ALESTORM Hits Billboard Heatseekers Chart
June 10, 2009, 15 years ago
Scottish pirate metal act ALESTORM have issued the following update:
"Yo dudes. Turns out that Black Sails At Midnight managed to hit 87th place in the Billboard Heatseekers Chart in the USA. It's the chart for artists who haven't previously had a Top 100 Album before. So that's rather cool. Cheers to all our American friends who bought it. You're all lovely!
Black Sails At Midnight has now achieved the following chart positions:
German album charts - #60
UK Independent Label charts - #14
UK Rock charts - #17
US Billboard Heatseekers Chart - #87
Alestorm recently posted the video clip of 'Nancy The Tavern Wench' from the bonus DVD which comes with the digipak version of their new album, - check it out below.
Black Sails At Midnight is available in normal jewel case format (top graphic), and also as a limited edition digipak with different artwork and a bonus DVD featuring their gig from Wacken 2008. The tracklist is as follows: 'The Quest', 'Leviathan', 'That Famous Ol' Spiced', 'Keelhauled', 'To The End Of Our Days', 'Black Sails At Midnight', 'No Quarter', 'Pirate Song', 'Chronicles Of Vengeance', 'Wolves Of The Sea'.
Album samples can be found on Alesrorm's MySpace page audio player here.
BraveWords.com's Mark Gromen spoke with Alestorm singer/mobile keyboardist Chris Bowes recently - check out the feature here.
