Rating: 8.5/10 Release: 10 July 2020 Label: Metal Blade Records Ensiferum-”Thalassic” (8.5)Every band has eras in their existence, and I feel that most will draw lines of separation in Ensiferum’s timeline. Is it Emmi or post-Emmi? Is it Jari or Petri era? Or maybe early albums or Metal Blade albums? … Continue reading →
20 January 2019 Metro Operahouse Oakland By: Assia Rating: 8.9 To be honest, I recently kinda fell out of love with Ensiferum. Perhaps to my detriment, because Two Paths just screams OG Ensiferum in many aspects once you really listen to it. The albums prior, which I shall not mention, … Continue reading →
Date: 28 September 2017Venue: Luxor Live, Arnhem (NL) With a somewhat small tour though Europe, Ensiferum present their new album Two Paths. My colleague Jeff is right in stating that this album will bring the band new fans, where some of the old fans might struggle to like the increase … Continue reading →
By: Jeff Rating: 9/10 Release: 15 September 2017 Label: Metal Blade Records Name the top 5 biggest names in folk metal and Ensiferum would be on the list I would think. After releasing nothing but killer stuff from day one, I would say their previous effort (“One Man Army”) for … Continue reading →
By: Eline Venue: Maassilo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Date: 2/4/2016 On the second day of the “Return of the one man army” tour, Finnish folk metal gods Ensiferum played in the almost fully packed ‘Maassilo’ in Rotterdam. Of course I wanted to see them, since they are one of my favourite … Continue reading →
By: Vinicius Rating: 9.9/10 Release: 1/4/2016 Label: Spinefarm Records “Two Decades of Greatest Sword Hits” is the best of the victorious and powerful career of Ensiferum. Is not only a huddle of tracks, but I felt that the songs were carefully chosen (…and this wasn’t an easy task, because the … Continue reading →
By: Jeff Theatre of Living Arts; Philadelphia, USA 28-5-2015 TROLLFEST/KORPIKLAANI/ENSIFERUM Phil and I are made are way down to the venue which was over 80 miles away so we left at 5 o’clock or so to get there….luckily traffic cooperated and we were at the venue right before 7PM finding … Continue reading →
Hedon, Zwolle The Netherlands 26-03-2015 By: Yvette Photography: Metalshots.com Tonight we travel to Zwolle for a very special concert featuring some of our favorite bands from Finland, the Ensiferum, Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum concert! Long have we anticipated this concert, and as we approach the venue I cannot help but … Continue reading →
By: Yvette Rating: 7/10 Release: 20-2-2015 Label: Metal Blade Records The Finnish band Ensiferum needs no introduction. The band that has toured with folk metal giants worldwide releases its sixth studio album to date. The release of ‘Unsung Heroes’ back in 2012 clearly showed a style-switch that was also present … Continue reading →
