AWWWWWW YEAH!!!

Guitarist Stefan Weinerhall of Swedish metallers FALCONER has issued the following update:

“After the darkest year yet, I am once again in writing mood, and what a mood! I guess somethig good really can come out of something bad after all. After rebooting musically from a year of creative vacuum, there is a fresh hunger and optimism. 

“The six songs completed so far are harder and faster and with more of an attitude again; some of the songs sound like taken from the first album. After reading a book about deciphering and reading the language of runestones, I really got some lyrical inspiration too! 

“I must say that it hasn’t been this rewarding and promising for many years to write for a new album, without being carried away too far. The future plan is to concentrate on writing, re-writing and rehearsing for the new album, being sure it is as good as it can and not re-using too many patterns. All songs will be in English this time. 

“We are just to begin rehearsing once again after a 2-year break and I can’t wait to put Mathias [Blad, vocals] through some tests and find out the speed limit of Karsten [Larsson, drums].”

I’ve loved FALCONER’s work ever since my good buddy from high school got me hooked on metal back when I was 16. Their first two albums were amazing examples of what power metal could be when you abandon the cheesy swords/sorcery/dragons template and concentrate more heavily on melody, musicianship, and storytelling. Then Matthias Blad left the band and I completely lost interest, because they became basically just like every other power metal band. Then he came back for “Northwind” and “Among Beggars and Thieves”, and they were great again. Their last album, “Armod”, was entirely in Swedish, and yet I still thought it was great.

I cannot wait for this one!