@capslock guy, you're not a criminal, you were banned for posting mysoginy. If you think that is something you should celebrate, I feel like we might end up in the same situation, just permanent.
@Liafev don't see the problem in that. You either take a laugh or "follow" a idiot, really. Not like narcissitic assholes like him don't deserve the bad they go after.
Guys, the song Low Man's Lyrics is so beautiful. Not greatest song but very great song both lyrics n music. I nearly cry when I listened to it n repeated. So beautiful song made by Metallica.
01. Seafarer's Dream 02. Rum, Women, Victory 03. Andromeda 04. The Defence Of The Sampo 05. Run From The Crushing Tide 06. For Sirens 07. One With The Sea 08. Midsummer Magic 09. Cold Northland (Väinämöinen Part III) 10. Merille Lähtevä [digipak bonus] 11. I'll Stay By Your Side [digipak bonus]
Nice! Hopefully it will be better than last one, which was quite average. Exited to hear "Cold Northland (Väinämöinen Part III)", Love the two other parts though they were written like 20 years ago..
"Twilight Tavern" vibes off the first track. I can get behind this.
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Damn this has to the best album since From Afar, I loved every song except for Midsummer Magic which sounds like a leftover from Two Paths.
Pekka's clean vocals are stellar and the strong melodies from the early years are back!
Pekka's clean vocals are stellar... for Stratovarius. Compare the chorus of The Defence of the Sampo sung by Sami/Markus with everything else. The guy got skill, can't deny that, that endind of Run from the Crushing Tide is furious, but he doesn't really fit this style.
Other than that, the album is pretty good, almost One Man Army level stuff. Zero solos though, am I right? Absolute shame if so.
Pekka's clean vocals are stellar... for Stratovarius. Compare the chorus of The Defence of the Sampo sung by Sami/Markus with everything else. The guy got skill, can't deny that, that endind of Run from the Crushing Tide is furious, but he doesn't really fit this style.
Doesn't fit the style? Ensiferum is basically power metal
Pekka's clean vocals are stellar... for Stratovarius. Compare the chorus of The Defence of the Sampo sung by Sami/Markus with everything else. The guy got skill, can't deny that, that endind of Run from the Crushing Tide is furious, but he doesn't really fit this style.
Doesn't fit the style? Ensiferum is basically power metal
Cue Jari Mäenpää on Iron. This vocal style isn't even that new for Ensiferum, though the arrangements are more varied.
Even I like Rum, women and victory, literally meaning best song is One with the Sea. band just made what they do
same sound, same album, same blackened folk sound, Great artwork, new lyrics, good album, but nothing special.
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Doesn't fit the style? Ensiferum is basically power metal
Freedom Call is power metal and Persuader is power metal, does that mean Bay should replace Calrsson and no one would notice?
I can see by your album ratings that you've just simply not heard the first two Ensiferum albums when Jari was in the band - if you had you'd realize Power Metal vocals is absolutely nothing new to Ensiferum - check out the songs "Eternal Wait", "Lost in Despair" and "Abandoned" if you don't believe me.
Definitely their best album in over a decade. Pekka is an exceptional vocalist and pushes the music to another level in terms of what they can do with melodies. My only complaint is that the first two songs released have more quality riffs than other songs but it's a small one. A great album I will be listening to for a while.
I can see by your album ratings that you've just simply not heard the first two Ensiferum albums when Jari was in the band - if you had you'd realize Power Metal vocals is absolutely nothing new to Ensiferum - check out the songs "Eternal Wait", "Lost in Despair" and "Abandoned" if you don't believe me.
Jari is levels above as a singer with better control over his voice, better timbre, more depth to it etc, and that even back in the day, you can't be serious comparing him to the new guy.
Jari is levels above as a singer with better control over his voice, better timbre, more depth to it etc, and that even back in the day, you can't be serious comparing him to the new guy.
There's a clear improvement in Jari's clean vocals on Iron compared to the self-titled, where they honestly are just... serviceable for what he was going for. As for the new guy being "incomparable" to Jari, I'm sorry but that's pure fanboy department. Pekka's singing is technically excellent, not liking his voice or it's use is a different matter.
I've never considered Jari a particularly good singer but man's got range to say the least.
Anyway, nothing wrong with the new guy but he doesn't sit well in the mix imo as he takes too much place but the blame lies in the guy behind the mixer board.
Petri's parts are very good
Holy shit. The new vocal style caught me off guard, but damn that guy is one of the finest singers I ever heard. Really getting into the atmosphere. One or two more fast-paced tracks like The New Dawn or Ace Of Spades would have been nice as well.
Solid album, I like the new direction. Accent on the new singer's voice is a bit twangy at times and he could use some work on the lower notes, but overall I'm impressed. "For Sirens" sounds straight off of an Amorphis album.
Struggling to pinpoint who the newer vocalist reminds me of - Stratovarius has been mentioned but I don't think he sounds too obviously like Timo Kotipelti. If anything, I'm getting 1980s Geoff Tate vibes at times, along with other people I can't properly identify yet. it's an interesting tone; this album does feel more 'power metal' in certain songs than I remember Ensiferum being previously
Edit: maybe a bit of Keeper of the Seven Keys Michael Kiske/Helloween at times too?