Artist : Falconer

Album : From a Dying Ember

Release Date : 26-06-2020

Added : 14-09-2020

After 20 years of good and loyal service and a very busy discography, the Swedes of 'Falconer' bow out by offering us a last album 'From a Dying Ember' in this characteristic style of a metal fusing melodic, power and folk. On the menu of this opus, 11 new compositions which are not going to revolutionize the metal but which are very pleasant to listen to and which represent the trademark of the Swedes with melodic lines that we immediately appropriate in epic and powerful atmospheres.

The energetic 'Kings and Queen' opens the ball in a melodic mid-tempo which does not prevent 'Karsten Larsson' from throwing us a few sections of double pedal, then, 'Desert Dreams' and' Redeem and Repent' accelerate the pace with two classic but super effective melodies that fans will unfortunately no longer be able to resume in chorus in concert. With 'Bland Sump Och Dy', sung in Swedish, we embark on a sort of ritornello with a more marked folk component and accentuated by the accompaniment of a violin, then, 'Fool's Crusade' returns to a more classical melodic power with a remarkable vocal performance by 'Mathias Blad' which alternates his head and chest voice, and the short instrumental 'Garnets and a Gilded Rose' with traditional folk instruments brings a medieval atmosphere whose melodic lines resemble those of the following title , 'In Regal Attire' but this one is in a much more powerful style. It is with 'Rejoice The Adorned' that serenity settles in a magnificent ballad with a song filled with emotion which further highlights the singing of 'Mathias Blad', then, return to energy with a rapid 'Testify', very characteristic of style of the Swedish, and 'Thrust The Dagger Deep' unrolls a slow tempo with a marked rhythm, an original mix of power and vintage keyboard sounds and a short a capella section but nevertheless remarkable, the album ending with 'Rapture' which one last time enchants us with this mixture of power and folk, the melody remaining anchored in our head, the last note passed.

In summary, this latest Swedish album from 'Falconer' is still filled with good melodies that can be tamed on the spot with a mix between metal and folk quite characteristic of this formation and 'From a Dying Ember', beyond fans who will be delighted by this album but saddened to know that it is the last one, should also be well appreciated by a public loving an easy to access power metal...

Line Up / Musicians

Mathias Blad (Vocal), Stefan Weinerhall (Guitar, Keybords), Jimmy Hedlund (Guitar), Magnus Linhardt (Bass), Karsten Larsson (Drums)