ENSIFERUM

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

with this catchy album Ensiferum define what Finnish viking/folk/pagan metal is all about - 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 for the listeners from the first spin, embarking on a journey together to secrets-keeping dark woods, and interpreting the meanings of old times reminiscent signs, while musicians at the same time pay significant tribute to traditional heavy metal culture with both lyrics and song structures; German gatefold sleeve black 180g vinyl edition comes with an extra poster