the story of Scottish pirate metal
Their debut album, "Captain Morgan's Revenge," released in 2008, immediately catapulted the band to the forefront of the European metal scene, leading to extensive tours alongside bands like Turisas, Sabaton, Dragonforce, Eluveitie, and many others. The band quickly began appearing at some of Europe's most prestigious festivals, including Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock Open Air, Graspop Metal Meeting, and Sweden Rock Festival.
Alestorm's reputation continued to grow following the release of their second album, "Black Sails at Midnight," in 2009, leading to world tours spanning North America, Australia, and Europe. In the following years, they released several albums and had numerous successful festival appearances.
Alestorm's popularity and critical acclaim skyrocketed following the release of 2017's No Grave But the Sea, which featured a stable lineup of Christopher Bowes (vocals), Mate Bodor (guitars), Gareth Murdock (bass), Elliot Vernon (keyboards), and Peter Alcorn (drums). The band achieved several top-ten hits worldwide and quickly began regularly headlining sold-out shows to over 2,000 people a night on every continent, cementing their reputation as the world's best live band.
The COVID pandemic didn't stop the band's ambitions, as they released their most ambitious album yet in 2020, "Curse of the Crystal Coconut," followed in 2021 by the critically acclaimed live DVD "Live in Tilburg," recorded in front of an audience of over 3,000 rabid fans. In the summer of 2022, the band released their seventh album, "Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum," which spent two weeks at number one on the Hungarian album sales chart and remained in the top ten for several more. Following its release, Alestorm embarked on the biggest festival and concert tour of their career, including a massive European headline tour in January 2023, where the band played to audiences of up to 4,600 people per night. Alestorm is the best pirate metal band in the world.
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Alestorm
2 May 2026 8:00 PM
WROCŁAW CONCERT CENTER A2