Iron (album)

Iron
Ensiferum studio album
Publication (s)	October 18, 2004
Label (s)	Spinefarm Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Viking Metal Folk Metal
Title (number)	10
running time	43 min 17 s
occupation	Singing , guitar : Jari Mypenpää Guitar, vocals: Markus Toivonen Bass : Jukka-Pekka Miettinen Keyboard : Meiju Enho Drums : Oliver Fokin Busuki, mandolin and dulcimer: Vesa Vigman Kantele: Eveliina Kontio Female voices in Ferrum Aeternum and Tears , tenor and soprano as well as recorders and tin whistles : Kaisa Saari
Studio (s)	Sweet Silence Studios
chronology Ensiferum (2001) Iron Dragonheads (2006)

Iron ( engl. , Iron ') is the second album of the Finnish Viking metal band Ensiferum . The album was released on October 18, 2004 by the record label Spinefarm Records . After the release of this album, Jari Muchtenpää left Ensiferum to devote himself to his own band Wintersun .

production

The album was recorded in the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen . It was produced and mixed by Flemming Rasmussen .

style

Texts

The texts mostly revolve around Norse mythology and the Vikings . All lyrics were written by Jari Müllenpää, he wrote the lyrics in Tears with the singer Kaisa Saaris. In addition, with the exception of some Finnish text passages from Lai Lai Hei, all texts are in English.

music

The most common are guttural and hymn-like chants. There are also choirs, flutes, a female voice and distinct humppaesque folk influences in the songs. Thus, the album is difficult to categorize, as it also contains songs reminiscent of Power Metal such as Sword Chant and the acoustically performed ballad Tears .

Cover

As on the debut album Ensiferum , the cover artwork by Kristian Wåhlin shows the warrior mascot Ensiferum. In Iron , the warrior stands next to his shield-hung horse on a rock spur and looks out over a brightly lit battlefield below. The Ensiferum band logo can be seen above. In contrast to Ensiferum , the foreground and middle ground shine in warmer tones, while the background is dominated by a mountain range in tones of blue.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Iron   FI 17th 17/2004 (3 weeks)

1. Ferrum Aeternum - 3:28
2. Iron - 3:53
3. Sword Chant - 4:44
4. Mourning Heart (Interlude) - 1:23
5. Tale of Revenge - 4:30
6. Lost in Despair - 5:37
7. Slayer of Light - 3:10
8. Into Battle - 5:52
9. Lai Lai Hei - 7:15
10. Tears - 3:20
11. Battery ( Metallica Cover) - 5:13 (Bonus title on the limited edition)

review

Robert Müller from the German Metal Hammer rated the album with 4 out of 7 points and wrote in his review:

"[...] Ensiferum succeeds in weaving a dense atmosphere, not only nodding casually in the direction of traditional metal warriors like Manowar or Blind Guardian and essentially paying homage to the death metal of modern Finnish schools. That's enough for four points, even if the clichés are sometimes applied a bit thick. "

- Robert Mueller

Individual evidence

1. ^ History . ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ^ Norman Hauer: Ensiferum , metalearth.de, accessed on June 1, 2011.
3. ↑ Thorsten Dietrich: Ensiferum - With 17 bands through the USA . myrevelations.de; Retrieved June 1, 2011.
4. ↑ Steffen Hung: Ensiferum - Iron . finnishcharts.com. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
5. ^ Robert Müller: Review - Ensiferum - Iron . In: Metal Hammer , July 2004 edition, Munich 2004, p. 104