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EXCALION BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Excalion | |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Jyväskylä, Länsi-Suomen, Finland | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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2000 | |
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LABEL
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Limb Music Products | |
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GENRE
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Power metal | |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2005-04-28, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2009-11-01, 10:25 | |
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| Band biography |
After this enthusiastic start the guitarist joined the army in January 2001, which meant that rehearsals with full line-up became more rare. It was also obvious that the band, which had been named Excalion, needed a singer. The solution was found in our circle of friends; Jarmo Pääkkönen, an easy-going guy known for his enormous lung capacity, was invited to the rehearsals. His former band Slave Of Wisdom being recently split up, Jarmo joined the band as a vocalist.
Excalion played its first gig in May 2001 at Työväentalo in Konnevesi. The setlist was put together and included several own songs that were written during spring and covers, mostly Stratovarius. In the musical sense, the performance was far from good, but the audience seemed to like us, as well as some professional musicians among the spectators.
At this time we noticed that if we wanted to make music with more variety and personality, the band would need another guitarist. So one day Kimmo Hänninen, former Slave Of Wisdom-guitarist, arrived at the rehearsals, and took his place as a part of Excalion in about ten minutes. With him we got, not only a pleasant buddy, but also tons of musical and technical knowledge.
During summer Jappe wrote new songs, and in July we played a gig in Häyrylänranta Blues, a cozy little summer festival (where Kimmo played with a bandaged foot after being hit by a car earlier the same day. Not bad). In July also Tero´s time in the army came to end, but only a couple of days later it was Jappe´s turn to start carrying land mines around the forests of Middle Finland. Our problems with regular rehearsals didn´t ease up.
In September it was time to record our first real demo. This was done in Studio Kaktus, not too far from Jyväskylä, with Jussi Niemi (Thanx man). Three songs - Forlorn, Heart & Home, Sinner´s Symphony - were recorded and mixed swiftly in two days. Largely content with the outcome, we continued to work on some new songs to finally eliminate the Stratovarius covers from our setlist.
Starting from January 2002, we will have a precious half-year period when no band members will be in the army. That is surely going to be active time for Excalion; more gigs, more new songs, hopefully continuous musical progress...
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