Avast ye salty dogs, I have a tale to tell ya! It’s about a band of hearty fucking pirates, who have returned after an eight-fucking year hiatus! Must be nice, aye?! At any rate, ye can forget about Alestorm (even though they’re still technically Pirate Metal, they sound more like Party/Bro Metal at this point.) Wreck and Revere is a barnacle of an album, it’ll stick to yer ribs and play them like a xylophone!

Seriously though, shitty pirate accent aside. Rum Runners are pretty fucking good at the crazy sub-genre known as Pirate Metal. I used to just singularly worship Alestorm, and that was it. But I want something more… Pirate-y, and when I saw the promo, I was like, hey! That’s right up my Galleon!

Wreck and Revere sounds fantastic and is a ridiculously good EP. Three songs, that’s it; I mean, they have been gone since 2015’s The Quest for Mead EP. Now they’ve resurfaced from the depths.

Beginning with a suitable bombastic delivery and triumphant horn, and some drums, the opening riffing for “In Siren’s Wake”. It’s a ripping track, Cap’n Rawpipes sounds a bit like Attila Dorn from Powerwolf especially in the chorus, but that’s not the limit of his range as is proven on second track “The Glory Is Mine” it’s a bit more of a Death Metal inspired song, Thrashing like a prisoner being keelhauled.

Wreck and Revere is a lot of things: a bit of Black Metal, a bit of Folk Metal, and even striding Power Metal. According to the press release, they’re anticipating an album release sometime in 2026, so I’m going to be watching for that for sure.

Final track “Hull of Your Mind” starts off with some System of a Down “Chop Suey” drums to introduce the song but it goes hard, as I hoped it would; guitarists Captain Rustpaws and Cap’n Saltyhands play grab ass with each other’s playing and it makes this album unbelievably fun to listen to.

I feel like I need a cigarette after listening to Wreck and Revere, it’s that good; a really rousing comeback that has me looking forward to their future. If you like Korpiklaani, Ensiferum and Amon Amarth this album needs to be in your wheelhouse me hearties!

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