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The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:27 pm Post subject:

I don't know about this one.
Haven't listened to it in... So many years (10+). Anyway, what I remember of it didn't yell classic...

MetalStorm · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:27 pm Post subject:

The single greatest pirate metal album of all time. These guys are fucking insane

Zadok · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:32 pm Post subject:

There's a real argument for it to have classic status, it's pretty well known for the whole arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr jim lad thing. Take me, I know bugger-all about speed metal, yet I know this is one of the genre's big names. Think I prefer Rage in musical terms, however.
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The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:

For one thing, Rage have managed to evolve and get better when RW stayed pretty much the same. I know some people expect the bands never to change, I don't.
Funny thing, I actually slept through a whole Running Wild concert despite the pyrotechnics and pirate speed metal.

AlexandeR · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:43 pm Post subject:

Pirate Metal!

real pirates, not the shit that it's Alestorm.

Classic or not Classic? Mmm, probably not, Black Hand Inn is a classic though. And I think you can't compare RW and Rage, very different style.

The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject:

As different as Heineken and Carlsberg.
Ok, maybe Carlsberg and Guiness...

Zadok · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:45 pm Post subject:

I didn't mean to compare the two musically, more in terms of Speed Metal as a whole. Doubt anyone would say RW beat Rage in terms of goodness.
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AlexandeR · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:45 pm Post subject:

AlexandeR · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:47 pm Post subject:

MetalStorm · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:18 pm Post subject:

Come on, people! Alestorm have a few good/entertaining songs. After all, entertaining people with singalongs is their only purpose, isn't it? Not bad at what they do, I say.

MetalStorm · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:24 pm Post subject:

The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:26 pm Post subject:

Suits yourself.

Ness · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:51 am Post subject:

I need to gets me some more Running Wild. I love this band and only own a few albums. Looks like I have a new one to get.

cry of the banshee · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:53 am Post subject:

I have every Running Wild album, and the only ones that I would really consider classics are either of the first two.

The Annoying Frenchman · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:55 am Post subject:

I'd go with Port Royal.

AlexandeR · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

Skiggath · Metal Lord Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 478

This was my first exposure to Pirate themed Metal and I haven't stopped listening to it since 2004. I blasted this stuff all the way to Tampa for Gasparilla ( a big drunken pirate fest b/c Tampa was taken over by pirates years ago)

Holy_Terror · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject:

This certainly is their most well known album. But is it their best? Not in my opinion. That honor is reserved for Death or Glory. Is this a classic? Maybe. Tough for me to call an album i dont really like a classic. But it is a very well known and highly regarded album. While being well knowm is a very small part of being a classic, the fact that so many people love this album probably means it should be a classic.