Excalion

Infobox musical artist
Name = Excalion


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Origin = flagicon|Finland Konnevesi
Genre = Symphonic metal
Power metal Hard rock
Years_active = 2000—present
Label = Sound Riot Records Limb Music
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URL = [http://www.excalion.com www.excalion.com]
Current_members = Jarmo Pääkkönen Vesa Nupponen Jarmo Myllyvirta Tero Vaaja Henri Pirkkalainen
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Excalion was born in December 2000 in Konnevesi, central Finland. For reasons that have partly escaped everyone, the band was named Excalion. In autumn 2001 Excalion recorded their first demo "Forlorn". Years 2002 and 2003 saw some scattered gigs and reasonably hard rehearsing. In autumn of 2003 Excalion made their second demo "Obsession to Prosper". This demo was convincing enough. At the end of 2003 the band signed a deal with Sound Riot Records, and the recording of Excalion's debut album was fixed at autumn 2004. The work was done at Studio Watercastle in September 2004. The debut album, which was named Primal Exhale, was released through Sound Riot Records in autumn 2005 as well as it was licensed by Stay Gold/Art Union Records in the Japan. The album ended up featuring ten tracks. ‘Primal Exhale’ received some very positive feedback.

Early 2005, before the release, changes in the line-up took place. Kimmo left the band and Excalion had to look for a new guitar player. When bassist Timo soon also left the band and new guitarist Vesa Nupponen joined in, the decision was made that Tero would switch to the bass, and Excalion would continue as a five-member band with one guitar.

May 2006 was time for the recordings of the band's second album named Waterlines. The new material is more melodic, hard and fully rich in the song writing and playing, it isn’t only Prog or Power Metal in all. That could to be said they found their “own sound” now. The recordings took place once again in Watercastle Studio. During the fall 2006 it became clear that their new album had potential and some bigger record companies were interested in licensing the album. Eventually Sound Riot Records decided to license ‘Waterlines’ to Limb Music worldwide; however, it was also licensed to Stay Gold/Art Union Records exclusively for the Japanese market. Its release date is scheduled 2nd of March 2007

Current members

* Jarmo Pääkkönen - Vocals
* Vesa Nupponen - Guitars
* Jarmo Myllyvirta - Keyboards
* Tero Vaaja - Bass
* Henri Pirkkalainen - Drums

Discography

* Primal Exhale (2005)
* Waterlines (2007)

External links

* [http://www.excalion.com Excalion's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/excalion Excalion at Myspace.com]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:46rb287q051a Excalion at AllMusic.com]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=17232 Excalion at Encyclopaedia Metallum]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Excalion Excalion at Last.fm]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/898990 Excalion at Discogs]
* [http://www.limb-music.de Limb Music official website]
* [http://www.soundriotrecords.com/ Sound Riot Records official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/soundriotrec Sound Riot Recors at Myspace.com]