Bandleader / Singer Heidi Parviainen – Dark Sarah Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Emil Westerdahl at Inner Wound Recordings for setting up the interview. Thanks to Inner Wound Recordings for the promo pictures of the band. THE GOLDEN MOTH is the name of the third and latest episode of…
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Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos and Sami Hinkka
Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos and Sami Hinkka @ O2 Islington Acadamy, London 1st May 2018 Interview by Thomas James Henry Saunders
Ensiferum + Ex Deo + Wind Rose @ O2 Academy Islington, London
Ensiferum + Ex Deo + Wind Rose @ O2 Academy Islington, London 1st May 2018 Review by Thomas James Henry Saunders Photography by Oliver M.
Ensiferum – Two Paths
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2107 , Metal Blade Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: John Haseltine From album to album, many bands of every genre experiment, changes things up a bit here or there in order to not become stale in the vast universe of music. And depending on the genre, how many…
Iced Earth + Ensiferum + Kataklysm + Unearth @ Electric Brixton, London
Iced Earth + Ensiferum + Kataklysm + Unearth @ Electric Brixton, London December 6, 2016 Review by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad
Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos
Ensiferum Interview with Petri Lindroos December 6, 2016 – Electric Brixton, London Interview by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad Petri Lindroos, frontman of Finnish folk metal pioneers Ensiferum was kind enough to sit down with Metal-Rules prior to their show in London this Tuesday. We talked about their recent acoustic tour, the…
Bloodstock Open Air 2015
Bloodstock Open Air 2015 @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire 6th – 9th August 2015 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Michelle Murphy Picture the scene: a field in south Derbyshire. One moment, quaint and calm; serene, leafy and undisturbed. But then, as the sun arises to the midday point one…
Hellfest Festival 2015
Hellfest Festival 2015 @ Clisson, France 19th-21st June 2015 Review by Anna Dumpe and Kirsty Birkett-Stubbs Photos by Gavin Lowery and Ritchie Birnie Break out the balloons – it’s birthday time! No, not just mine (although thank you very much), but Hellfest’s big 1-0, the crossing point into double figures,…
Ensiferum to shoot new music video at Philadelphia show on May 28th
Ensiferum‘s tour with Korpiklaani and Trollfest will draw to a close on May 29th in New York City, but the night before, Ensiferum will invite director Dave Brodsky to shoot a brand new music video! Fans in attendance on May 28th in Philadelphia at the Theatre of Living Arts will…
Ensiferum – Interview with Petri Lindroos
Interview with Petri Lindroos of Ensiferum Interviewed on March 21 2015 @ O2 Islington, London by Demitri Levantis Finland’s folk metal force Ensiferum dropped by London’s O2 Islington Academy on Tuesday 24 March to promote their sixth album, One Man Army. I caught up with their vocalist/ guitarist Petri Lindroos…
Ensiferum @ O2 Academy, Islington with Omnium Gatherum and Insomnium
Ensiferum with Omnium Gatherum and Insomnium O2 Academy, Islington, London March 21 2015 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Michelle Murphy The masters of Epic Folk Metal flew in from Finland to promote their sixth studio album One Man Army on Tuesday 21 March.
ENSIFERUM: Finnish Folk Metal Collective To Release New Full-Length This February Via Metal Blade Records
Finland’s favorite folk metal collective and recent Metal Blade signees, ENSIFERUM, will unleash their sixth studio album this Winter. Titled One Man Army, the predominantly analog-recorded offering was tracked between September and November of this year with award-winning producer Anssi Kippo (Children Of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, Entwine etc.) at Astia-Studios…
ENSIFERUM nearing completion on recording new album
ENSIFERUM have been locked away in Astia Studio (astiastudio.fi) in Lappeenranta in Finland with producer Anssi Kippo for three weeks. Drums, bass, and most of the guitar parts have been recorded. At the end of last week, guest musician Timo Väänänen tracked some takes with hiskantele, and over the weekend,…
Ensiferum nearing completion on recording new album
Helsinki, Finland – September 29th, 2014 – Ensiferum have been locked away in Astia Studio (astiastudio.fi) in Lappeenranta in Finland with producer Anssi Kippo for three weeks. Drums, bass, and most of the guitar parts have been recorded. At the end of last week, guest musician Timo Väänänen tracked some…
Thyrien – lead singer/guitarist Oskari Koivisto
Lead singer/guitarist Oskari Koivisto – Thyrien Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Tom Hack for getting this interview done. Thanks to Massacre Records for providing the promo pics Thyrien origins from the land of the thousand lakes -Finland and is a brand new battle/folk metal act that currently released their…