{"id":8048,"date":"2025-11-30T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/?page_id=8048"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:56:36","slug":"alestorm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\/alestorm","title":{"rendered":"ALESTORM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1895511950\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_208207746\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-1024x373.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-1024x373.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-600x218.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-450x164.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-768x280.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1-1536x559.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unbenannt-1.jpeg 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_208207746 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:0px;\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4066150186\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GENRE: FOLK METAL, POWER METAL, PIRATE METAL<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4066150186 {\n  font-size: 1.75rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-644678609\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1864928743\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1883865019\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-Group-press-horizontal-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1883865019 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary is-xxlarge artist-single-all-bands-btn hide-for-small\"  style=\"padding:3px 25px 0px 25px;\">\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>  <span>All bands<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1779210239\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2071045387\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>ALESTORM are docking in Sulingen for the first time &#8211; and this should be a long overdue shore leave for all those who appreciate folk, power and extreme metal in pirate garb. Since the mid-2000s, the Scottish crew has developed from a quirky scene insider to a permanent fixture, without ever losing their sense of humor. Anyone who only expects party metal here is underestimating the mixture of powerful riffs, folky hooklines and a thematic consistency that is anchored somewhere between sea adventure, sailor&#8217;s yarn and self-irony.  <\/p>\n<p>Musically, ALESTORM navigate confidently through storm and calm: from anthemic choruses that can tip over into blast-like turbulence without warning, to danceable, almost deliberately exaggerated melodies. The pirate label serves less as a costume than as an aesthetic playing field &#8211; sometimes brute, sometimes absurd. The fact that the band regularly deconstructs itself and the genre with a wink makes its status in the metal cosmos more stable than fragile.  <\/p>\n<p>Live: If you&#8217;re looking for peace and quiet, you should avoid the deck. ALESTORM shows resemble an eventful voyage between crowdsurfers, collective roaring and a surprisingly precise joy of playing. Keytar salvos, rum chorales and an audience that drifts in the right direction without being asked are part of the basic package. There&#8217;s also festival energy with a salty spray and the necessary self-irony that we wouldn&#8217;t want to miss in the Reload line-up in 2026.   <\/p>\n<p>In short: ALESTORM don&#8217;t come to knock politely. They break down the door, throw a barrel overboard and bring a show that stays in your memory &#8211; whether you like it or not. Sulingen, clear the planks.  <strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2071045387 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.35;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons artist-single-social-icons\" style=\"font-size:147%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alestormband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline facebook tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Follow on Facebook\" ><i class=\"icon-facebook\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alestormofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"Instagram\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline instagram tooltip\" title=\"Follow on Instagram\" aria-label=\"Follow on Instagram\" ><i class=\"icon-instagram\" ><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alestorm.net\/\" data-label=\"Website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"icon button circle is-outline website tooltip\" title=\"https:\/\/www.alestorm.net\/\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.alestorm.net\/\" ><i class=\"icon-website\" ><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/bands\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button primary is-xxlarge artist-single-all-bands-btn show-for-small\"  style=\"padding:3px 25px 0px 25px;\">\n  <i class=\"icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>  <span>All bands<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1895511950 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  margin-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7995,"parent":6448,"menu_order":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8048","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8279,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8048\/revisions\/8279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reload-festival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}