''Captain Morgan's Revenge'' is the debut studio album by Scottish heavy metal band

Alestorm Alestorm are a Scottish heavy metal band formed in Perth in 2004. Their music is characterised by a pirate theme, and as a result, they have been dubbed a "pirate metal" band by many critics and their fanbase. The group currently consists of ...

, released in 2008 by

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. Drums were recorded by Migo Wagner, a session drummer, because Ian Wilson could not travel to

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for the recordings, although he did make minor contributions to the album by recording some additional percussion. "Heavy Metal Pirates" was re-recorded during the same sessions but left off the album and later released as a digital download and on the Leviathan EP.

Track listing

Personnel

* Christopher Bowes - vocals, keyboards,

tin whistle The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, a class of instrument which also includes the recorder and Native American flute. A tin whistle player is called a whistl ...

* Ian Wilson - percussion * Dani Evans - bass * Gavin Harper - guitars, backing vocals,

jew's harp The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame. Despite the colloquial name, the Jew's harp most likely originated in ...

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

, additional drums

Additional personnel and staff

* Lasse Lammert -

vibraslap The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wooden ball to a hollow box of wood with metal "teeth" inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ba ...

, tambourine, producer, mixing, mastering, engineering * Brendan Casey - backing vocals, additional bass * Migo Wagner - drums, backing vocals * Chris Mummelthey - backing vocals * Steve Brown - photography * Ingo Römling - cover art

References

{{Authority control 2008 debut albums Alestorm albums Napalm Records albums Cultural depictions of Henry Morgan