Falkenbach – Tiurida
Release: 2011Jan28 (US)
Label: Napalm Records
Rating: 4/5
After 6+ years, the one-man conception, Falkenbach (a.k.a. Vratyas Vakyas, a.k.a. “The Searching Wanderer”, a.k.a. Markus Tümmers) has finally released Tiurida, meaning “glory”. This is their fifth album since 1996 (excluding the four demos prior), and continues to prove Falkenbach a solid and worthwhile band. Their unique blends of epic, mellow/mid-tempo, ancient-sounding tunes with beautiful acoustic guitars, flutes and other folk instruments remain distinguishable over the past two decades.
You’ll learn to skip the boring (in my opinion, creepy) foghorn intro and go right into their first song, “…Where His Ravens Fly…”, which will no doubt satisfy fellow fans, with their classic elements returning. Yet I have to say, this album is pretty much just that—similar to their older work but slightly less memorable material. This would definitely not be the album I’d recommend to first listeners (go with their earlier work: …En Their Medh Riki Fara… from ’96 or …Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri… from ’98). With so much time since 2005′s Heralding – The Fireblade, I feel like this album should have been SPECTACULAR, which it wasn’t by far, but Tiurida is absolutely worth having. It was well-composed, and just a generally fun listen. It’s good as background music, but you can get lost in it as well—with that nature-y, fantasy world kinda feel that originally made me fall in love with the band.
I hope they can get a little more creative and daring with their music next time (and hopefully we won’t have to wait so long!), but even if they don’t, I’d still be pumped for whatever they released. Cheers to Falkenbach for creating yet another great album that stays true to their unique sound.
01. Intro 01:38
02. …Where His Ravens Fly… 07:25
03. Time Between Dog and Wolf 06:01
04. Tanfana 05:32
05. Runes Shall You Know 05:59
06. In Flames 07:53
07. Sunnavend 05:51
08. Asaland (Bonus Track) 04:06
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