Falkenbach
Sign in to saveFalkenbach (, "Falconbrook") is a German viking/pagan metal project. 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 is one of the first viking metal bands, starting in 1989, with its first release that same year.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Falkenbach
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.origin
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Musical artist.genre
- Viking metal, pagan metal, black metal, folk metal
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1989–present
- Musical artist.label
- Napalm, Prophecy
- Musical artist.current_members
- Vratyas Vakyas
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.falkenbach.de
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- inception
- 0198-00-00
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- native label
- Falkenbach
- social media followers
- 7650
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Falkenbach (, "Falconbrook") is a German viking/pagan metal project. 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 is one of the first viking metal bands, starting in 1989, with its first release that same year.
==History== 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.