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Genre pirate metal

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Pirate metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that fuses the hard-hitting riffs and energetic drumming of metal with nautical themes and folk instruments like the accordion and fiddle. Characterized by lyrics that revolve around tales of high seas adventure, rum-soaked festivities, and swashbuckling escapades, pirate metal often incorporates a sense of theatricality and humor. The music is designed to evoke the wild spirit of piracy, often employing sing-along choruses and catchy melodies to create an immersive and raucous experience. (AI Generated)

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Releases by year

Here you can see the popularity of Pirate Metal genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.

2020s 990
2025 3
2024 195
2023 263
2022 209
2021 187
2020 133
2010s 1030
2019 135
2018 115
2017 117
2016 123
2015 108
2014 83
2013 99
2012 84
2011 91
2010 75
2000s 365
2009 72
2008 70
2007 43
2006 38
2005 33
2004 28
2003 23
2002 28
2001 18
2000 12
1990s 64
1999 20
1998 9
1997 5
1996 7
1995 7
1994 4
1993 4
1992 2
1991 5
1990 1
1980s 24
1989 4
1988 5
1987 5
1986 2
1985 2
1984 4
1983 2
1970s 1
1978 1
1900s 1
1904 1
2475 releases

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pirate metal music by decade

Explore pirate metal history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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List of pirate metal artists

Here is a list of pirate metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the pirate metal genre. You can find out what pirate metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 55 588704
2 61 985852
3 45 196240
4 48 193520
5 57 274444
6 47 329065
7 33 78861
8 45 118881
9 41 114043
10 50 428401
11 38 131598
12 54 409225
13 44 41071
14 58 1187239
15 42 219297
16 51 261235
17 41 78545
18 43 231015
19 47 150406
20 39 219328
21 30 20001
22 54 685052
23 33 44033
24 40 25960
25 28 46902
26 32 76932
27 31 27844
28 70 2278965
29 49 128513
30 42 205657
31 44 82461
32 32 31536
33 29 55128
34 40 27777
35 44 141001
36 37 123033
37 39 181465
38 40 49883
39 38 38770
40 35 116030
41 27 35262
42 30 21244
43 46 176583
44 27 44135
45 48 136243
46 33 119549
47 44 156270
48 29 22395
49 28 35961
50 38 16316
51 37 20015
52 36 13682
53 33 26584
54 30 27607
55 44 48449
56 31 8487
57 43 146303
58 57 601461
59 29 73595
60 41 53272
61 32 50000
62 37 15019
63 54 138316
64 31 10532
65 29 7317
66 36 32144
67 54 245759
68 60 391964
69 30 254
70 36 2073
71 32 74413
72 58 430385
73 27 31403
74 50 3943
75 50 25637
76 38 129753
77 33 14610
78 27 27187
79 48 3306
80 48 573
81 43 56403
82 33 107585
83 42 90354
84 29 94877
85 31 65772
86 36 761
87 36 31318
88 36 23041
89 29 49038
90 35 365
91 34 372
92 29 9189
93 32 5798
94 31 776
95 31 5996
96 28 6707
97 28 7315
98 31 48782
99 32 23438
100 28 4937