EXCALION: 'High Time' Artwork, Track Listing, Release Date Revealed

December 17, 2009

Finnish symphonic power metallers EXCALION will release their third album, "High Time", on January 29, 2010 via Limb Music. The follow-up to 2007's "Waterlines" was recorded at Watercastle studio in Jyväskylä, Finland. The CD was produced by EXCALION and Arttu Sarvanne and was engineered and mixed by Arttu Sarvanne. The cover artwork was created by Fernando R. Garcia and can be viewed below.

"High Time" track listing:

01. Enter A Life (04:07)
02. From Somewhere To Anywhere (03:48)
03. Sun Stones (04:52)
04. The Flags In Line (06:16)
05. Bring On The Storm (04:51)
06. The Shroud (04:35)
07. Firewood (04:44)
08. Lifetime (03:33)
09. Quicksilver (04:10)
10. A Walk On A Broken Road (05:11)
11. Foreversong (04:05)

Starting tomorrow, each song will be described in the official EXCALION blog (accessible from Excalion.com) with additional background information of the creation process. New entries will appear every other day.

According to the band, the new material "sounds extremely strong. Fans of melodic metal — beware."

EXCALION filmed a video for the song "Wingman" in June 2007 with director Harri Pääkkönen. Watch the clip below.

"Wingman" comes off the group's last album, "Waterlines", which came out in the U.S. on April 24, 2007 via Ryko Distribution. The follow-up to 2005's "Primal Exhale" was recorded and mixed at Watercastle studio by Arttu Sarvanne.

The band previously stated about the "Waterlines" CD, "The songs are very mature both musically and lyrically. The whole band has improved a lot since their debut album in 2005 and the vocals of Jarmo Paakkonen are more impressive than ever. The actual music is fully rich in the songwriting and playing; it isn't prog or power metal anymore; there are strong influences of Euro melodic metal and U.S. hard rock. We could say the band found their 'own sound' for now!"

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