1) Falconer is Stefan Weinerhall's (the former guitarist of
Mithotyn ) Swedish Power Metal project with strong folk influences aimed at being similar to Mithotyn, but with clean singing.
Since then, they've released 5 other albums:
Chapters From A Vale Forlorn (2002),
The Sceptre of Deception (2003), Grime Vs Grandeur (2005),
Northwind (2006), and
Among Beggars and Thieves (2008).
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On albums The Sceptre of Deception and Grime Vs Grandeur vocals were performed by Karl Kristoffer Göbel.
With the addition of the new singer FALCONER's music also changed and became faster and more aggressive.
Many fans thought that with these two albums and a new singer's style FALCONER moved too far away from their folk influences, which was their trademark from the very beginning, so eventually the decision was made to have Mathias Blad back on the vocals.
Mathias' unique, melancholic, mid-range voice, untipical for Metal music, was also one of the FALCONER's trademarks that most fans considered to be irreplacable.
With Mathias back on vocals, their album Northwind (2007) also marked the return to more folk influenced music, in the vein of the first two albums.
Current line-up:
Mathias Blad - vocals, keyboards
Stefan Weinerhall - guitars, keyboards
Jimmy Hedlund - lead guitar
Magnus Linhardt - bass
Karsten Larsson - drums
2) Falconer is the studio name of Andy Falconer, an audio engineer from London (UK) who is best known for his work with The Orb from 1991 until 1994.
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