Falconer

Artist : Falconer

Genre : Power/Folk Metal

Album : Among Beggars and Thieves

Country : Sweden

Year : 2008

Line up:

Mathias Blad - Vocals

Karsten Larsson - Drums

Magnus Linhardt - Bass

Jimmy Hedlund - Lead Guitars

Stefan Weinerhall - Guitars, Keyboards

Lyrics:

Heading into the battle

Against inferior foe.

Early morning's sea lies so silent and clear.

Let them feel a broadside

From our three decker of pride.

Let the enemy fleet shatter for the wind.

The Man of the Hour

In a challenging game,

He rose to power

By his family name.

The Man of the Hour

In the lion's den,

Wielding his power

While dooming his men.

With gun ports open

And without striking sail

He turned the ship around to chase the Danes away.

The wind made the ship heel

Causing panic aboard.

Cannons, men and cargo they all broke astray.

Lower decks were flooded,

Chaos and agony.

The morning air was filled with an aria of cries.

Crewmen jumped the rail now

Choosing ice before the fire.

Down from powder deck they saw the smoke arise.

Danes in confusion

Surprisingly greet

The self termination

Of the Swedish fleet.

Without firing a round

On the stronger foe

They're victory bound

As "The Crown" went below.

The music used in this video belongs to Metal Blade Records.. I claim no ownership of this song at all and will accept no ownership of it.

Comments

8 years ago

Jive Turkey

one of my favorite falconer songs!

9 years ago

Wolfmoss

I've never really gotten into power metal before, but this is actually pretty cool!

9 years ago

Notsofriendly 101

Heh, Nicolas Cage face

10 years ago

alphaghoul

At 1:00 I can't help but think of Klaus Wulfenbach taking over europa.

10 years ago

alphaghoul

when I listien to this I somehow think the guy on the album cover is "the man of the hour".

10 years ago

Cahir aep Ceallach

Well, Falconer is also more into the folkish side of Power metal, so I guess it's a bit understandable about these folk/acoustic parts. Also, big fan of Melodeath as well! Be'lakor, Wintersun, In Mourning, Kalmah, Omnium Gatherum, Skyfire, Dark Tranquillity... you name it :)

10 years ago

Chokey

Not sure it was as much battle as fail from what the lyrics describe xD The big boat sank itself turning to attack the small one, with little to no conflict. That aside though, I am new to Melodic Power metal and I must say I like this band quite a bit. I am usually more into Melodic Death 'cause I am picky with clean vocals. I am not sure I like that little part where everything drops but the flute or whatever in the chorus though, not that I don't like flute, it just seemed random.

10 years ago