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Frequently Asked Questions-Where did the name Excalion originate from and what meaning does it have to the band?-Where can I find Excalion cd´s? -Has Excalion made any music videos? -Who has done the artwork and what meaning does it have? And how important do you feel it is to have a great cover? -Which bands have their influence on Excalion? -How does the songwriting go in Excalion? -Where do Excalion members live today and what do they do besides play metal music? -How did you end up signing a record deal with "Sound Riot Records"? -What cover songs has Excalion performed on their gigs? -Where do the lyrics of the band come from? Answers: Where did the name Excalion originate from and what meaning does it have to the band? Our former bass player Timo came up with that. When the guys sat down to choose a name, Timo tried to remember some name (it was a lord´s name or something), but he misremembered it and pronounced "Excalion". The name somehow stuck. It became familiar and it has this funny story behind it, so we never had the heart to change the name. back to top Where can I find Excalion cd´s? Our debut album was released by "Sound Riot Records" in Europe and by "Art Union Group" in Japan. Here you can find the list of distributors for Sound Riot-releases. If you can find your country on the list, you´ll definately find the cd from the best record stores. Distributors: Avispa (Spain) Cargo (UK) Century Media (USA) Disk Heaven (Japan) Firebox (Finland) Masterpiece (Italy) Melodicpia (South Korea) Non Stop Music (Switzerland) PHD (Canada) Rock Inc (BeNeLux) Sleaszy Rider (Greece) Soundholic (Japan) Sound Pollution (Sweden) The End (USA) Trinity (Hong Kong) Twilight (Germany & Austria) Underclass (France) back to top Has Excalion made any music videos? We shot music videos for the songs “Losing Time” and "Wingman" from our second album “Waterlines”. We didn´t shoot any videos of "Primal Exhale". back to top Who has done the artwork and what meaning does it have? And how important do you feel it is to have a great cover? Jason Juta made an absolutely amazing cover for “Waterlines”. Chrille Anderson made the cover for “Primal Exhale” which we like also very much. They listened to our cds and these are the pictures they came up with. It's really important to have professional cover-art as it is the first thing that U see of the band. back to top Which bands have their influence on Excalion? I guess Stratovarius was the biggest to almost every single one of us when we started. After that there has been various bands and artists from rock to metal that have left their marks on Excalion. back to top How does the songwriting go in Excalion? Jappe composes all the songs, but the final arrangement for the song is done together in our rehearsals. Usually everyone contributes to the final arrangement to some extent. Jappe and Tero mainly write the lyrics. Henri has also written lyrics for a song. back to top Where do Excalion members live today and what do they do besides play metal music? Every one of us still lives in middle-Finland somewhere near the city of Jyväskylä and we all are either studying or working....or both. back to top How did you end up signing a record deal with "Sound Riot Records"? We recorded a home-made demo in 2003 and started spreading it to media and record labels. We didn´t put so much of an effort to the recording itself so we were quite a surprised when the guys of "Sound Riot" contacted us telling us that they were really interested in signing us to their label. We thought it was the best way to go and chose it. back to top What cover songs has Excalion performed on their gigs? We have played various hard rock and metal songs on our gigs past few years. Some of them include: Dio-Rainbow In The Dark, Bon Jovi-You Give Love A Bad Name, Stratovarius-No Turning Back, Speed of Light and Distant Skies. Nowadays we don´t play that much cover songs because we have enough own songs for a gig but it´s sometimes very nice to do something different on the stage. back Where do the lyrics of the band come from? It varies, but generally they originate in different moods and actual hardships and experiences of life. Sometimes a really simple everyday event may become a source of a lyrical idea, and end up in a metaphoric context. We have used to say that swords and dragons are forever banned from our lyrics, but apart from that, it seems that the lyrics can be just about anything. back to top |
