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1) Falconer is Stefan Weinerhall’s (the former guitarist of Mithotyn) Swedish Power Metal project with strong folk influences aimed at being similar to Mithotyn, but with clean singing.
Created in May 1999 the project started unnamed. Their (first) self-titled album was released in March 2001.
Since then, they’ve released 5 other albums: Chapters From a Vale Forlorn (2002), The Sceptre Of Deception (2003), Grime Vs Grandeur (2005), Northwind (2006), and Among Beggars And Thieves (2008).
Singer Mathias Blad, who performed on the first two albums and also on the third album as a guest vocalist on few songs, returned for the recording process of the 5th album, Northwind .
On albums The Sceptre Of Deception and Grime Vs Grandeur vocals were performed by Karl Kristoffer Göbel.
With the addition of the new singer FALCONER`s music also changed and became faster and more aggressive.
Many fans thought that with these two albums and a new singer`s style FALCONER moved too far away from their folk influences, which was their trademark from the very beginning, so eventually the decision was made to have Mathias Blad back on the vocals.
Mathias` unique, melancholic, mid-range voice, untipical for Metal music, was also one of the FALCONER`s trademarks that most fans considered to be irreplacable.
With Mathias back on vocals, their album Northwind (2007) also marked the return to more folk influenced music, in the vein of the first two albums.
Current line-up:
Mathias Blad - vocals, keyboards
Created in May 1999 the project started unnamed. Their (first) self-titled album was released in March 2001.
Since then, they’ve released 5 other albums: Chapters From a Vale Forlorn (2002), The Sceptre Of Deception (2003), Grime Vs Grandeur (2005), Northwind (2006), and Among Beggars And Thieves (2008).
Singer Mathias Blad, who performed on the first two albums and also on the third album as a guest vocalist on few songs, returned for the recording process of the 5th album, Northwind .
On albums The Sceptre Of Deception and Grime Vs Grandeur vocals were performed by Karl Kristoffer Göbel.
With the addition of the new singer FALCONER`s music also changed and became faster and more aggressive.
Many fans thought that with these two albums and a new singer`s style FALCONER moved too far away from their folk influences, which was their trademark from the very beginning, so eventually the decision was made to have Mathias Blad back on the vocals.
Mathias` unique, melancholic, mid-range voice, untipical for Metal music, was also one of the FALCONER`s trademarks that most fans considered to be irreplacable.
With Mathias back on vocals, their album Northwind (2007) also marked the return to more folk influenced music, in the vein of the first two albums.
Current line-up:
Mathias Blad - vocals, keyboards
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The Sceptre Of Deception
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Chapters From a Vale Forlorn
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Mindtraveller
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The Clarion Call
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A Quest for the Crown
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Enter the Glade
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Wings of Serenity
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Spirit of the Hawk
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Portals of Light
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Under the Sword
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Man of the Hour
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Waltz With The Dead
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Lord of the Blacksmiths
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Entering Eternity
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Catch the Shadows
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Carnival of Disgust
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Shoutbox
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AndresCampuzano wrote:
Hi friend, I'm Andres, I want to invite you to listen to my musical project. (new folk, medieval, symphonic, celtic, epic...) If you like please add us to your collection. http://www.lastfm.com/music/An+Danzza I autoproduce all songs and give themo to you. FREE download :) (if you want add tags or say to me which is your opinion about my music ) thank yooooooooooouuuuu!!!
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Quispiam wrote:
Tuomasp: Nothing should be too cliché. That a band sounds exactly like another band is never good, no matter the genre. I don't mind power metal, I simply feel there are too many bands/composers making the same album/score twenty times.
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Tuomasp wrote:
Why is Falconer being less power metal a good thing? Do people need to be able to say "I don't listen to power metal but I listen to Falconer because they are so little power metal" ? @Quispian: Why is it a good thing they're not as power as Strato, Rhapsody or BG? Anyway, the real thing why I wanted to shout was that the debut album is simply amazing: If you carefully listen to songs like Mindtraveller, Wings of Serenity, Substitutional World and Enetering Eternity you'll discover that debut is astonishing and very original piece of folk influenced power metal.
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doublecross256 wrote:
Mathias Blad's voice.
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Quispiam wrote:
I do concider them power metal, but they are not as power metal as Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire or Blind Guardian. And yes, that is a good thing :)
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JunglemanchiId wrote:
Quispiam - I wasnt aiming my comment at you, someone else said they were unoriginal and cliche. I agree with you about the last album, it's a great piece of work and I look forward to the next one. Songs like Mindtraveller are always going to be the Falconer "Power Metal" classics but they arent like many other Power Metal bands around, I didn't even really consider them Power Metal.
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Tuomasp wrote:
Actually their first album was greatly inspired by previous Mithotyn albums, and hence the tasty, folkish guitar melodies on "Falconer". While being maybe "pure power metal" in some essence (frequent use of double bass, (mostly) fast songs), the guitar melodies on the album combined with Blad's vocals make this album truly stand out from the endless ocean of power metal albums. But I'm still glad that Stefan is pushing the band towards new direction, and not producing the same album over and over again. It's has always been interesting to buy the latest Falconer album because you never know exactly what you'll get ( well you know that you get quality) .
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Quispiam wrote:
Junglemanchild: The earlier albums were much more "pure power metal and that's it". Among Beggars had so many more influences and thus is much more interesting to me.
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JunglemanchiId wrote:
Falconer are cliche? That doesnt make any sense. Cause so many metal bands have singers like Mathias dont they..........
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NisforN wrote:
Dunno I personally love it. But you know sometimes fans hate new stuff from bands [insert here any of them]. That's pretty weird.
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metalegghead wrote:
Who didn't like Among Beggars?
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NisforN wrote:
Their latest album is good there's nothing wrong with liking it.
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Decklocation wrote:
I never heard the new album but do not feel bad for liking it even if others dont. Its frustrating when people hate new albums bands produce because its not a carbon copy of their old stuff. It just proves how narrow minded they can be.
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metalegghead wrote:
@Quispiam: haha no, you're not the only one.
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Kriss- wrote:
Falconer is so fucking awesome
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Quispiam wrote:
Am I the only one who really loves their latest album? It's not very high in the tracks. I'm not a die hard fan but my impression is that earlier albums were much less inspired and fell much more upon clichés. Am I wrong?
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tyiori wrote:
when do we have the honour of seeing them live?
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awienzstar wrote:
It's mighty good 4ya TT..
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The_Thomas wrote:
In love with Chapters From a Vale Forlorn!
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awienzstar wrote:
Coronation z ok and then some..
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Gear for sale, and Falconer Youtube channel
19 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/falconermusic
Stefan (the mastermind behind Falconer) is selling off a lot of his gear, to make room for more.ESP LTD MH400NTBought new in 2004.Used to record all falconer albums from 2005 and up until the newest o. …
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AndresCampuzano tagged Falconer with ‘an danzza’. yesterday evening
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Asmoday1512 tagged Falconer with metal and power metal. yesterday afternoon
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Dzoca tagged Falconer with ‘swedish’. yesterday morning
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kallebaer01 and dwarflemur added Falconer to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
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Tatsumasa tagged Falconer with folk metal and power metal. Wednesday afternoon
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fistacorps, HexusFenrir, badbase93 and 15 other people added Falconer to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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Aelfricson tagged Falconer with ‘power metal’. Sunday morning
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Ralyyius wrote about Falconer in [Sampler] Dolle Sachn 97. Saturday afternoon
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