Falconer - Falconer

Although nowhere near my list of favourites, it has to be said that Falconer are one of the more distinctive power metal bands, incorporating a folk influence in their guitar and vocal melodies and refusing to follow several staples of the genre, most notable the typical wailing vocals which are replaced with Mathias Blad's smooth folk croon. Falconer's first album is a little heavier and more traditionally power metal than their later works, and has always sounded to me like a lighter version of the melodic death metal sound played by bands such as In Flames, albeit without the growled vocals. This is a distinctly Swedish sound that refuses to be nailed to a ...  Read the complete review