It’s hard to believe there are two new Pirate Metal bands breaking in 2009, but here we are in June and both Alestorm and Swashbuckle have already toured the U.S. extensively. We’ve gotten 3 irate ...

The second annual run of the MetalSucks-approved Paganfest USA tour — which one month ago announced it would include Primordial, Eluveitie, Moonsorrow and Blackguard (formerly Profugus Mortis) — has ...

Pirate metal mariners Swashbuckle have given up sailing the seven seas for a little while to finish working on their third full-length album, 'Crime Always Pays.' The disc will be the first to feature ...

Something's happening in the oh-so-macho world of swashbuckling. Young women are brandishing swords, swinging from ropes, shooting arrows, piloting pirate ships. Whether it's little blade-packing Arya ...

— -- Avast, ye mateys! Saturday is International Talk Like a Pirate Day (talklikeapirate.com), the perfect time to roam like a rebel. Colin Woodard, author of The Republic of Pirates, shares with ...