Falconer - Vid Rosornas Grav

 

Falconer is a Swedish power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999. Founded by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall. Falconer carry on many of the traditions set by Weinerhall's previous band and play a style of power metal that utilises folk instrumentation and melody to create a more medieval sound.

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


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Amorphis - Magic & Mayhem

This is a band that goes on and on, on my ipod.
This tune is soft in the beginning but staggering its deepness after awhile.
Its sort of a heavy rock band from 70´s but with twentieth century metal touch.
I just love it!!



Amorphis comes from Finland as many good Metal band, almost the same as Swedens Gothenburg that have many good ones too :)

The singer Tomi Joutsen has so long hair that he must have problems when taking a shit, I bet :D



AMORPHIS, whose title derives from the word 'Amorphous' meaning without shape or form, have ploughed their own distinct furrow by combining Death Metal with elements of 70's inspired Progressive Rock and even Psychedelia.

The members are:
Tomi Joutsen – Vocals
Esa Holopainen – Guitar
Tomi Koivusaari – Guitar
Santeri Kallio – Keyboards
Niclas Etelävuori – Bass
Jan Rechberger – Drums



In January 2011, the band put the finishing touches on its tenth regular studio album. "The Beginning Of Times" is due for release at the end of May and will be preceded by the single You I Need in April.


This is their tour dates:
May
07.05. Karmøygeddon, Haugesund (NO)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Mining (AT)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Pratteln (CH)
27.-29.5. Metalfest, Dessau (DE)
June
10.-12.6. Rock Hard Festival, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
14.06. Shibuya-Ax, Tokyo (JP)
15.06. Club Quattro, Nagoya (JP)
17.06. Namba Hatch, Osaka (JP)
18.06. Bay Hall, Yokohama (JP)
19.06. Legacy, Taipei (TW)
23.-25.6. Nummirock, Kauhajoki (FI)
26.06. Graspop, Dessel (BE)
July
7.-9.7. Rock Harz, Ballenstedt Airfield (DE)
8.-10.7. Ruisrock, Turku (FI)
13.07. Hegyalja Fesztival, Tokaj (HU)
14.07. Masters Of Rock, Vizovice (CZ)
15.07. Bang Your Head, Balingen (DE)
16.07. Metalcamp, Tolmin (SL)
24.07. Tuska, Helsinki (FI)
August
13.08. Rock im Betonwerk, Chemnitz-Mittelbach (DE)
27.08. Summer’s End Festival, Andernach (DE)



Todays tune comes from the album they released in 2010,
"Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years"

Ladys and Gents, Here is Amorphis...


Cheers, Thetania


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Finntroll - Solsagan

I have a french friend that love this band and now Im going to please him a bit.
They are quite cool. Love the energy they have.

Finntroll is an extreme metal and folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal, death metal, and folk metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa.



Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish YAY :D the only exception being the
song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet. Finntroll's first singer Katla decided to use Swedish over Finnish since he was part of a Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and the sound of the language seemed to better suit the band's "trollish” outfit. Despite several vocalist changes, this tradition has since been continued.



In february this year they had to cancel a couple of shows in the US due to the harsh weather over there, I think they closed the roads down cos it was snowing to much.

But now they are in Australia. The dates are as following:

24.03.2011 - Brisbane, The Hifi / AUSTRALIA
25.03.2011 - Melbourne, Billboard The Venue / AUSTRALIA
26.03.2011 - Sydney, The Manning Bar / AUSTRALIA
28.03.2011 - Perth, Capitol / AUSTRALIA

Then they go to South America.
03.05.2011 - Bogota, Teatro Metro Teusaquillo / COLOMBIA
05.05.2011 - Santiago, Teatro Novedades / CHILE
06.05.2011 - Montivedeo, Lorente / URUGUAI
07.05.2011 - Buenos Aires, The Roxy Live / ARGENTINA
08.05.2011 - São Paulo, Carioca Club / BRAZIL

They done 6 studio albums since 1999 and this tune is from the latest album
called Nifelvind, released 2010.
(it means "Wind of Hell/Underworld" in English)


Their set up right now is:
Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns on vocals
Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa on guitar
Mikael "Routa" Karlbom on guitar
Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo on bass
Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalainen on drums
Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali on keyboards
Aleksi "Virta" Virta on live keyboards

With:



Jan "Katla" Jämsen on keyboards from 1997–1998, vocals from 1997–2002,
and lyrics from 2006–present

Okey Dudes and Dudettes, Enjoy!!

Cheers, Thetania




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