{WilBy: Will Rating: 9.0/10 Release: 9 July 2001 Label: Spinefarm Records Recorded on November 2000 and released on 9th. July 2001, this exquisite gem is considered one of the 21st. Century’s best releases by a newcoming metal band!It is also considered one of the first classics of the Folk Metal … Continue reading →
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 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, left more … 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 →
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 new label … Continue reading →
Venue: Maassilo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Date: 2 April 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 →
Rating: 9.9/10 Release: 1 April 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 →
Theatre of Living Arts; Philadelphia, USA 28 May 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 →
