Oliver left Ensiferum.

"As some of you may have already noticed, there's been a new man behind the drums at the live concerts during the past six months. Janne Parviainen has been substituting for Oliver Fokin and is now a steady member. The main reason for this change in the band was that there were too many differences of interests."

"The earlier mentioned mini-cd will be
recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki."

"The third studio album is scheduled
to be recorded in the summer of 2006."

http://www.ensiferum.com/

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oh come on im getting sick of mini cds! just release a full!

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That third studio album is full.

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i hope it's just as cheesy as their older stuff..

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Never heard Ensiferum.. Is it viking metal?

Yep, actually folk metal. They have few samples on their site.

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it's uber cheesy powerish folk metal.

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think Eletric Viola and mandalin put them in a kings court...and thats Ensiferum...so cool

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ive never understood why some people think certain keyboard and guitar melodies are "cheesy". doesnt really make sense. fuck, they're just notes. i guess it would make more sense if i found a certain group of notes played by a certain setting of synth or style of guitar to be "cheesy". however i think im quite glad i dont have this way of looking at music/notes.

edit: i dont mind changes of drummers much. vocals and guitar changes can screw up a band though. ensiferum rock.

meh its kind of cheezy in ways that other metal isnt. its a little overdone and overdramatic, but i still love jari

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i just dont get it, what is "cheesy" in the music? considering that "cheesy" is defined as having poor quality. im sure people arnt using it in this way though. ive found that when most people say a part of a song is cheesy, its usually my favorite part. thus, totally baffling me.

no not as cheezy as in cheap, cheezy as in overdone and over emotinoal and grandiose in a gay way

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well, minus the "gay" bit, and thats my favorite stuff. i just love over emotional/done synth. . cant help it.

i like it too

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Who cares if it's cheesy. It's still the best band ever.

Anyway, check this!

Spinefarm Metal DVD 2DVD

Tracklist:

01. Children Of Bodom: Trashed, Lost, Strungout
02. To/Die/For: Little Deaths
03. Finntroll: Trollhammaren
04. Norther: Mirror Of Madness
05. Tarot: Pyre Of Gods
06. Entwine: Bitter Sweet
07. Children Of Bodom: Sixpounder
08. Turmion Kätilöt: Verta Ja Lihaa
09. Nightwish: Bless The Child
10. Ajattara: Haureus
11.Norther: Death Unlimited
12. Ram-Zet: Queen
13. Lowe Motor Corporation: Soul Of A Pagan
14. Rotten Sound: Burden
15. Reverend Bizarre: Doom Over The World
16. Amoral: Other Flesh
17. Sonata Arctica: The Cage, Tavastia Live
18 .To Separate The Flesh From The Bones: The Final Extinction, Tavastia Live
19. Rotten Sound: Targets, Tuska Live
20. To Separate The Flesh From The Bones: Drowned In Semen, Tavastia Live
21. Sonata Arctica: Kingdom For A Heart, Tavastia Live
22. Ensiferum: Battle Song, Party San Live
23. Children Of Bodom: Bodom Beach Terror, Tuska Live


Total running time: 85:00
Release date: 2005-09-21

Catalog number Universal: 987427-1
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI253DVD
Barcode: 060249874271

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cool, spinefarm definitely has a certain kind of music on their label

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powermetal... thats the epitome of cheesy
old b-horror movies... their cheesy to..

cheesy can be bad... but not necceseraly

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damn, kickass, i didnt know spinefarm even had dvds. i just might buy that!

so do you like it or not? i cant really tell from that. hah, i wish your avatar would keep going/changing, thats just so rediculous! a whole video of that would be funny. who are those guys anyway?

Yeah, like in power metal when they use major to make it sound happy its super corny. I've never been cursed with this distaste myself either.

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its immortal :P

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They guys in the avatar... their immortal!! You listen to blakc mettle, and don't know them?

Actualy, there is a video of that! http://immortal.battlegrim.net/down...ng_videos.shtml

It's called "call of the wintermoon"

And it's a great example of cheesiness

Btw, i'm not too fond of powermetal. I like some of it tough..

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haha. but im more of a symphonic/atmospheric black metal fan. Immortal are decent, but i only have At the heart of winter, so i guess im used to them as being 2 members. I think this is the only album i will own of theirs too. I need more than what they play, its kind of melodic, but it doesnt really strike me as melodic. that, and the lack of keyboards kind of turns me away. though i do listen to black metal, i fucking hate "raw" or "tr00" black metal, just boring.

listen to the album "At the heart of winter". I'm pretty sure you'll like that.

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haha!! i told you iin my post that i have that one . i like it enough.

hehe, when i read your post i tought you said you had "call of the wintermoon"
Did you edit it?

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ok, thanks. Lets check it out then.

Are there any videos similar to that one, because it makes me laugh endlessly every time I see it.

I like some power metal, Like Kamelot and Rhapsody, but alot of it is just way to cheesy for my tastes, but Ensiferum I dont exactly consider all out Power metal, they just rock in general

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nope . your losing your mind . ive actually never even heard of "call of wintermoon". imossible for me to type it. haha

"The tickets for the New Years Eve 10-year anniversary concert held at the Nosturi (Helsinki, Finland) are available in the middle of this month. Check the availability of the tickets from www.lippupalvelu.fi or www.tiketti.fi . There is also early plans that the concert will be filmed for the upcoming DVD release."

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old man, go to that concert for me!

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Haha, I'd like to go, but Helsinki is pretty far away from here. And I don't even have money.

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ah well, we can both buy the dvd and pretend at least

i wonder how theyll be live?

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They're awesome. I have that Spinefarm DVD and there is Ensiferum - Battle Song live at Party San.

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into battle we ride, with gods by our siiide

aha i think we're the only two on here who love them

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Actually no...

I've been listening to them since the first week their ST was released. I almost went insane of the U.S. release delay for Iron.

WE CAME AND WE FULFILLED THE PROPHECY!

"ENSIFERUM To Release 'Dragonheads' In February
Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM, now featuring in its ranks NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, have set "Dragonheads" as the title of their new EP, due in February 2006 via Spinefarm Records. The mini-CD is being recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki and will contain one new track, new studio recordings of several old demo songs, and a couple of traditional Finnish folk covers. The group's next full-length release is scheduled to be recorded in the summer of 2006. A European tour is tentatively slated to kick off in March 2006."

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yes i saw that

i forgot though, no jari! a shame

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LAI LAI HEY HAVE A GREAT FOLKY CHOIR !!!!!!!

Ensiferum's new mini-CD "Dragonheads" is completed even down to it's
mastering. The mini-CD was recorded and mixed last November at Sonic
Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and mastered by Mika Jussila from Finnvox.

Dragonheads contains six tracks:

1. Dragonheads
2. Warrior's Quest
3. Kalevala Melody
4. White Storm
5. Into Hiding (Amorphis cover)
6. Finnish Medley:
- Karjalan Kunnailla - Myrskyluodon Maija - Metsämiehen Laulu

Spinefarm Records has announced that the release date for
"Dragonheads" is 15.2.2006

Edit: CD cover
http://www.spinefarm.fi/images/cove...heads_100px.jpg

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thats a really awesome cover and i cant wait ot hear the finnish medley. oldman do you know the songs?

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You are the man!

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It's hard to see the art.

The Amorphis cover doesn't excite me.

i agree. You are definately of true viking spirit.

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you have the stout sword of this full blood norse men, young sam.

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No, I haven't heard them. I've heard the Kalevala melody though.

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speaking of kalevala i just got amorphis - elegy and really dig it but from what i read in the booklet its based on something a little different from the kalevala

still cool stuff! you might like it

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Yes, I have that one.

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"Ensiferum thanks everyone who attended the 10th Anniversary Celebration concert. If everything goes according our plans, the DVD of that gig will be released at June or July 2006.

The recording of the third Studio Album begins next fall and the release of that album occurs at the end of this year, at the earliest."

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Here is bigger pic of the cover.

http://www.ensiferum.com/Ensiferum_...dragonheads.jpg

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The "10th Anniversary Live" concert held last new years eve will be released as a DVD on 14.6.2006. The recording of the third studio album will begin in November of this year and the release hopefully occurs in and around the early February of 2007.

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Fucking awesome, thanks for the post oldman.

I'm actually listening to "Dragonheads" right now.

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DVD!!! awesome. ill be getting that without question.
speaking of Dragonheads, i honestly thought Petri was going to do something wrong, but i was wrong, it sounds great.

Ensiferum - 10th Anniversary Live

Tracklist:

01. Intro
02. Hero in a Dream
03. Guardians of Fate
04. Tale of Revenge
05. Dragonheads
06. Windrider
07. Warrior¹s Quest
08. LAI LAI HEI
09. Old Man (Väinämöinen)
10. Slayer of Light
11. Finnish Medley:
* Karjalan Kunnailla
* Myrskyluodon Maija
* Metsämiehen Laulu
12. Tears
13. Token of Time
14. White Storm
15. Into Hiding
16. Into Battle
17. Kalevala Melody (intro)
18. Iron
19. Treacherous Gods
20. Näitä Polkuja Tallaan
21. Battle Song

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Sweet!

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It's a cover of an old finnish song.

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Spinefarm Records has set a date for the release of the third
full-length album. The date is 21.2.2007.
The recording of the album will occur in the end of this year.

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Old N3Wz.

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"Ensiferum started the recording of the third full-lenght studioalbum in the first of November at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. The Name of the third album will be “Victory Songs” and the producer of the album is Janne Joutsenniemi.

The band has also started to collaborate with Welldone booking agency. Teemu Suominen of Welldone will be taking care of the concert booking in Finland. This will increase the concerts in Finland, which has been few-numbered in the past. The concert booking in abroad is still being handled by ICS Festival Service.

Ensiferum will begin their next year’s tour with a small Finnish tour
in January. More information of the gigs is found in the Tour Info –section."

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great, more finnish gigs

i wonder if theyll make it to america

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I hope they tour Finland this summer!

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very good news!!!