I put off listening to this album for literally years. Until then the only Ensiferum I had heard was Lindroos era and It didn't do much for me. However, once I finally gave this a spin I was forced to admit this is a fantastic album. From start to finish it doesn't lose a beat. Essential, especially for the genre.

I didn't call it my album of the decade for nothing. I am listening to it now for the first time in a long time, and it's both great and sad... sad to compare it to what Ensiferum are now (which is still a great band... but just not this good...)

Written by Baz Anderson on 05.04.2011 at 00:15

I didn't call it my album of the decade for nothing. I am listening to it now for the first time in a long time, and it's both great and sad... sad to compare it to what Ensiferum are now (which is still a great band... but just not this good...)

True. This is one hell of an album, that displays true inspiration and passion. The later albums and especially the last one have too much fluff and too little songwriting. Symphonic elements for the sake of sypmhonic elements aren't worth much. Well, at least we'll always have this timeless classic.

I like this album a lot!

A staggering album - ten years down the line, it still outruns the competition. On horseback, sword drawn for battle.

One word. Perfection.

Is one of the few albums that I can listen to it again and again and again, and still loving it like the first time.

This is a classic debut, beautiful and brilliant work by ensiferum\m/

Lol, "professional opinion"
Porn actor?

Written by Cock is Intruder on 06.03.2012 at 11:28

When you are sad and angry...you want to shout, sing it loud, want to immerse into your deepest sorrow, painful feelings left inside.....Suddenly ! Cheerful folk music cut in....ancient dressing men and women holding hands dancing, running and jumping happily around you....how would you react ? I will shout "can you shut the fuck up !" In my professional opinion, this album is highly OVERRATED ! Nearly stupid.

professional opinión?

Written by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk on 06.03.2012 at 12:03

Lol, "professional opinion"
Porn actor?

He wished.

In his professional opinion as a troll (and a bad one at that)

Best song is treacherous gods.

Couldnt be more perfect! Every track is beautiful!

This album is catchy as hell!

Really good piece of epic folk metal.

I'm a really proud owner of this album. A must have for every metalhead.

For me Iron is better,but this isn't far of it.

Never listened to this, im usually put off by bands in costume but im willing to try it. is it very much like power metal or does the fact its 'extreme' make a large difference?

Love it

Awesome Debut, still my favorite band to date.

This album really is timeless, I listened to it a long way back and even now it is just as awesome! Killer tracks all around, so many of my favourite Ensiferum songs are on this debut (Little Dreamer, Goblin's Dance, Token of Time, Windrider, Old Man, Hero In a Dream)

Sounds identical to Wintersun's debut, just weaker.

Written by LeKiwi on 21.01.2017 at 07:39

Sounds identical to Wintersun's debut, just weaker.

Bad bait

Written by Rulatore on 11.08.2017 at 05:12

Bad album compared to Wintersun's debut, right?!

Totally!

A legend of long haired nordic warrior begins. Its 100% nordic, all about it, artwork is 1th what makes me check out albums. Byff Byfford sakd, as child I liked knights, stories about it Anglo Saxon warriors and so on... As child many of us likes fantasy, swords, warriors, old tales and stories, it stuck into us, and then you put it on on books or metal msuic, because people like we dont grow up as many does, if you do you lost all and your life are so boring, we dont have children. Anyway its great band, music and idea around band, artwork its 100% nordic.

Written by [user id=248801] on 03.04.2020 at 20:24

This is a perfect and timeless album, one of my all-time favourites and very important to me! I struggle to find the words to convey how much I love this album.

Their only album I fully enjoy.

The more I listen to this album the more I love it. A masterpiece through-and-through.

9.6/10 for me - Tracks 3-6 and 9 are the standouts IMO. 2, 7 & 11 are all also great. 'Goblins' Dance' is easily the weakest song of the album but is kinda fun in a way.

Written by nonZero on 27.09.2021 at 14:42

The more I listen to this album the more I love it. A masterpiece through-and-through.

Very true, they don't make folk metal the like they used to.

Brilliant, timeless, and surely one of my favorite albums of all time. I still hold out hope to hear something like this in this life or the next.

Over the years I've listened to this more than another album in metal, and still tremendously enjoy it just as much now as I did back then. There is not a single skippable moment on this for me, so for that I can only give this a deserving 10