Founded: 1995
Location: Finland
Ensiferum (Latin: ensiferum, n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal".
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An entertaining balance of old folk sounds and grinding heavy metal.
"We were cutting down a lot of unnecessary guitar tracks. Also a lot less keyboard stuff, and also try and keep the other orchestrations as minimal as possible to get the best sound for the songs."
"In Finland the charts are often full of heavy metal albums; people here love the music.”
Grab the swords and heads for the hills.