Ensiferum - Long Cold Winter of Sorrow and Strife (Lyric Video)

Buy here: New album Winter Storm is out October 18, 2024 Watch video for Winter Storm Vigilantes here: The Finnish folk-metal melodeath sensation has maintained a prolific release schedule since their first demo in 1997, gradually increasing in stature until eighth album Thalassic crowned their ascent in 2020. The nautical opus went on to top Finland’s album chart, reaching #3 in Germany, and top ten in Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. Eventually, ENSIFERUM would take Thalassic on two massive world tours and to festivals like Wacken, Hellfest, Summer Breeze, and Ragnarök, but the global Covid pandemic ensured that the four-year wait for Winter Storm would be the longest in the band’s near-thirty-year history. Much of the new material emerged in the lockdown era, when ENSIFERUM’s founding guitarist Markus Toivonen set himself the challenge of finding new ways to make music -- eventually composing