Falkenbach: Германиялық викинг метал тобының тарихы

the German metal band
German pagan black metal band

Falkenbach is a viking metal group from Germany that is signed to Prophecy Productions. The name means "Falconbrook" in German. They are one of the first viking metal bands, starting in 1989, with their first release that same year. The one permanent member is Vratyas Vakyas (real name Markus Tümmers) who was born in Germany, but lived in Iceland in the late 1980s.

Falkenbach was one of Germany's first examples of what would be labeled pagan metal. The band was formed in Iceland in 1989, when it recorded the Hávamál demo, and has recorded a total of seven demos; however, only five are known. Three more were released by 1995: Skínn af sverði sól valtíva (Old Norse, "The Sun Shines on the Swords of Slaughter Gods"), Læknishendr (Old Norse, "Healing Hands"), and Ásynja (Old Norse, "Goddess"). Of all of these except Læknishendr, only nine copies were released. In 1995, recording of the debut album Fireblade began, but due to equipment troubles, production was stopped shortly before mixing began. Fireblade was not released, and in December of the same year, recording began for En their medh ríki fara (Old Norse, " And in Glory Will They Go "). The recording for this actual debut album was completed in March 1996. The album cover features a part of an illustration of the Wild Hunt, made by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine for Wilhelm Wägner's Nordisch germanische Götter und Helden (1882). With this Falkenbach placed itself within a tradition that connects metal music to the Wild Hunt motif, present since Bathory's album Blood Fire Death (1988).

Hagalaz guitars on Ok nefna tysvar Ty, Heralding The Fireblade and Tiurida. Tyrann vocals on Ok nefna tysvar Ty, Heralding The Fireblade and Tiurida. Boltthorn drums on Ok nefna tysvar Ty, Heralding The Fireblade and Tiurida. Albion bass on Tiurida.