Heavy metal pirate music? The description is quite accurate for this head-banging ear-splitting duo of EPs by Battleheart. This is epic metal even if it is a bit comic book. Battleheart’s self-titled album starts with a short symphonic overture of voices, organs, and chimes then moves into full throttle metal territory. The Scottish folk influences lifts it out of the ordinary. “No Quarter” is the best track on the album featuring some high-powered guitar duelling. The newer and too short (12 minutes) EP Terror on the High Seas continues the hard-core pirate tradition. “Wenches and Mead” is the highlight of the set, a fun marriage of shanty song and metal madness.

Update: Battleheart has been signed to a label and is now Alestorm. Unfortunately This also means that their two albums are…

No longer available

Shiver me timbers, Matey!