.::. FALCONER .::.

As Mithotyn was laid to rest Stefan Weinerhall decided to start a yet unnamed project musically not that different from Mithotyn but with clean singing. During the summer 4 songs were written. *Dec 1999* The only demo was recorded with the help of a drum machine. The tracks were Mindtraveller, Lord of the Blacksmiths, Entering Eternity (with different music than on the album) and Substitutional world (with different music and slightly different lyric than on the album. The pre-chorus was later used as pre-chorus in Trail of flames). When all music was recorded along with the vocal melodies played on guitar it was high time to find someone who could sing them instead. After some searching the local musical artist Mathias Blad was found. although this music was far from what he normally did he accepted to do the vocals. *Mar 2000* The demo had been sent out to a bunch of record labels, some showed interest and some didn't. After some talks Metal Blade was the ones who got to sign Falconer. In the same time Karsten Larsson, the drummer from Mithotyn was recruited as fulltime drummer boy. Mathias also accepted to become a steadier member in Falconer than just a session singer. Our intentions were to be just a studio band due to our line-up shortage and no ones to find in our surrounding. Also factors of laziness, nervousness and feeling that past shows we've had has not been worth all troubles, travelling and so on. *Nov 2000* The debut album was recorded and mixed in Los Angered recordings during 5 weeks by Andy La Rocque. *Mar 2001* The self titled debut album was released. *Nov 2001* The second album was recorded at Los Angered recordings during 5 weeks by Andy La Rocque once again. *Jan 2002* After getting requests from Bang your head and Wacken open air festivals for gigs we had to find some live musicians to fill the line up. Although we had no plans to play live from the beginning we couldn't say no to leading festivals. we didn't want to regret it afterwards. Anders Johansson and Peder Johansson were found through a common contact. *Apr 2002* Chapters from a vale forlorn was released. *Jun 2002* The very first nervous gig was done at Bang your head festival in Germany. Up till then we had rehearsed about 7 times with a full line-up. The distance between the band and the live members made it too difficult and expensive to rehearse every week. the response from the audience really surprised us and made us hungrier for live performances. *Jul 2002* Time for the second gig, Rock Machina in Spain. Not as nervous, but certainly more of an alcohol reeking evening afterwards. *Aug 2002* Wacken open air. We almost shit our pants as w... historia completa »