Formed: 1995
From:
Helsinki,
Finland
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Ensiferum News
Below is our complete Ensiferum news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Ensiferum Announces Show In Israel
Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum has announced an upcoming show in Israel at the Barby Club in Tel Aviv in November 5th. Promoter Yishai Swearts from "Raven Music" commented on the show:
"I am proud to announce the first show of Ensiferum in Israel, to happen in November 5th in Tel Aviv, it's a special moment for me as I always wanted to bring the Finnish Heroes over, the band have tons of local fans who are, just like me, highly excited and looking forward to bang heads with the band's victory hymns in the holy land, so big Cheers goes to the band members and King Foo Entertainment for make it happen, we all looking forward to this special event."
Brutal Assault Festival Confirms Two More Bands
The organisers of the Czech Republics Brutal Assault festival has announced two more bands for this years edition of the event. New York hardcore legends Agnostic Front will now be performing at the festival, along with other new confirmation, Swedish black metal artists Watain. The festival takes place in the town of Josefov from August 12th-14th.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Ensiferum Updates Tour Schedule
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum have updated their European tour schedule with the following dates:
3/18 2010 Orlandina rock club St. Petersburg (RU)
3/19 2010 XO club Moscow (RU)
4/24 2010 KARMØYGEDDON Metal Festival Haugesund (NO)
4/30 2010 Ragnaroek Festival Rieden (DE)
6/26 2010 Waldbrand Open Air Helmstedt, (DE)
7/3 2010 Fortarock Festival Nijmegen (NL)
7/8 2010 Rockmarathon Hungary Pecs (HU)
7/9 2010 Metalcamp Tolmin (SI)
7/10 2010 RockHarz Flugplatz Ballenstedt (DE)
7/24 2010 Rock unter den Eichen Bertingen (DE)
7/30 2010 Loreley - Rock Area Festival 2010 Loreleyfelsen (DE)
8/6 2010 Vagos Open Air Calvão (Vagos) (PT)
8/12 2010 (12-14.08 - day TBC) Brutal Assault Festival Jaromer (CZ)
8/13 2010 Bloodstock Open Air Catton Hall (UK), Midlands
8/20 2010 Summer Breeze Dinkelsbühl (DE)
9/10 2010 Backstage München (DE)
9/11 2010 Hellraiser Leipzig (DE)
9/12 2010 Columbia Club Berlin (DE)
9/13 2010 Voxhall Aarhus (DK)
9/14 2010 Markthalle Hamburg (DE)
9/15 2010 Batschkapp Frankfurt (DE)
9/16 2010 Garage Saarbrücken (DE)
9/17 2010 Music Hall Geiselwind (DE)
9/18 2010 Ruhrcongress Bochum (DE)
9/19 2010 Tivoli Utrecht (NL)
9/20 2010 Electric Ballroom London (UK)
9/21 2010 Antipode Rennes (FR)
9/22 2010 Elysee Montmartre Paris (FR)
9/23 2010 Z7 Pratteln (CH)
9/24 2010 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart (DE)
9/25 2010 Gasometer Wien (AT)
9/26 2010 Abaton Prague (CZ)
9/27 2010 Majestic Music Club Bratislava (SK)
9/28 2010 WigWam Budapest (HU)
9/29 2010 Cvetlicarna Mediapark Ljubljana (SI)
9/30 2010 Estragon Bologna (IT)
10/1 2010 Hafen Innsbruck (AT)
10/2 2010 Posthof Linz (AT)
10/3 2010 Hof Ter Loo Antwerpen (BE)
Ensiferum Confirmed For Waldbrand Open Air
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum have announced they will be appearing at Germany's Waldbrand Open Air festival. The festival takes place at the Messeplatz in Helmstedt from June 24th - 26th. Additional information on the festival can be found at this location. Other confirmed acts include Bloodwork, Bloodshed, Metal Witch, Damnation Defaced, Heretic Soul, and Kambrium.
Ensiferum Announces Festival Appearances
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum have announced the following upcoming festival appearances:
24.04.2010 - KARMØYGEDDON Metal Festival, Haugesund [NO]
30.04.2010 - Ragnaroek Festival, Rieden [DE]
03.07.2010 - Fortarock Festival, Nijmegen [NL]
08.07.2010 - Rockmarathon Hungary, Pecs [HU]
09.07.2010 - Metalcamp, Tolmin [SI]
10.07.2010 - Rock Harz, Flugplatz Ballenstedt [DE]
24.07.2010 - Rock unter den Eichen, Bertingen [DE]
30.07.2010 - Loreley - Rock Area Festival 2010, Loreleyfelsen [DE]
20.08.2010 - Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl [DE]
Thyrfing Confirmed For Rock Area Festival
Sweden's Thyrfing has been confirmed to perform at the Rock Area Festival in Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on July 31st. Other confirmed bands so far include Benediction, Gama Bomb, Holey Moses, Mob Rules, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, Ensiferum, Sodom, Napalm Death, and Entombed. Tickets and more info about the festival can be found at this location.
Balfor Confirmed For RockMaraton Festival
Ukrainian black metallers Balfor will be making their appearance as one of the headliners in this year’s edition of RockMaraton Festival 2010. The RockMaraton Festival is a seven-day metal festival which begins on the 5th of July 2010 and will end on the 11th of July 2010. The list of headliners confirmed so far is as follows:
Mayhem
Primordial
Pro-Pain
Xandira
Ensiferum
Blaze Bayley
Balfor
Rotting Christ
Heretic Soul
Konflikt
Kryptos
More information on the festival can be found at this location.
Ensiferum Announces Russian Shows
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum have issued the following update about new Russian tour dates:
"Ensiferum are delighted to confirm their return to Russia this March. As some fans will remember; last time the band made the journey to Russia, it was without frontman Petri Lindroos due to sickness. Sami filled in on vocals and ex-guitarist Jukka-Pekka Miettinen filled in on guitars alongside Markus. Ensiferum are excited to return to Russia with the full line-up this time and are sure to provide Russian fans unforgettable shows."
The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
18.3.2010 St.Petersburg / Orlandina rock club
19.3.2010 Moscow / XO club
Blackguard Recaps Ensiferum Tour
Paul Ablaze of Montreal's Blackguard has checked in with the following recap of the From Afar tour, headlined by Ensiferum this past fall:
"Another tour in the Bag , Another notch on the belt , and Another round of good times were had by all.
"For a tour that seemed destined to fall apart on itself just before it's start, I believe it exceeded all expectation by a long shot. With Ex Deo pulling out for the majority of the tour and Hypocrisy having to bail all together, the future looked very bleak. But at the end of the day it was Ensiferums call to bite the bullet and pull ahead with the tour, and for that we cannot thank them enough.
"As disappointed as we were not being able to tour with those two amazing bands, their absences proved to be a blessing in disguise. Being bumped up to direct support might have been one of the best things to happen to us, and with the addition of Lazarus A.D we got to become friends with some of the most badass people we've ever met.
"Although the crowds might have been smaller overall, we got to play to more people every night and our new position on the tour certainly motivated us to step up our game.
"This tour being quite the contrast to our last tour (Summer slaughter) in pace and scale, it was a little more relaxed and offered us some more down time to breath. That being said here are some of my more memorable moments from 'from afar' More...
Initial Bands Confirmed for Rockarea Fest 2010
SACRED REICH, BENEDICTION and ENSIFERUM are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Rockarea festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Loreley, Germany. The lineup so far includes:
BENEDICTION
ENSIFERUM
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
GORILLA MONSOON
MEGAERA
SACRED REICH
Check out ACHERON's latest music video for "I am heathen" below.
Tracedawn To Open For Stratovarius On Tour
Tracedawn has issued the following update regarding upcoming tour plans and new live tour videos:
"Big news for us, now it's confirmed that we will hit the road again! We will warm up the legendary power-metal outfit Stratovarius on their european tour in January/February 2010!!! Nothing, more to say that we're fokken ecstatic about this!"
"We will also have other stuff coming up, including a limited tour video from the first days of the Ensiferum tour, magical tour photos from the cameras of Roni and Vili, a little santa-claus suprise and most important, some new killer t-shirts with cool fresh prints are also on the way!" More...
Bill Zebub's "Pagan Metal:A Documentary" Announced
Pagan/folk metal has been growing in popularity for years and has virtually overthrown black metal in Europe. These bands have tested the American shores playing to sold-out venues from coast to coast.
"Pagan Metal: A Documentary" is the first documentary of its kind and features in-depth examinations of some of the genre's most coveted bands including: Korpiklaani, Primordial, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Leaves' Eyes, Turisas and Tyr. Enjoy live performances, learn about the subculture, and gain insight into the music. The artists give cordial and informative interviews.
The documentary was created by Bill Zebub (Grimoire Of Exalted Deeds Magazine, Metal Retardation, Breaking Her Will et al) and will be released on December 8, 2009.
Lazarus A.D. Issues Update from Ensiferum Tour
Lazarus A.D.'s Jeff Paulick checks in from the road!
"What's good dwellers of the Lazarus legion?!? Giving you a quick update from the road on our last-second venture with Ensiferum and Blackguard. Shit has been pretty awesome thus far. We left late Friday night, after the guys went and saw Job for a Cowboy, Gwar, and LoG in our hometown, the show was pretty fucking sick, headed off to Allentown, PA where the infamous Croc Rock pizza awaited...it wasn't so hot haha! We really had no idea what to expect as this tour as it's a little bit different genre-wise. It's been hit or miss, but for the most part I think it's getting through. Hopefully Peter and Alexi can get into the country asap so Hypocrisy can start tearing it up every night as well!
"The second night we played at Volume 11 in Raleigh, NC...and we have a little history there. As our previous three visits we laid a goose egg on merch every time, this time through, we finally got some good merch sales and had some very generous friends smoke us out, which meant our perception of Volume 11 did a huge 180! We grilled out that night with the guys from Blackguard (totally awesome brothers and an amazing band, definitely check them out!) shared a bottle of Jay-mo and woke to the sound of angry businessmen telling us to move our vehicle from their parking lot. We obviously denied the mess of beer cans strewn about the outside of the bus haha, but hey, I didn't know anything about that!!
"After Atlanta we drove straight to Jacksonville, FL where some friends of ours reside, just dodging Ida on the way, very lucky there, our bus and trailer don't mix with tropical storms. Our show was cancelled in Ft. Lauderdale which totally blew cuz we all were really looking forward to heading to the beach down south. SO, we made up for it and spent the day at Universal Studios, and needless to say, it was fucking awesome. Most of us had never been there before and it's easily one of the most fun parks I've ever been to. It was a pretty cloudy day so NOBODY was there; we went on everything multiple times through. We shared some drinks and lunch at the Hard Rock (we saw Dime's Crown Royal Guitar and Vinnie's full Pearl set used at the show where Dime was shot, pretty intense shit). Met up with the guys from Blackguard and hit some coasters with them. We grabbed a hotel and passed the fuck out as I had been up for 36 hours straight ensuring we could make this awesome day happen in time.
"Last night was Orlando, FUCK downtown Orlando parking. We had to park a mile away after we unloaded, after we played had to come back again, and then there was some confusion with payment as we were playing this Anti Pop festival, which had a million shows going on, the city was fucking packed, so we sat double parked on a one way street in front of the venue until payment was received haha...and it was.
"Long drive ahead to Texas and then to CALI!! Can't fucking wait, I'll be throwing some more updates at ya next week, until then spread the word that we are on "The Tour from Afar" with Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, and Blackguard, then hopping on with Vader and Warbringer for a couple weeks, see all you fucks on the road!!! Oh and there's a video coming soon of what we do most while on the road...COD...constantly haha! Light em up and drink em down!"
In related band news, Lazarus A.D. has posted live videos of "Who I Really Am" and "Revolution" filmed at The Rave in Milwaukee from their show with Gojira on October 7th. Fans can check out raw footage of both songs below.
Ensiferum Announces Chinese Tour
Ensiferum have announced they will be performing five Chinese tour dates in January of 2010 immediately after their Australian tour dates. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
01.01.2010 Australia, Sydney, Screamfest
03.01.2010 Australia, Brisbane, Hi Fi
05.01.2010 Australia, Melbourne, Billboard
07.01.2010 Australia, Perth, Capitol
09.01.2010 China, Beijng, Mao Livehouse
10.01.2010 China, Xi An, Sunset Bar
13.01.2010 China, Shanghai, Yu Ying Tang
15.01.2010 China, Guang Zhou, Tekkwun Livehouse
17.01.2010 China, Taipei, The WALL Livehouse
Ensiferum Cancels Ft. Lauderdale Show
Ensiferum have issued the following statement about canceling their tour date in Ft. Lauderdale on November 10th:
"We are sorry to announce that the show on 10/11 at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale has been canceled due to circumstances beyond Ensiferum's control. We are sorry to our fans in Florida, but hope to return as soon as we get an opportunity."
Ensiferum's updated tour schedule is as follows:
06.11.2009 Jaxx - Springfield, VA w/ Swashbuckle
07.11.2009 Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA w/ Swashbuckle
08.11.2009 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
09.11.2009 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11.11.2009 AKA Lounge (part of the Anti*Pop Music Festival) - Orlando, FL
13.11.2009 Meridian - Houston, TX
14.11.2009 Emo's - Austin, TX
15.11.2009 Ridglea Theatre- Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
17.11.2009 Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
18.11.2009 Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
19.11.2009 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
20.11.2009 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
21.11.2009 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
22.11.2009 Rickshaw - Vancouver, BC
23.11.2009 Warehouse - Calgary, AB
24.11.2009 Starlite - Edmonton, AB
27.11.2009 The Zoo - Winnipeg, MB
28.11.2009 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
29.11.2009 Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL
30.11.2009 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
01.12.2009 Opera House - Toronto, ON w/ Swashbuckle
02.12.2009 Imperial - Quebec City, QC w/ Swashbuckle
03.12.2009 Medley - Montreal, QC w/ Swashbuckle
04.12.2009 The Palladium - Worcester, MA w/ Swashbuckle
05.12.2009 Irving Plaza - New York, NY w/ Swashbuckle
Lazarus A.D. Added To Ensiferum Tour
Lazarus A.D. has jumped on board for the upcoming Ensiferum tour in November. This will be their first tour in the U.S. since their trip to Japan to play Loud Park and will be followed by more dates alongisde Vader.
Vocalist/bassist Jeff Paulick comments: “When the call came in about jumping on the Ensiferum tour we set everything aside and rallied the troops. As you all know we have been home few months with our thumb up our asses (except for that little trip to Japan!), ever since Dan broke his hand. This is going to be a great tour an it’s hitting cities we have played in the past and new cities we have yet to play. We are looking forward seeing old can’t friends and making new friends. So you better break out the weed & beer - Lazarus A.D. is back on the mother f*$&^@# road.”
Tour with Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Blackguard, and Swashbuckle:
11/07 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Café
11/08 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
11/09 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
11/11 Orlando, FL AKA Lounge AntiPop Music Festival
11/13 Houston, TX Meridian
11/14 Austin, TX Emo’s
11/15 Fort Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
11/17 Santa Ana, CA The Galaxy Theatre
11/18 Hollywood, CA The Key Club
11/19 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
11/20 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/21 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
11/22 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
11/23 Calgary, AB The Warehouse
Tour with Vader: More...
Hypocrisy To Miss Some US Dates Due To Visa Issues
Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY have issued the following statement in regards to their upcoming tour with ENSIFERUM that starts on Friday, November 6th:
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are forced to stay home until U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services process and authorize our working visas. This is the first time the band has faced a situation like this and it’s extremely frustrating, as well as depressing, since the last thing we want to do is disappoint our loyal fans who have waited years to see us live in the US. We filed for our visas with plenty of time, but as some probably don’t know, the US government has changed its rules when it comes to visas issued to artists so it’s become tougher. Even if we have already toured the US numerous times.
As it stands now, we are on stand-by mode and waiting to receive the green light. We hope it’s just a few days before that happens, in the meantime we want to apologize to all the fans that planned on going to see us tear shit up live. We will do our best to re-join the tour as soon as possible!”
HYPOCRISY have enlisted the help of CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/frontman Alexi Laiho to temporarily fill the vacant second guitarist spot on their tour alongside ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD, SWASHBUCKLE. More...
Ensiferum Posts "Twilight Tavern" Video
Finnish viking metallers Ensiferum have posted a music video online for the track "Twilight Tavern," which is off their most recent album "From Afar." The video clip can be viewed below. More...
Leaves' Eyes Confirmed For Metal Camp Open Air
Leaves' Eyes is the latest band to be confirmed for the Metal Camp Open Air 2010 festival. The festival will take place from 05.07.-11.07.2010 in Tomin, Slovenia.
The currently confirmed line-up is as follows:
Leaves' Eyes
Behemoth
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Dornenreich
Immortal
Kalmah
Metsatoll
Sabaton
The Devil's Blood
The Exploited
Ensiferum Streaming New Song Online
Finland's Ensiferum has issued the following brief update about streaming a new song online from their latest album:
"You can now find a sample of the new song 'Heathen Throne' off 'From Afar' on our Myspace player."
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