Aahh what a great album... Maybe the first album is better but also this one is very impressive. I hope with you that the new singer will be as good as Jari

A great album. better than the first one, I agree. There is only one thing on this album of which I'm not pleased about. It's the last song 'Tears'. I mean, what the hell is that song?
All the other songs are superb.

Written by matthioso on 29.12.2006 at 16:04

A great album. better than the first one, I agree. There is only one thing on this album of which I'm not pleased about. It's the last song 'Tears'. I mean, what the hell is that song?
All the other songs are superb.

It's natural having an acoustic outro/ballad on some albums. It's what it's called a great ending, or just beauty

Ive only heard 'into Battle' 'Sword Chant' and 'Lai Lai Hei' but those 3 tracks alone seem to be worth the purchase, im definitly going to be picking this one up.

ensiferum (the album) is better. but this is fuck every god in heaven hehe...

Written by Sentenced Odiin on 28.02.2007 at 13:26

ensiferum (the album) is better

I like going against the mainstream opinion

Written by Doc G. on 14.02.2007 at 04:01

Ive only heard 'into Battle' 'Sword Chant' and 'Lai Lai Hei' but those 3 tracks alone seem to be worth the purchase, im definitly going to be picking this one up.

And Dr.Rock did eventually pick it up, and it was awesome, not entirely awesome though, songs like 'Slayer Of Light' and 'Tale Of Revenge' bore me after a cool intro.

First folk metal band which I had heard and the first album as well. Until that point when I heard Iron I had only listened something like Metallica, Bodom, Sodom etc. so I my reaction was something like "Wow.. There's something like this?" (yes I was young idiot..). A masterpiece in my collection.. always

the title track has such unbelievable drumming, and it's such an insane song i wanna bang my head till it explodes everytime i hear that intro.

also tears is good but gets repetitive after a while.

OK, review is pretty good, and this album is far better than 1st one.
Damn, I didnt know why everyone seems to get crazy with this band, and I was taking them as one of the most overrated bands, until Ive heard this album. It is very good, in fact, in some parts even majestic! "Slayer of light" is one of the most ass-kicking songs Ive heard lately, and there are many more excelent songs on album. OK, tastes are different, but still I dont know how can somebody compare 1st album with this one....

i love this album ensiferum rules

Best ensiferum album just beats out Victory songs, oddly enough wasn't a huge fan of the self titled. The title song is the highlight for me.

Very solid album, but I didn't really find anything "amazing" on this album. Sure beats the shit out of anything I've heard by Finntroll, though. Lai Lai Hei is the highlight of this album.

I would say weaker than "Ensiferum" and compare it to newer albums isnt fair i think

I also think its weaker than Ensiferum mainly because it's shorter and has more acoustic fillers

Im going with the ones who thought the Self-titled better.

''Iron'' is weird sometimes. All songs have a very nice and catchy intro, but then theres just heavy chaos without much sense, I got distracted, and when I see the song is over and I did not enjoy it.

It kinda follows: Catchy intro, hyper fast guitar drums and vocals, folk interlude, hyper fast guitar drums and vocals, sudden end.

Dissappointing.

Although I still rate the debut album even more (it got a 10 from me)....this one is certainly not at all behind in any way. The only song I don't fancy is "Lost In Despair". Not that it's a bad song, far from it. I just tend to skip that one when hearing this album. Rest of the album is killer, as can be expected from Ensiferum. So overall, it's a 9.5 from me, which is just below perfection.

Written by Uirapuru on 30.12.2009 at 19:07

Im going with the ones who thought the Self-titled better.

''Iron'' is weird sometimes. All songs have a very nice and catchy intro, but then theres just heavy chaos without much sense, I got distracted, and when I see the song is over and I did not enjoy it.

It kinda follows: Catchy intro, hyper fast guitar drums and vocals, folk interlude, hyper fast guitar drums and vocals, sudden end.

Dissappointing.

Agreed. I also find it disappointing that in "Tale Of Revenge", there is only one short segment with clean vocals ("One light, so cold and pale"), because it is the best part of the song. I kept wishing that they'd repeat it at least once more in the song. It's a very good album, but few if any songs live up to the fantastic debut.

Good folk metal album, but I'm with the ones who prefer their debut. Haven't heard anything after this album from them, except that horrid ep. For me, Finntroll will always be the masters of folk metal.

A aise words are that shorter album has chance that something goes wrong. I agree whit that!

Written by Bad English on 04.01.2019 at 00:13

A aise words are that shorter album has chance that something goes wrong. I agree whit that!

But nobody ever claimed that. Quoting the reviewer, it's "Shorter albums have less chance of having something wrong".
Basically, this is the exact opposite of that what you are saying.

That what i said

No, you didn't.

But I give up now. Discussions with individuals who don't even know what they wrote although everthing is still clearly written there are pointless.
I don't know how cold it actually is in Norway right now, but I'm afraid more than just some fingers are frozen. I'm not a Dr. med., but maybe other but important parts are affected, hindering fundamental skills like reading, understanding and responding.

Their first álbum is slightly better, but this record is excellent too. Fast, powerful and with the right amount of Folk elements. "Slayer Of Light" is a fucking amazing song, what a killer! Btw, they did an awsome cover of "Battery" from Metallica. Really good stuff.