The Sceptre of Deception

The Sceptre of Deception
Studio album by
Released4 September 2003
RecordedMay–June 2003
StudioLos Angered Recording Studio, Gothenburg
GenrePower metal
Length49:07
LabelMetal Blade Records
ProducerAndy LaRoque and Falconer
Falconer chronology
Chapters from a Vale Forlorn
(2002)
The Sceptre of Deception
(2003)
Grime vs. Grandeur
(2005)
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The Sceptre of Deception is the third album by Swedish power metal band Falconer, the first with vocalist Kristoffer Göbel and also the first to feature a full band line-up. The album covers events during the reign of King Birger of Sweden and lengthy strife between him, his brothers, and the Danish and Norwegian crowns.