Pirate Metal?! | Worship Drummer Reacts to "Pirates Will Return" by Visions of Atlantis

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[@metalmark1214]

Glad you found Visions of Atlantis. Both Clementine Delauney and Michele Gualoiti are great singers and compliment one another's voice. Check out "Melancholy Angel' from the same concert.

[@jasontrebilcock6496]

Here's my VoA story: I saw a reaction video to the song "Heroes of the Dawn" in July 2019. By the time the video was over, I knew I had to see them live. Six weeks later, I was on a plane to Munich to see them...and I was not disappointed. Handful of recommendations: "Heroes of the Dawn" - there's both an "official lyric" video...as well as a live video w/ orchestra...my gateway introduction to the band "Release My Symphony" - live video w/ orchestra...same concert as "Heroes of the Dawn" (the concert was recorded roughly two weeks before I saw them for the first time) And to go off the board, so-to-speak...a band to consider adding to "the list": Exit Eden...Clementine, from VoA, is currently one of the three voices in that group. And for a specific recommendation, I'd throw "Run!" out as it also includes Marko, formerly of Nightwish. I could keep going...but, I'll stop, for now. (There are a lot of good/interesting bands in Europe that don't get enough love.)

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@@teckreactions Oh, btw, in case you're interested, today, VoA announced US tour dates in April 2025. So, if you're so-inclined, they're definitely worth checking out.

[@MegaDog555]

ty vieron love this band and song

[@chriso6719]

Welcome to pirate metal. Yes, pirates is a theme of the band. Formed in Austria in 2000, drummer Thomas Caser is the only original member left. Female lead is Frenchwoman Clementine Delauney, she joined in 2013. Male vocalist since 2018 is Michele Gualoiti, also a producer and has been in a number of bands. Song is from their 8th album, Pirates. Pirates II , their 9th, came out in July. Newest video is "Tonight I'm Alive" from the new album. Also try "Melancholy Angel" Clementine is also part of a super group called Exit Eden, with Anna Brunner (League of Distortion) and Marina LaTorraca (Phantom Elite). Last year they released a song called "Run" feat. Marko Hietala.

[@PittDaddy]

I got into metal music during the pandemic and I can't believe how many great bands I didn't know about. I recently learned about Visions of Atlantis through an advertising campaign they ran on Instagram. Something to add to your list. Dianne van Giersbergen just released a new song yesterday entitled Flameborn. It features Marcella Bovio who you may know from the Aryeon Universe as a backup singer. Dianne is a former singer with Xandria and Marcella is in MaYaN. Their voices are incredible together.

[@MegaDog555]

awesomeness i love VoA an this song ty 🐕

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Visions of Atlantis was founded in Austria in 2000 as a Nightwish clone, without pirates. Like many clones, they were characterized by many changes. In 2013, only drummer Thomas Caser was left as the founder and the band new Member was in disagreement. Thomas was thinking about disbanding the band. Instead, he fired the entire crew, brought back three founders, replaced the male singer and made the French guest singer from the last tour the new female singer, Clémentine Delauney. Thomas promised to take the band back to its roots, which he unfortunately succeeded in doing all too well. In 2018, the founders disappeared again and the male singer was replaced by the experienced Italian singer/songwriter Michele Guaitoli. You may know him from Temperence: TEMPERANCE - ‘The Last Hope In A World Of Hopes’ (Official Video) When the album Wanderers was released in 2019, the main thing was to stabilize the band again. From this: VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - Heroes of the Dawn (Live) (Official Video) | Napalm Records On the tour they meet the German sound engineer Felix Heldt, who is also a songwriter/producer. He showed the band new possibilities. During the pandemic, Meek and Felix have to discuss how the collaboration should work. Then Clemi comes around the corner with the pirate idea. She had it back in 2013, but Thomas rejected it. This time she finds a majority. When Pirates is released in 2022, it is the breakthrough, which can be confirmed in 2024 with Pirates II - Armada. Since Meek is constantly composing songs, there is a folder on his computer with the title Pirates III. The song in the video is from Pirates, as is this song: VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - Master the Hurricane (Official Video) | Napalm Records This is from Pirates II: VISIONS OF ATLANTIS - Armada (Official Video) | Napalm Records Meek is the main songwriter, Felix produces it and changes details, Clemi does the lyrics. She also draws up the first script for the videos. The stage costumes are also hers. She decides what kind of pirates we see. They are Hollywood pirates who are just a shell and the content is universal. Everyone can find themselves in the lyrics if they remove the pirates. The pirates were originally only planned as a temporary campaign for an album. But the more fans know them only as pirates, the harder it becomes to take off the pirate boots again. The concept is also open enough to last a long time. Fun fact: Drummer Thomas is today also the CEO of Napalm Records. He was the manager at VoA from the beginning, was hired by Napalm because of this experience and then worked his way up.

[@Birdienamnam07]

Pirate Metal - probably invented by the German Power Metal band ‘Running Wild’ in the 70s and mostly developing throughout the 80 and further on. Check out their 2018 live in Wacken video on KZbin (whole concert). They don’t sing about pirates - they basically ARE pirates 😄. Also founded in Hamburg which is a capital harbour city in northern Germany.

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The problem with pirate metal is that it is not a style. Running Wild is primarily power metal and a very typical one. For me, Alestorm is more pirate, although it is not clear what style they play. That also fits with pirates: ALESTORM - Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship (Official Video) | Napalm Records

[@MegaDog555]

did anyone tell you the drummer is ceo of naplam records

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