ENSIFERUM

Release Year: 2017
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: expressive dynamic folk pagan metal

with this catchy album Ensiferum define what is Finnish viking/folk/pagan metal - indeed they are not the only and not the first to purvey such melodic yet loud and quite bombastic genre, but when deriving the standard of all related bands, it would sound approximately like these eleven tunes: expressive, inflaming, dynamic, igniting, a bit predictable and of course memorable, when singing along of choruses is mandatory from the first listen, embarking on a journey to secrets-keeping dark woods, and interpreting the meanings of old times reminiscent signs, at the same time paying significant tribute to traditional heavy metal culture with both lyrics and song structures; deluxe hardcover double digibook edition comes with two extra tracks and 89 minute long special acoustic live DVD from Helsinki, captured on 28th October 2016