Time for the next letter!
The Band:
This time it's time for some viking metal. It's time for Falkenbach!
It's a group from Germany that is currently signed to Napalm Records. The band formed in 1989 and recorded 7 demos (however, only 5 demos of those are known). Most of Falkenbach's lyrics are in English, but some are in Old Norse, Latin, and Old German.
In 1995, recording of the debut album "Fireblade" began, but due to equipment troubles, production was stopped shortly before mixing began. Fireblade was not released, and in December of the same year, recording began for "...En Their Medh Riki Fara..." ("...And in Glory Will They Go..."). The recording for this actual debut album was completed in March 1996.
After "Magni Blandinn Ok Megentiri" ("Mixed with Strength and Proud Pomp") was released, Vrakyas - the only permanent band member - stopped recording music so he could focus more on his record label Skaldic Art Productions.
In 2003, Vrakyas returned to the studio with three other musicians and close friends to record "Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty" ("And Name Twice Týr"). The next and most recent Falkenbach album, "Heralding - The Fireblade", was recorded in August-September 2005, using the same session musicians he had used for "Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty". It includes material originally intended for the never released Fireblade album and re-working of demo tracks.
The song:
Since I only know the first two albums, I chose a song from one of those. Here's "...When Gjallarhorn Will Sound", the first track from the second album.
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The Cover:
Murray
What? You don't know about the release of the latest album? Falkenbach actually released a new album this year entitled Tiurida. I've listened to it a few times on Spotify and it's fantastic. It's easily one of my top picks for 2011 so far.
Excellent song BTW! I really need more Falkenbach.
Haggard
I haven't followed the band after those two albums. Actually, I only followed them a short period of time when a friend gave me those two albums I mentioned, lol.