Now, yes, I know it's a bit of a one trick pony, but if you're going to have bands bashing out battle metal, then you may as well have one dressed up as pirates, singing songs about pirates, calling themselves pirate metal.
For sure, Running Wild did it all a hunnerd years or so back, but we can hardly claim to be overrun with bands of this ilk. It is a bit keyboard heavy for me in places, but as the Scotch rockers rampage through 'That Famous Ol' Spiced', 'Keelhauled' and, yes, 'Pirate Song', you can't fail to have a smile on your face, a bang in your head, and a parrot on your shoulder.
Good, fun, hearty metal, and there's nowt wrong with that!