Storm Seeker - Pirate Folk Metal from Düsseldorf, Germany

About Storm Seeker

Storm Seeker, founded in 2013, plays Pirate Folk Metal with extraordinary instruments like cello, hurdy gurdy and nyckelharpa. After over 50 successful concert in different cities in Germany up to MetalDays Slowenia, the band just released their second studio album “Guns Don't Cry”.

Surrounded by humid darkness and the bitter cold of an unrelenting current, the acrid smell of salt as your only companion. For a long time you have been used to this sad loneliness and are swaying in the melancholy of being, before you, as soon as the melody inside you fades away, are thrown into the cold water by the roughness in Timothy's voice. A seductive depth in which so quickly no rescue is to be expected. Provided, of course, you want to be rescued at all. Because when Storm Seeker invites you to become part of their crew for an evening, only deaf ears can resist the clear voices of the double, female front singing and the proper portion of polyphonic choirs. Surrounded by the unusual melodies of the hurdy-gurdy, the cello and the nyckelharpa, the band does not only report about the dangers and longings of seafaring. They also manage it to spread the excessive tendency to lavish celebrations in such an atmospheric way, like only those can who don‘t know if they will return from tommorow‘s adventures on the sea.

Once Storm Seeker boards the stage ship there is no compromise: Either you keep up with the current or will be ruthlessly washed away.

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Like every band history, the legend of Storm Seeker begins in a stuffy, dark basement: Close to the almost forgotten harbor basins of the former hanseatic city of Neuss, the brothers Timothy and Olaf were able to hire a crew that would later become Storm Seeker. After three years of drifting in shallow waters, of coming together and drifting apart the EP "Pirate Scum", released in 2016, hit like a cannonball.

Accordingly it didn't take long until the first big journey across the wide oceans of live performances was started. And with over 50 gigs Storm Seeker did not only stay in domestic waters! Besides the legendary gigs at the Dong Festival and the Metal Days in Slovenia, they gained first experiences in (almost) foreign countries with performances in Switzerland and Italy.

The storm, which the six-man crew is looking for by name, should be a blessing, however. After a change of line- up, which washed Fabi on deck and drove Olaf to the guitar, the debut album was released in May 2019.

And the album "Beneath in the Cold" drew in the hoped-for resonance: Starting with a revue at Dong Open Air, Storm Seeker sailed from harbour to harbour in the summer of 2019 - and even after the festival season the foray never ended. In spring 2020 Storm Seeker changed to NoCut Entertainment and celebrated this triumph with several support acts for MonoInc. Even though the sea seemed particularly stormy in 2020, making it impossible to dock in the familiar ports, Storm Seeker did not become shipwrecked and found a way to navigate through the unknown waters. And after all, besides participating in the Online Music Festival - the first of its kind - and an increased YouTube presence, the crew was able to plan their next raid.

And the seven seas tremble again as with their latest album "Guns Don't Cry", Storm Seeker made huge success during chaotic times and even went to the german album charts!

„Definitly more complex than ALESTORM, but with similar joy of playing, you can really look forward to the Bands upcoming concerts.“ - 8/10 metal.de

„I can‘t remember the last time when I have been so enthusiastic about a band!“ heavystageforce.rocks

„Damn, if Storm Seeker can deliver a while album on this level, I don't see another band at the moment that could resist this storm.“ - 8/10 powermetal.de

„Listen! Have fun! Dance! Drink!“ - 7/10 silence-magazin.de

„Storm Seeker deliver a convincing work with their „Pirate Scum“ EP...“ - 7/10 metal.de

„The only flaw of this EP is, that it is too short...“ - 9/10 dearly-demented.de

„Heroic chants, catchy melodies and a versatile instrumentation. [...] Explicit recommendation for headbanging pirates!“ Sonic Seducer Magazine 9/2016