Ensiferum - Iron

8.8 | 1125 votes |

Release date:	19 April 2004
Style:	Extreme folk metal
Owners:	1384 have it 115 want it

01. Ferrum Aeternum
02. Iron
03. Sword Chant
04. Mourning Heart (Interlude)
05. Tale Of Revenge
06. Lost In Despair
07. Slayer Of Light
08. Into Battle
09. LAI LAI HEI
10. Tears
11. Battery [Metallica cover] [Japanese bonus]

Top 20 albums of 2004: 4
Top 200 albums of all time: 93

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Line-up
Jari Mäenpää - vocals, guitars
Meiju Enho - keyboards
Markus Toivonen - guitars, backing vocals
Oliver Fokin - drums
Jukka-Pekka Miettinen - bass

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Talvi

Rating:
9.8

Ensiferum has become, almost instantly, the classic folk/viking metal band. With only 2 albums, their combination of folk riffing, use of folk instruments, simple and catchy songs and both clean and growled vocals have made them the kings of the genre. They are probably the most listened folk metal band along with Finntroll. And fuck, they deserve it. Their debut showed us what they were capable of, and most fans see that as the pinnacle of the band.

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published 29.12.2006 | Comments (23)

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patrickmetal12 Posts: 110 From: Guatemala	07.10.2010 - 12:04 Rating: 10 patrickmetal12 Posts: 110 From: Guatemala Best album of all time!! Loading...
Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8651 From: Czech Republic	07.10.2010 - 14:39 Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8651 From: Czech Republic I still think Ensiferum and From Afar are better than this... ---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep Loading...
Derwood Posts: 511 From: Canada	08.10.2010 - 06:36 Rating: 10 Derwood Posts: 511 From: Canada I can't for the life of me understand how their debut is ranked higher than this masterpiece in the top 200 albums. ---- You can't fight evil with a macaroni duck! Loading...
Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8651 From: Czech Republic	08.10.2010 - 16:14 Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8651 From: Czech Republic Because their debut is even better? ---- My rest seems now calm and deep Finally I got my dead man sleep Loading...
Derwood Posts: 511 From: Canada	09.10.2010 - 07:50 Rating: 10 Derwood Posts: 511 From: Canada No, it's not. I know it's a matter of personal tastes, but frankly, this one really baffles me. I really don't understand how anyone can prefer their debut to Iron. I love every single track on this album and find only three tracks from Ensiferum that would have been worthy to be on this one. ---- You can't fight evil with a macaroni duck! Loading...
Sonic MrSumo Posts: 446 From: Australia	21.01.2011 - 03:01 Rating: 9 Sonic MrSumo Posts: 446 From: Australia Purchased this album recently...and I love it. The stand out thus far is Lost In Despair. Wow...what a ballad! ---- All the bridges in the world won't save you, if there's no other side to cross to. - Rock poetry from Silverchair. Loading...
MetalSpider Posts: 1386 From: Canada	21.01.2011 - 06:11 Rating: 10 MetalSpider Posts: 1386 From: Canada I still prefer their debut over Iron but this is still an amazing album! ---- Thanks to Corrupt for these banners! Loading...
rasto Posts: 38 From: Slovak Republic	09.02.2011 - 11:49 Rating: 9 rasto Posts: 38 From: Slovak Republic This album is very very good. Loading...
patrickmetal12 Posts: 110 From: Guatemala	16.04.2011 - 12:53 Rating: 10 patrickmetal12 Posts: 110 From: Guatemala Perfect? Loading...
Vonpire Posts: 468 From: Portugal	14.06.2011 - 19:03 Rating: 8 Vonpire Posts: 468 From: Portugal It's very good but extremely overrated IMO ---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk Loading...
Beastofmetal456 Account deleted	28.06.2011 - 16:36 Beastofmetal456 Account deleted Great, but still not as good as their debut. Loading...
ImNotMetal Posts: 62 From: Indonesia	12.07.2011 - 09:28 Rating: 9 ImNotMetal Posts: 62 From: Indonesia Got it recently!! I love it Loading...
Magician Posts: 7 From: Argentina	20.12.2011 - 04:41 Rating: 10 Magician Posts: 7 From: Argentina Written by MetalSpider on 21.01.2011 at 06:11 I still prefer their debut over Iron but this is still an amazing album! What he said. Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1505 From: UK	20.08.2012 - 01:38 Rating: 8 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1505 From: UK I actually prefer this to Ensiferum's debut. The music to me seems slightly more concise and accessible, plus it has many of my favourite Ensiferum tracks on here. 'Sword of Light' and the title track are just epic. Loading...
LordHypnos Account deleted	02.10.2012 - 15:39 LordHypnos Account deleted Best Ensiferum album! A lot better than the debut! The Metallica cover's awesome! Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA	29.10.2012 - 08:18 Rating: 9 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA Compared to Debut, songs are much more memorable, for me. Loading...
Neroese Account deleted	07.11.2012 - 15:14 Neroese Account deleted Great. Loading...
Stoyz Posts: 9	22.11.2012 - 20:28 Rating: 10 Stoyz Posts: 9 For me this is the best Ensiferum's album. It's really viking and folk, as I like. Every single track is perfect. But the most interesting are Tale Of Revenge and Sword Chant. Best tracks. Loading...
ArnaudBoyer Posts: 8	13.05.2015 - 06:12 Rating: 8 ArnaudBoyer Posts: 8 Written by Derwood on 08.10.2010 at 06:36 I can't for the life of me understand how their debut is ranked higher than this masterpiece in the top 200 albums. Because ensiferum is a better album Loading...
raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal	13.05.2015 - 17:56 Rating: 9 raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal Written by ArnaudBoyer on 13.05.2015 at 06:12 Written by Derwood on 08.10.2010 at 06:36 I can't for the life of me understand how their debut is ranked higher than this masterpiece in the top 200 albums. Because ensiferum is a better album Cool, quoting a 5 year post. Loading...
Tomas Piller Posts: 100 From: Czech Republic	+1 20.11.2015 - 13:26 Rating: 9 Tomas Piller Posts: 100 From: Czech Republic Written by raveneffect on 13.05.2015 at 17:56 Cool, quoting a 5 year post. So what?? Isn't one of the great attributes of metal that it's supertemporal? Loading...
Nick Carter Posts: 257	11.08.2017 - 01:46 Rating: 8 Nick Carter Posts: 257 I disagree about this being their best album, but it is really good stuff ---- #MetalIsForEveryone Loading...
Spacerunner Posts: 247 From: Belarus	14.10.2018 - 14:49 Rating: 7 Spacerunner Posts: 247 From: Belarus A major step down from the debut. I guess Jari spared his best ideas for Wintersun while Markus had not enough fuel to repeat success on his own. Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 59857 From: Sweden	04.01.2019 - 00:12 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 59857 From: Sweden Songs stand out: Tale of revenge and Tears. Great viking metal album, even its not genre, but many genres what represent such idea and are fascinated whit north and heritage, still its good album. i like it, my kind a metal, fantasy, stories, solders , old days. childhood days. ---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
nonZero Posts: 1177 From: UK	+1 27.05.2020 - 13:44 Rating: 9 nonZero Posts: 1177 From: UK A step down from their debut but a fantastic album nonetheless, and better than anything that has followed it so far. ---- Top 400 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands) Loading...
AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Posts: 3977 From: UK	28.09.2022 - 23:18 Rating: 9 AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Posts: 3977 From: UK Carrying their form on from the epic debut, Iron is almost every bit as good imo ---- My 2023 list (so far) Loading...