I will not hide that the band does not really belonged to one of my favorites before and I am not familiar with their earlier works, have heard a few songs but it has never been interesting enough for me, however, when I read on the WeRock website and "Mats Manhammar" lines of Falconer's new album an interest grew, became curious and gave it a shot, Holy Moses, this is folk metal for real! The band also decided to make the entire album in Swedish is really a plus, is incredibly powerful. The album also contains four bonus tracks in English so all non-Swedish fans get their part, nice of the band, I must say. Armod is a collection of folk metal tracks. Seven of the 11 tracks on Armod are compositions by guitarist Stefan Weinerhall. Three are reworkings of traditional folk songs. And one comes from Cornelis Vreeswijk (“Grimasch om morgonen“), the renowned Swedish troubadour.
With neo-classical, folk and medieval elements as the basic ingredients, they make power metally arrangements of these and it turns into gripping and simultaneously groovy folk metal tracks, dominated by heavy, catchy riffs and dynamic leads.
Armod won’t be everyone’s cup of mead, but it sure makes for an interesting listen.
Todays tune "Vid Rosornas Grav" from the album "Armod".
"By the Rose's Grave" English version of "Vid Rosornas Grav"
Falconer Lineup:
Mathias Blad- Vocals, Keyboards
Stefan Weinerhall- Guitar, Keyboards
Jimmy Hedlund- Lead Guitar
Magnus Linhardt- Bass
Karsten Larsson - Drums
More info @
Official Falconer Web
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2 comments:
Alltid kul när det man skriver får någon att prova (och gilla) något de annars inte hade testat.
Ja verkligen, speciellt i dagens massiva musik flöde där det mesta passerar ohört förbi, är det kul att bli både tipsad och påmind. Så tack för detta.
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