Excalion - Little known but great band

Subject: Excalion - Little known but great band Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:41 pm

Anyone else into this band?

Excalion - Waterlines

This is an excellent melodic/powermetal album with what I consider well above average vocals.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2522 Age : 56

Sounds great!
Finland is the home of a LOT of quality bands in this genre..
Here is a link to their Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/excalion

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4272 Age : 65

Yup great band that is really unknown!

Wargod49

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

I have the one before Waterlines ("Primal Exhale").

Took it to work to listen to it about 3 years ago and it still resides in the dark corners of a desk drawer somewhere in my cube.

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4272 Age : 65

tohostudios wrote:: I have the one before Waterlines ("Primal Exhale").

Took it to work to listen to it about 3 years ago and it still resides in the dark corners of a desk drawer somewhere in my cube.

Hmmm go figure ha ha!

Wargod49

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

Awesome band and one I listen to often.

Subject: Re: Excalion - Little known but great band Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:19 pm

Been listening to their new one - High Times - on youtube to see if I want it.

I do. This is a very good follow up to the amazing Waterlines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWGmeADaNCk&feature=related

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2206 Age : 52

How is HT compared to WL?

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

7thSaviour wrote:: How is HT compared to WL?

I think Waterlines grabbed me more on the first few listens. Hightime took a few spins but its an amazing melodic/power metal album. The songwriting is there but there isnt that one song that really stood out as a masterpiece like DELTA SUNRISE which IMO is one of the greatest power metal songs to date.

The guitar playing on High Times seems to take a back seat which to me is a bad idea because Vesa Nupponen is an amazing player and his sound should be upfront IMO. Also I have noticed a lot more keyboards in the mix this time around. All in all this album has great potential and will take a few more spins for me to start separating the tracks.

Waterlines to me will always be Excalions masterpiece and will be tough to beat.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12815 Age : 48

How did this one get moved here already? The point of this forum baffles me. Haha.

Anyway, I have Primal Exhale and think it's great. Nothing groundbreaking, but very good power metal.

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

Eyesore wrote:: How did this one get moved here already? The point of this forum baffles me. Haha.

Anyway, I have Primal Exhale and think it's great. Nothing groundbreaking, but very good power metal.

EYESORE you should def pick up Waterlines if you find it at a reasonable price. The difference in the two is amazing.

EDIT: Also this is here because its 2010 and it was started Feb 09'

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12815 Age : 48

DOH!

I keep forgetting it's 2010. Haha.

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