{"product_id":"back-through-time","title":"Back Through Time","description":"Personnel: Christopher Bowes (vocals, keyboards); Daniel Evans (guitar, background vocals); Maria Odvody (violin); Hans-Jorgen Martinus Hansen (whistle); Tobias Hain, Florian Frambach (trumpet); Derek Fobaire (trombone); Gareth Murdock (bass guitar, background vocals); Peter Alcorn (drums, percussion); Gordon Krei (programming); Brenden Casey (background vocals).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Lasse Lammert.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: LSD Studios, Germany (01\/2011-02\/2011).\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Audrey Dujardin.\u003cbr\u003eArrangers: Ben Turk; Paul Templing.\u003cbr\u003eBack Through Time is the third studio effort from self-styled \"pirate metal\" outfit Alestorm. The Scottish four-piece specialize in mixing traditional power metal with traditional folk instruments, sea shanty-style melodies, and buccaneering imagery, and Back Through Time continues on where the 2009 breakthrough album Black Sails at Midnight left off. As befits a group who dress in full pirate regalia and sing about imagined adventures on the high seas, they're not lacking in humor or self-awareness. The title track kicks the album off with frenetic DragonForce-style riffing and a yarn about a pirate ship sent back to a time when Vikings ruled the seas: \"You put your faith in Odin and Thor\/We put ours in cannons and whores\/Your Viking gods won't save you now\/When pirates strike from the starboard bow.\" \"Scraping the Barrell\" cleverly mixes pirate imagery with sardonic meta-analysis, keenly aware that their style of music isn't seen to have much of a shelf life: \"There are no more tales to be told\/No more stories of battles of old\/Now it seems our journey has come to an end\/We are scraping the barrel, my friend.\" The catchiest track on the record, \"The Sunk'n Norwegian,\" is a straight-up drinking song built on a whistle and accordion melody, while the deluxe edition of the album features a cover of \"You Are a Pirate\" from the children's TV show Lazy Town. Back Through Time offers little stylistic variation on its predecessors -- and in that sense the band could be seen as \"scraping the barrel\" -- however, the energy and vitality that the group bring to their unique corner of the metal world, along with a handful of contagious melodies, ensure that Back Through Time registers as the Perth act's strongest and most consistent record to date. ~ Dave Donnelly","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45349824233759,"sku":"885470002422","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/a13550c45c0be224ea10c1c1c042ad51.jpg?v=1777529727","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/back-through-time","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}