Finnish metallers Ensiferum have confirmed dates for tour through China in January 2010. The band adds: "We are excited and eager to conquer new territory!"

Confirmed dates are as follows:

Jan. 09 - Beijng, China - Mao Livehouse
Jan. 10 - Xi An, China - Sunset Bar
Jan. 13 - Shanghai, China - Yu Ying Tang
Jan. 15 - Guang Zhou, China - Tekkwun Livehouse
Jan. 17 - Taipei, Taiwan - The Wall Livehouse

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Chinese Tour

Ex Deo have officially pulled out of some dates on the Ensiferum tour for visa matters beyond the band's control.

Commented Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm): "Well the Gods are definitely not smiling on us at the moment. Some confusion happened in the visa department for a couple guys in our camp and by the time it will be solved, the tour will be too far in for us to join it and financially it would be a disaster. The good news is we will be doing the last week of shows from Chicago to New York. We're planning some Ex Deo stuff next year in America at the moment. We've lots of supporters that will be disappointed if it doesn't happen so we'll try our best to make it up next year."

Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Ex Deo, Blackguard, Swashbuckle* Tour:

11/29/09 - Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, IL
11/30/09 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
12/01/09 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON - Canada*
12/02/09 - Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC - Canada*
12/03/09 - Le Medley - Montreal, QC - Canada*
12/04/09 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA*
12/05/09 - The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza - New York, NY*

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Ex Deo
Event:	Ensiferum: Tour From Afar

"From Afar", the new video from Finnish metallers Ensiferum, has been made available online. The clip was directed by Tuomas Valtanen.

"From Afar" is the title track of the band's forthcoming album, which will be released on September 9 via Spinefarm Records.

More details about "From Afar" were previously reported at this location.


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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Ensiferum have announced a headlining North American tour in support of the band's new album, "From Afar". The support bands are Hypocrisy, Ex Deo and Blackguard.

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 06 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Nov. 07 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
Nov. 08 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
Nov. 09 - Atlanta, GA - THE Masquerade
Nov. 10 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
Nov. 11 - Orlando, FL - Aka Lounge
Nov. 13 - Houston, TX - Meridian
Nov. 14 - Austin, TX - Emo's
Nov. 15 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theatre
Nov. 17 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
Nov. 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
Nov. 19 - San Francisco, CA - Dna Lounge
Nov. 20 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Nov. 21 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
Nov. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw
Nov. 23 - Calgary, AB - Warehouse
Nov. 24 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite
Nov. 25 - Regina, SK - The Excange
Nov. 26 - Winnipeg, MB - The Zoo
Nov. 27 - Minneapolis, MN - The Rock
Nov. 28 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
Nov. 29 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
Nov. 30 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Dec. 01 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Dec. 02 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial
Dec. 03 - Montreal, QC - Medley
Dec. 04 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Dec. 05 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Tour From Afar

Ensiferum have revealed the first details about their upcoming fourth studio album. The new album will be entilted "From Afar" and is scheduled for a September 9th release via Spinefarm Records. The record was produced by Tero Kinnunen (Nightwish, Amorphis) and Janne Joutsenniemi (who also produced "Victory Songs") and was mixed by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Amorphis).

"From Afar" tracklist:

01. By the Dividing Stream
02. From Afar
03. Twilight Tavern
04. Heathen Throne
05. Elusive Reaches
06. Stone Cold Metal
07. Smoking Ruins
08. Tumman Virran Taa
09. The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II)
10. Vandraren (Nordman cover) (available only on the limited edition version)

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Source:	spinefarm.fi
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Ensiferum can now reveal their European tour in support of the new upcoming album. More shows will be added shortly, accompanied with tour name and detailed information. Support acts: Metsatöll (EST) & Tracedawn (FIN)

The still untitled album is in the process of being recorded as we speak. Release date for the coming album is 9th of September 2009 in most countries.

Oct. 01 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Oct. 02 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Romein
Oct. 03 - Hamm, Germany - Devils Revenge Festival
Oct. 04 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik
Oct. 06 - London, UK - Scala
Oct. 07 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
Oct. 08 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
Oct. 09 - Dudley, UK - JB's
Oct. 10 - Vosselar, Belgium - Biebob
Oct. 15 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
Oct. 16 - Madrid, Spain - Heineken
Oct. 17 - Alicante, Spain - Nave 8
Oct. 18 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1
Oct. 20 - Bologna, Italy - Sottotetto
Oct. 21 - München, Germany - Backstage
Oct. 22 - Wien, Austria - Arena
Oct. 23 - Jena, Germany - F- Haus
Oct. 24 - Lichtenfels, Germany - Hellflame Festival
Oct. 26 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal
Oct. 28 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
Oct. 29 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: European Tour

Ensiferum have posted the following announcement directed at their Russian fans:

"Petri Lindroos is not able to perform at our shows in Russia due to serious illness. We all hope for speedy recovery for him in coming weeks. Cancellation was not an option to us because we dont want to let you guys down and possible new dates would have been far in future. Luckily we were able to get ex-member Jukka-Pekka Miettinen to play guitar for these shows and vocals will be growled by Sami Hinkka.

We are truly looking forward for these special shows and the evening will be a blast with you guys! See you in Moscow and St. Petersburg!"

15.11.08 Russia, Moscow, Tochka club
16.11.08 Russia, St.Petersburg, Orlandina Club

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Russian Mini Tour

Finnish viking metallers Ensiferum will team up with Faroese band Týr and Swiss shooting stars Eluveitie to tour through Europe and North America under the Paganfest banner. Co-headliners will be Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow in Europe and Turisas in North America.

The dates for Europe read as follows:

Paganfest Tour feat. Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Týr and Eluveitie
02.04.2008 - DEN, Copenhagen
03.04.2008 - NED, Tilburg
04.04.2008 - BEL, Antwerp
05.04.2008 - GER, Osnabrück
06.04.2008 - ENG, London
07.04.2008 - ENG, Leeds
08.04.2008 - ENG, Dudley
09.04.2008 - FRA, Paris
10.04.2008 - SUI, Pratteln
11.04.2008 - AUT, Linz
12.04.2008 - AUT, Wien
13.04.2008 - CZE, Zlin
14.04.2008 - HUN, Budapest
15.04.2008 - SLO, Ljubljana
16.04.2008 - GER, Ludwigsburg
17.04.2008 - GER, Berlin
18.04.2008 - GER, Leipzig
19.04.2008 - GER, München
20.04.2008 - AUT, Graz
21.04.2008 - GER, Saarbrücken
22.04.2008 - GER, Frankfurt

For the North American leg the following dates have been confirmed. More dates are to be announced soon.

Paganfest Tour feat. Ensiferum, Turisas, Týr and Eluveitie
25.04.2008 - CAN, Toronto, ON
26.04.2008 - CAN, Montreal, QC
27.04.2008 - USA, Worcester, MA
28.04.2008 - USA, Springfield, VA
29.04.2008 - USA, Cleveland, OH
05.05.2008 - USA, Seattle, WA
10.05.2008 - USA, Orange County, CA
15.05.2008 - USA, Ft. Worth, TX
16.05.2008 - USA, San Antonio, TX

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Source:	paganfest.net
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Paganfest Europe Tour

As posted on the band's website, Ensiferum has unfortunately suffered another member loss in the band as the band's long-time keyboard player Meiju Enho decided to leave the band. The band expresses their regret for her decision to depart the band, but despite the break-up the band will victoriously go on! You can read Meiju's afterwords here.

Emmi Silvennoinen from the band Exsecratus has been substituting Meiju from the beginning of this year (2007) and continues to act as the live/session keyboard player for Ensiferum until further notice.

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Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

The following message has been posted on the official Ensiferum website:

"Ensiferum is finally crossing over the Atlantic Ocean to Canada and will do a small Eastern Canadian tour in November 2007."

"Additionally there will be an European tour "Tour Towards Victory"(Part II) in December 2007, which is a follow-up to the tour made last spring."

The Canadian dates are as follows:

Nov. 06 - Théatre Plaza - Montreal, Quebec
Nov. 08 - Cabaret du Capitole - Quebec City, Quebec
Nov. 09 - Trash Bar - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Nov. 10 - The Metal Bar - Toronto, Ontario
Nov. 11 - The Underground - Hamilton, Ontario
Nov. 12 - Jubilee Hall - Sudbury, Ontario

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Canadian Tour

From Ensiferum's homepage;

"Now it is offcial, Ensiferum is a star.

The Russian Ensiferum Fan Club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band.

The star, located in

magnitude 15.3
Ascension 16 00 19.14
Declination +66 52 06.1"

In other news, the video for 'Ahti' has now been uploaded on YouTube; you can watch it here. This is the first video from Ensiferum's latest album, 'Victory Songs'.

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Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Two songs from the upcoming Ensiferum album "Victory Songs" have been put online on the Ensiferum's MySpace Page.
The first song is called 'Deathbringer From The Sky' and the second 'One More Magic Potion'.

A sample (for the song 'Ahti') was already available on the Spinfarm Records website here.

"Victory Songs" will be available for purchase on April 20th.

Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Ad Victoriam
02. Blood Is The Price Of Glory
03. Deathbringer From The Sky
04. Ahti
05. One More Magic Potion
06. Wanderer
07. Raised By The Sword
08. The New Dawn
09. Victory Song

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

A new sample from the upcoming Ensiferum album "Victory Songs" has been put online on the Spinefarm Records website here. The sample comes from the song 'Ahti'.

"Victory Songs" will be available for purchase on April 20th.

Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Ad Victoriam
02. Blood Is The Price Of Glory
03. Deathbringer From The Sky
04. Ahti
05. One More Magic Potion
06. Wanderer
07. Raised By The Sword
08. The New Dawn
09. Victory Song

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Source:	spinefarm.fi
Band profile:	Ensiferum

"Dear fans!

Due to contractual obligations, promotional deadlines and manufacturing delays, we have been forced to move the release of "Victory Songs" to the 20th of April 2007!

This is very unfortunate, and we're very sorry about the delay, but there's not much that we or our record companies can do to make this album hit the stores any earlier. If we could, we certainly would because we know that all of you are eager to get a listen to the new songs!

Despite this time-taking trouble, it's going to be one killer of an album and we hope that you will have the patience to wait just a little longer!

Wishing you all the best,
Ensiferum"

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

On the first of November, Folk/Black Metallers Ensiferum started recording their third full-length album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. The producer of the album is Janne Joutsenniemi. The album now has a title as well, it will be called 'Victory Songs'. It will still be released on the 21st February, 2007.

Ensiferum 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 for overseas is still being handled by ICS Festival Service.

So Ensiferum will begin their next year's tour with a small Finnish tour in January.

Here is a list of dates:

24.01.07 - Pakkahuone, Tampere
25.01.07 - S-osis, Turku
26.01.07 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
27.01.07 - Club Teatria, Oulu

All four shows will be supported by the band Exsecratus.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Finnish Tour