sforzando were a celtic music band from australia, which combined elements of punk, western european folk music and sea shanties to create "a soundscape for the ocean". they described themselves as a "pirate orchestra" while fans refer to them as a "pirate band". they had irish and balkan influences in their sound. they issued two studio albums, "we sail away" (1997) and "hideous sea creatures" (2002) before disbanding in 2007.