ENSIFERUM

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: expressive dynamic folk pagan metal

recorded right before the pandemic has broken, the eighth Ferum album diverges from their previous work by embedding a maritime theme throughout, featuring an impressive blend of folk harmonies and symphonic arrangements that create highly expansive and evocative soundscapes - standout compositions like Rum, Women, Victory and Andromeda showcase their mastership to weave intricate, narrative-driven tracks with dynamic shifts between epic orchestral elements and ferocious metal riffs, all enhanced by Petri Lindroos’s commanding vocal performance and the inclusion of various traditional instruments, making the entire recording a richly textured and thematically cohesive journey that highlights their versatility and growth within the folk metal genre; German gatefold sleeve "firefly glow" orange-marbled yellow 180g vinyl edition with an extra poster is limited to 300 machine-numbered units, copy #268