Black Moon Rising

by Falconer

Black Moon Rising cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 June 2014
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 51:04
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Rickard Moneus, Stefan Weinerhall, Mathias Blad, Magnus Linhardt, Jimmy Hedlund, Andy LaRocque, Jan Meininghaus, Olof Berggren, Karsten Larsson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Black Moon Rising' intentionally strips away the extensive folk instrumentation that defined much of Falconer's previous work, resulting in their most aggressive and riff-oriented record to date. The Swedish veterans dial up the speed and intensity, channeling pure, driving power metal while retaining Mathias Blad's uniquely theatrical, clean vocal delivery. It stands as a forceful, guitar-driven highlight within the latter half of their discography.

Genres

Descriptors: history, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Locust Swarm (5:36)
  2. Halls and Chambers (5:01)
  3. Black Moon Rising (5:10)
  4. Scoundrel and the Squire (3:00)
  5. Wasteland (5:12)
  6. In Ruins (5:25)
  7. At the Jester's Ball (4:20)
  8. There's a Crow on the Barrow (4:05)
  9. Dawning of a Sombre Age (3:39)
  10. Age of Runes (5:32)
  11. The Priory (3:59)

Credits

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