Crewed By The Damned

Swashbuckle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bald Freak Music
• ASIN: B000JMJY4M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Under The Black Flag

2. Welcome Aboard

3. Drink Up

4. Set Sail

5. Walk The Plank

6. What A Ship Is

7. Dead Men Tell No Lies

8. The Wooden World

9. "X" Marks The Spot

10. Rum Runners

11. Upon The Spanish Main

12. The Bazaar

13. Jolly Roger

14. Paradise Defined

15. Crewed By The Damned

16. A Fool's Errand

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Swashbuckle have the ability to become one of America s next big metal bands. Although their pirate image should appeal to metal and nautical enthusiasts alike, the strength of their material alone is enough to vault them to national, and perhaps even worldwide, notoriety." --Maximum Metal

Product Description

Crewed By The Damned is the debut album from New Jersey-based metal pirates Swashbuckle, featuring an arsenal of intense, unrelenting thrash metal tunes reminiscent of vintage Anthrax & Exodus; and a collection of authentic, acoustic-based pirate shanties highlighted by catchy guitar melodies & creative percussion. Not the type of diverse styles you'd hear on a typical metal album - but then again, Swashbuckle are not your typical metal band. Forged upon the seven seas, Swashbuckle's unique brand of 'In Yar Face' metal is set to take the metal community by storm.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pirates For Life, November 14, 2006

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P. Matich "Metalhead" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crewed By The Damned (Audio CD)

This seems like some joke bands, but they take the music seriously. The music is hands down Thrash Metal, with death grunts in some of the songs. In between each song there is a great instrumentals track. To sum things up get this if you like great trash metal or if you like great fun music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YAAARRRGH!!!, October 23, 2009

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J. Vincent - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crewed By The Damned (Audio CD)

Pirates are an excellent subject for metal, as they themselves were aggressive and brutal, but as someone else who reviewed this very album elsewhere said we've had Vikings shoved down our throats for too long. Although I do enjoy my Viking themed metal even I need a change of pace once in a while.

This album is an excellent blend of aggressive in your face thrash metal with a touch of death metal and a few quick sea shanties. The songs are never longer than you want them to be, the cheese factor one finds with the power/folk metal of Alestorm is nowhere to be found, and the production is quite good no instrument seems to overpower the others.

The vocals edge into death metal territory with a growl that is never too gutteral to where words become unrecognizable, the guitar work is nothing anyone will likely be playing at guitar center as there isn't any overly impressive sounding guitar wankery just great agressive thrash metal riffs and the occasional basic solo, the bass is solid with a good bass tone and is never buried in the mix like some bands do, and finally the drumming is fast and aggressive as it should be.

Overall Crewed By The Damned is an excellent release and a wonderful debut album and while I have not yet heard the second album Back to the Noose I've heard it is just as good as this one and intend to purchase it in the near future.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Metalocalypse does pirate songs..., June 6, 2010

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Charles Stuckey "stuck-fla" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crewed By The Damned (Audio CD)

If you're looking at this as a suggestion from Alestorm, you'll be disappointed. Sounds more like the Adult Swim's Metalocalypse than anything else. Music is great, singer leaves something to be desired. I gave this away to a friend who likes Metalocalypse.