If a pirate's life is the life for you, then last night you should've found your way to the back of an abandoned business park to swig rum, raise your cutlass, and bang your head with the small army ...

Metal contains multitudes. It can encompass everything from Black Sabbath's speedy headbanging riffs, the guttural satanic screams of Norwegian black metal, the technical wizardry of Eddie Van Halen, ...

Pirate metal originators Running Wild, led by creative visionary and singer/guitarist Rock 'n' Rolf, have released the triumphant "The Shellback," the third single off their 17th studio album, Blood ...

Avast ye mateys. And starboard your bows. Or something. Did you really think there wouldn’t be a sub-genre of metal called pirate metal? Don’t be silly. Amidst the burgeoning sub-genres of pagan, folk ...

Pirate metal rapscallions Ye Banished Privateers have unveiled A Pirate Stole My Christmas, their holiday album that promises to "deck the hulls with 11 swashbuckling Christmas shanties" and up first ...

Last month, we announced that pirate metal crew Alestorm would be dropping their new album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, later this year. Now, the band have released their first new single from the ...

At a time like this, a reminder from Scotland's merry "pirate metal" crew Alestorm that nothing can be taken too seriously has never been more welcome. Even band leader Christopher Bowes wouldn't have ...

How do you know if you’re a pirate? You just ARRRRRGGH! How do you know if you’re a pirate-metaller? Well, if you’re perma-drunk, (dead man’s) cursed to forever plough through rocked-up sea-shanties, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Pirate (at left), 35, and Joe Nobleza, 34, met at high school and bonded over heavy metal music and a shared rebellious streak. Today, ...

Devin Friend is a graduate of McNeese State University with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Starting from the day that he played Super Mario Kart on a Super Nintendo that he received as a ...