There is a thing they called the big 5 of folk metal in Finland: Ensiferum, Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Korpiklaani and Turisas. From Ensiferum: - Lai Lai Hei - Iron - Into Battle - From Afar - Victory Song Finntroll: - Trollhammaren Turisas: - To Holmgard and Beyond
@@TankTheTech Did you know the Finntroll singer from Trollhammaren era did the male singing parts for Nightwish live gigs before Marko joined the band in 2001.
I like the song and all, but the video itself, how simple, low budget and featuring the band and the fans just having a great time without any "polish" or "staged performance" just painted a smile on my face. The video was oozing joy and happiness and I just freaking love it!
More Finland? Sure! Try Hevisaurus - 100. It's a "heavy metal band with music aimed at children". You'll be pleasantly surprised. :) Important: Use CC for English lyrics.
Man, you have a deep deep Ensiferum rabbithole to go down to.. So much good stuff.. Token of Time, Into Battle, Battle Song, Iron, From Afar and Lai Lai Hei (sung in both Finnish and English) 🤘
The vocalist here was also the vocalist of one of my favorite finnish bands back in the day, Norther. I listened to them alot when I was into CoB, Finntroll, Sonata Arctica etc. I feel like people have just forgotten that Norther was a band :p
Hell yeah Norther is what got me into metal. I watched a runescape wilderness pk video of Bibbleboy and the song playing was Victorious One. I was hooked, then i went to COBHC and the rest is history haha
Glad you made it to Ensiferum! Me and my pals actually made it into this video, that was big fun! For a great live video check of them check out In My Sword I Trust live at Wacken!
Glad you were finally able to check these guys out. I've mentioned it before, but the song "Token of Time" by Ensiferum is literally the song that got me into them and got me into folk metal in general after that. The best I can suggest is a double reaction. The album version (2001) to hear Jari's vocals and the original way it sounded, and then following it up with a reaction to the live version from their only live DVD from 2006 with Petri on vocals to see some gear and hear how the band evolved. You are not likely to find any good quality concert footage with Jari, unfortunately, sicne he was only around for the demos and first 2 albums. This most recent album was amazing (it's definitely in my top 3, if not my fave album of the year!) and from what I have been seeing, it has been regarded as their best release in years by many (which I agree with). Adding Pekka Montin on keyboards and clean vocals was a great decision, the dude has PIPES! My favorite songs from that album include "Andromeda", "For Sirens" and "Midsummer Magic".
Also, bit of trivia, but Pedro from A&P Reacts is wearing a Norther shirt, which is Petri Lindroos' original band before leaving to go full time with Ensiferum. Norther are great for fans of Children Of Bodom.
I totally agree with you about Thalassic. I put in on par with their earliest albums. I had given up a bit on Ensiferum these last few years, but that album totally rekindled my flame for them. One with the Sea, Run from the Crushing Tide, Andromeda and Vainamoinen Part III are absolutely amazing. But I consider "Rum, Women, Victory" to be one of the absolute worst songs of their catalog.
I also knew them with Token Of Time, but I absolutely loved From Afar (in fact, one time I ended up sleeping with the whole album out of pure bliss). I still know Tumman Virran Taa by heart... which I think it's impressive being a Spaniard and not knowing how to speak Finnish at all XD
I had the chance to meet some members of Ensiferum at SummerBreeze 2017. They're nice guys. One even was concerned that I wasn't drunk enough and he offered to buy me beer and booze, which I declined because I was tired and was drinking alcohol since I fell out of my tent at 8am (I met them at 5 or 6pm).
So, more Ensiferum "soon"™? They released a new video a few months ago of Run from the Crushing Tide from latest album, which features more of Pekka, new keyboardist and really brilliant classic metal style vocalist who is great addition to the band. Saw em live on a full gig Saturday and my neck still hurts!
the In Flames "Episode 666" part was fantastic. glad you caught that, too. love that song so much. their self-titled from 2001 is a bit more folky and i always loved that sound from them.
Nice to see you finally getting into Ensiferum! They have a great discography of various styles, from fast blasting to slow ballads. From the newest album, the title track Andromeda is my favorite and it also has a music video for you to watch. Other Petri era songs to start with could be Victory Song, From Afar, Axe Of Judgement. From Jari maybe Token of Time, Treacherous Gods, Little Dreamer or Lai Lai Hei for starters. Honestly, there is a lot of great songs with this band and both singers so you have a lot to listen to. They have some over 10 minute song which are really good, like Heathen Throne and The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne part II). And they rock as a live band, can recommend! They have also made a few acoustic tours in Finland, and those were epic too. I clapped my hands so much they started to bleed :D Lai Lai Hei especially had a great campfire vibe during the song, so maybe check out both electric and acoustic for that.
That was rad!! I totally dug on the video and how they put it together. The song itself was AWESOME!! I've heard a bit of this band before - I think - but I know that I'm a fan as of now! :)
Hi mate, I am so glad you finally checked them out! To experience their full skill, I highly recommend "The longest Journey". That is a long time track that shows their skill in composition as well. Best Regards & Thank you Nick
I hadn’t watched the music video for this yet. So much fun! Ensiferum was the last band I saw before the pandemic shut down all the 2020 concert prospects. They made a stop in Erie, PA December 2019..blew my mind to stop somewhere that small for a band of this caliber.. so thankful. Them & Kalmah absolutely killed it.
So awesome to see you finally check these guys out. One of all time favorite metal bands without question. From the Jari era I think Token of Time, Treacherous Gods, Lai Lai Hei, Tale of Revenge are all great. Stand outs from there after I think include Victory Song, Wanderer, Raised by the Sword, Stone Cold Metal, Twilight Tavern, In My Sword I Trust.
Another band I had never heard of - but I loved this. Added them to my spotify playlist to listen to more of their stuff. Thanks again @TankTheTech for introducing me to something new that I like!
Their cover of Bamboleo is dope. Yes, they did that I am grateful they did ahah! Seriously, Thalassic was my fav’ album this summer. The Defence of the Sampo is sooo good! Celestial Bond is one of the most beautiful song from them. and yes. lai Lai Hei and The Wanderer are legendary finnish songs ha! Ok, I am gonna stop fangirling now ah! Cool video man! 👌🏼
Another great one tank. I've been following them since the Album Iron, when Jari was still the singer. Some of their best songs in my opinion are the Victory Song, Warriors Quest, Into battle, Eternal wait and Old man. But I hope so much for the festival season. They have been announced for Summer Breeze festival 2021 in Germany together with Blind Guardian, Insomnium, Testament, Unleash the Archers, Jinjer, Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Paradise Lost, Amon Amarth and many more and up to 80 to 90 bands still to be announced. Damn I could get a lot of my bucket list with this. Fingers crossed, stay Healthy everyone ✌🏻
I love both eras of Ensiferum, real fun shit. Also, Jari's sound isn't much different, they sound pretty close to the same band, obviously his vocal tone is different than the new guy's but I love both.
Watching this video, it came to my mind that Janne Parviainen, the drummer, was also the drummer for a couple of album from Raskasta Joulua, that is an amazing project made by a lot of finnish and scandinavian musicians to raise money for kids. They play a lot of Christmas' songs too, you can go and check them, they're as funny as they're (of course!) talented! I'll recommend you "Tulkoon joulu", you will spot a few well known faces (and voices) there!
My favourite is Marko Hietala singing "Varpunen jouluaamuna". Especially last year's version with child choir. Someone uploaded it to youtube couple of weeks ago "Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) 2019 - Varpunen Jouluaamuna Remastered"
I love Ensiferum so much!!! Funny story: they played at Summer Breeze festival Germany couple of years ago. They normally wear matching outfits, but they played in street clothes. Apparently, as I remember rightly they said on stage, the airline they came with lost their luggage. So they had to perform like that. Amazing concerts and really funny and honest guys! Hoping to see you react to a live video some time!
Have you ever checked out the Japanese metal band Undead Corporation? The guitarist for Unlucky Morpheus Jinya is the guitarist for Undead Corporation. Also, the drummer for Unlucky Morpheus FUMIYA is a past member of the band. Here are some older song requests featuring FUMIYA: The Revolution Blow Newer stuff with current drummer: No Antidote Make me Crazy There's even a video from an Unlucky Morpheus show featuring members of Undead Corporation! This is just a short list that I hope you get to 🤘😁🤘
Great to watch you reacting to this band. Keep with them, they have a lot of amazing stuff. Andromeda is another banger from last album. From Jari Maempa (which you can remember, is the frontman of Wintersun) check out Abandoned and Battle Song
Ensiferum is also one of my favorites. Last time I saw them as headliner and support bands were Ex Deo (Canadian) and the dwarves ... uhm I mean Wind Rose 😉 That was such an awesome show!!
A friend introduced them to me way back then with "from afar" and later on with their album "victory songs" and I've been a big fan ever since, I also saw them live once
I come back to this video every now and then as it puts such a smile on my face! I’ve only just discovered that Petri is now the lead singer for Warmen!!! (Janne Warmen from COB) you should check out their video “Hell on four wheels”.
dang never hear this song and thanx to tank,this song bring me good christmas spirit :) this kinda videos so cool,coz can see that fans are every way like babies to old people. damn so good feeling music this song. thanx tank and have great day there.
I didn't know how fucking awesome this is...Ensiferum is still on folk metal side...I think. Not so much folk metal fan but didn't know and i'm in awe. wow (and i'm finnish)
Hey Tank, I really like your honest reactions. If you enjoy this "folk-ish" stuff combined with some harsh Metal, try out Månegarm. They are a Swedish Viking Metal band. They are not well known, but absolutly great and deserve much more attention. Keep on rocking, greetings from Germany! \m/
How fun to see Ensiferum, I have not listened to them in many many years but I can definitely find myself drinking to this song at a metal festival. The whole self-titled album Ensiferum is pretty much a classic in my book, I believe Jari was in the band on their first album. To be honest, I think you would love the whole album.
Damn! I would pay good money to see them live again, unfortunately looks like Kristian Ranta is in pursue of his professional career out of music and Petri is hard he leaves Ensiferum. Imagine Ensiferum + Norther as a support band touring! Would be a dream come true for many!
This takes me back in time once again. I listened to the first two albums of them up and down. They kept their signature sound, I must highly encourage you to go back and check out both "Ensiferum" and "Iron" :)
Dude, I think I saw this band live 2 years ago and they opened up for Dark Funeral and Septicflesh. I honestly can't remember for sure if it was this particular band or not. I was highly intoxicated haha. Either way, I did see a band very similar to this, either way they kicked ass! Speaking of, man you really should check out Septicflesh, they're a Symphonic Metal band from Athens Greece. You will dig them, they are along the lines of Dimmu Borgir and have been around for as long as they have. If you do a reaction to Septicflesh, they just released a live album they recorded in Mexico City with a live orchestra and choir. And the song to do is "The Vampire from Nazareth"! 🤘🤘
Lots of great songs with this band. If you continue listening to this band, they have a song series called Heathen Throne. Expanding over 2 albums and long enough to be an album on its own.
I used to be surprised that you know and remember all the various models. Then, I saw your recent behind-the-scenes work video. Now, it all makes sense...
that folk feeling is just awesome! \m/ goes great with the power metal energy! another great one with fan videos included are Freedomcall - Metal is for Everyone, its a great solid powermetal song you should check out sometime. *edit note* anything that remotely sounds like In Flames is good in my book ;)
Ensiferum is such a fun live band, they really get the crowd going. I know you probably got a lot of bands on your plate but out of the Finnish 5, you gotta check out Moonsorrow. They are mind blowing good.
Hi there Tank, another awesome reaction and yes, with this album "new" Ensiferum finally have found their own style. After Jari left they had a hard time to find it, changed their style around. They still were awesome live, especially the accoustic tour was rly nice. But still its hard to keep going if someone like jari leaves a band. From Ensiferum first and second album are both awesome. But that doesnt mean the next albums were not good. U still can find treasures on them. "From Afar" i.e. has "Twilight Tavern" or "Longest Journey" on it which are rly good. If u would react to one of them i tell u another one from another album wich is also awesome. The thing is, even if great after Jari there was something missing for everyone. Thats not different for me but i still liked Ensi alot and went to their concerts. Now im glad with this new album they finally will find their way back to the high-greatness of Ensiferum again, in their own style.
Loving the videos. I recommend that you Look up Lacuna coil for your next reaction, of you haven't heard them before. Song recommendation 'nothing stands in our way'
Seen them live, they're absolutely great. Twilight Tavern and From Afar from Bloodstock are pretty good. Some reactors have asked Bloodstock festival and Metal Blade with success, but it can also bring attention to your channel.
The one constant for this band over the years is the guitarist in the sleeveless shirt, Makus Toivennen. He's written/co written a significant amount of their catalog over the years, and also plays lead from time to time, does vocals, and is just one of those all around amazing dudes in the biz that doesn't get a whole lot of recognition. The clean vocals are new, they added a new keyboard player on this album that does those. It was a little weird at first to hear this, but the guy's got a great voice, and it opens up a lot of new stuff for them (though he's not as cute as their past female keyboardists, Meiju Enho and Emmi Silvennoinen haha). These guys are in my top 5 bands for sure. They also have one of the most epic short songs ever, Tumman Virran Taa, which is a men's choir kinda thing that leads into an equally epic 12 or so minute song. \m/
Unfortunately there are only two live videos on TH-cam with Jari himself singing. But I think it would be nice for you to hear the original version because Ensiferum back then was more raw, uncommertial and less cheesy (in my opinion) than nowadays. TREACHEROUS GODS is an absolutely must to hear!!! 🤘🏻 By the way this band is awesome live- jumping and singing my ass off every time I see them live 🙃
This is the song you'd hear when you've defeated the trolls successfully in the village of Mikladalur.....or the youtube comments section. Trum, trum, tralalai!
This band, and this kind of music was a really popular metal genre back in the early 2000s, atleast here in the far north of Sweden. I was more into Children of Bodom at the time, but I remember Ensiferum being really good too :)
There's a pagan see shanty in french, that's always been known and somehow there, even though Soldat Louis's version might be the more famous version It's called "du rhum, des femmes" (= rhum, women), and the 1st hook line litteraly is "rhum, women and beer godammit") Reminded me of the title of that one, with a different vibe :)
Ensiferum Lai Lai Hei next. And then pretty much anything from their first 3 albums. If you like Wintersun then... enuff said. Songs like Token of Time, treacherous Gods, windrider, the super heavy slayer of light etc are just amazing and right up there with the best metal I have ever heard. You're gonna love this band, I was blown away once I got into them.
Im pretty sure they did a streamed covid concert that was excellent with their new keyboardist! Also I remember a long time ago they had a great Wacken performance. They've put on a killer show every time I've been able to see them :D
I highly recommend "Into battle" by Ensiferum, but "Stand up and fight" or "One more" by Turisas, "Paralyzed" by Caliban, "Blood red sandman" by Lordi, "Endurance" by Any Given Day, "Love don't live here anymore", "Pain" and "Trial by fire" by Lionheart, "Iron strengthens iron" by Dyscarnate, "Kill the cult" by Decapitated and "Here comes the boom" and "Dressed all in black" by Rise of the Northstar as well ;-) Great reaction, thx again
I see lot's of comments on Jari's era on Ensiferum which is also fantastic but, you should give Norther a shot as well. It is Petri Lindroos's previous band which rocks and is quite underrated, a relic from the past. You can go with Death Unlimited or Mirror of Madness
Battle Song is great from Ensiferum....also, Wanderer is one of my all time favorites. If you wanna watch another awesome fan Videos including Song, please turn to Freedom Call - Metal is for everyone :) you're gonna love it ;)
Ensiferum is yet another world class metal band from Finland that lacks the attention & success it deserves. Finnish metal bands are still suffering from inadequate marketing. P.S. Since you mentioned Steve Vai, you might someday react to this instrumental by him & the Australian female guitarist Orianthi: Orianthi - Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai th-cam.com/video/G7b-_YcACuQ/w-d-xo.html Not metal, but still amazing.
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There is a thing they called the big 5 of folk metal in Finland: Ensiferum, Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Korpiklaani and Turisas.
From Ensiferum:
- Lai Lai Hei
- Iron
- Into Battle
- From Afar
- Victory Song
Finntroll:
- Trollhammaren
Turisas:
- To Holmgard and Beyond
Very familiar with Finntroll, and I've been getting into Korpiklaani and Ensiferum. Need to get into the others as well.
mmmh... From Afar or Victory song would be very very nice!!
I would call "Stand Up And Fight" for Turisas. A great song and the offical version can be found in youtube. :)
My vote is for Lai Lai Hei or Into Battle.
@@TankTheTech Did you know the Finntroll singer from Trollhammaren era did the male singing parts for Nightwish live gigs before Marko joined the band in 2001.
From Jari-era Ensiferum, I highly recommend Token of Time and Treacherous Gods.
Those two are bangers!
The whole first album is still unreached.
I discovered the first Ensiferum a month a go. It’s one of the best guitar albums I have had the pleasure of hearing. Amazing. Enjoy 🤘🏻😃
GREAT songs! I also recommend hero in a dream, personal favourite, and lai lai hei from that era, and from afar and axe of jugdement from petri's era
Great suggestions. Old Man is great too.
I like the song and all, but the video itself, how simple, low budget and featuring the band and the fans just having a great time without any "polish" or "staged performance" just painted a smile on my face. The video was oozing joy and happiness and I just freaking love it!
That was such a fun song! Gonna go look up more of them right now :)
More Finland? Sure! Try Hevisaurus - 100. It's a "heavy metal band with music aimed at children". You'll be pleasantly surprised. :)
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I’ve seen it. Hahahaha
@@TankTheTech I fucking second this! It's filled with cool feats from some big names in metal.
Man, you have a deep deep Ensiferum rabbithole to go down to.. So much good stuff.. Token of Time, Into Battle, Battle Song, Iron, From Afar and Lai Lai Hei (sung in both Finnish and English) 🤘
The vocalist here was also the vocalist of one of my favorite finnish bands back in the day, Norther. I listened to them alot when I was into CoB, Finntroll, Sonata Arctica etc. I feel like people have just forgotten that Norther was a band :p
Norther was great!
never forgotten, two of the best of their day, CoB and Norther!
Hell yeah Norther is what got me into metal. I watched a runescape wilderness pk video of Bibbleboy and the song playing was Victorious One. I was hooked, then i went to COBHC and the rest is history haha
Glad you made it to Ensiferum! Me and my pals actually made it into this video, that was big fun! For a great live video check of them check out In My Sword I Trust live at Wacken!
Ensiferum is one of my all time favorite metal bands, they are just consistently great, even as the lineup changes.
Now I highly recommend „victory Song“ the title track of their imo best Album.
And I highly recommend one More magic potion and Wanderer from the Same Album
Lai Lai He - Ensiferum. This is the track you have to do next.
This is the truth.
If I may add: it's a great track to sing in Karaoke.
Glad you were finally able to check these guys out. I've mentioned it before, but the song "Token of Time" by Ensiferum is literally the song that got me into them and got me into folk metal in general after that. The best I can suggest is a double reaction. The album version (2001) to hear Jari's vocals and the original way it sounded, and then following it up with a reaction to the live version from their only live DVD from 2006 with Petri on vocals to see some gear and hear how the band evolved. You are not likely to find any good quality concert footage with Jari, unfortunately, sicne he was only around for the demos and first 2 albums.
This most recent album was amazing (it's definitely in my top 3, if not my fave album of the year!) and from what I have been seeing, it has been regarded as their best release in years by many (which I agree with). Adding Pekka Montin on keyboards and clean vocals was a great decision, the dude has PIPES! My favorite songs from that album include "Andromeda", "For Sirens" and "Midsummer Magic".
Also, bit of trivia, but Pedro from A&P Reacts is wearing a Norther shirt, which is Petri Lindroos' original band before leaving to go full time with Ensiferum. Norther are great for fans of Children Of Bodom.
I totally agree with you about Thalassic.
I put in on par with their earliest albums.
I had given up a bit on Ensiferum these last few years, but that album totally rekindled my flame for them. One with the Sea, Run from the Crushing Tide, Andromeda and Vainamoinen Part III are absolutely amazing.
But I consider "Rum, Women, Victory" to be one of the absolute worst songs of their catalog.
I also knew them with Token Of Time, but I absolutely loved From Afar (in fact, one time I ended up sleeping with the whole album out of pure bliss). I still know Tumman Virran Taa by heart... which I think it's impressive being a Spaniard and not knowing how to speak Finnish at all XD
@@LeonBlackbird Also a great album!
I had the chance to meet some members of Ensiferum at SummerBreeze 2017. They're nice guys. One even was concerned that I wasn't drunk enough and he offered to buy me beer and booze, which I declined because I was tired and was drinking alcohol since I fell out of my tent at 8am (I met them at 5 or 6pm).
Holy Crap! That was packed with some serious energy! Another cool band to discover! Sisu all the way! Thanks!
So, more Ensiferum "soon"™? They released a new video a few months ago of Run from the Crushing Tide from latest album, which features more of Pekka, new keyboardist and really brilliant classic metal style vocalist who is great addition to the band. Saw em live on a full gig Saturday and my neck still hurts!
You have to listen to more Ensiferum. Such a good band. Lai Lai Hei, Iron and Token of Time are some tunes to check out.
the In Flames "Episode 666" part was fantastic. glad you caught that, too. love that song so much. their self-titled from 2001 is a bit more folky and i always loved that sound from them.
Nice to see you finally getting into Ensiferum! They have a great discography of various styles, from fast blasting to slow ballads. From the newest album, the title track Andromeda is my favorite and it also has a music video for you to watch. Other Petri era songs to start with could be Victory Song, From Afar, Axe Of Judgement. From Jari maybe Token of Time, Treacherous Gods, Little Dreamer or Lai Lai Hei for starters.
Honestly, there is a lot of great songs with this band and both singers so you have a lot to listen to. They have some over 10 minute song which are really good, like Heathen Throne and The Longest Journey (Heathen Throne part II). And they rock as a live band, can recommend! They have also made a few acoustic tours in Finland, and those were epic too. I clapped my hands so much they started to bleed :D Lai Lai Hei especially had a great campfire vibe during the song, so maybe check out both electric and acoustic for that.
That was rad!! I totally dug on the video and how they put it together.
The song itself was AWESOME!! I've heard a bit of this band before - I think - but I know that I'm a fan as of now! :)
Hi mate,
I am so glad you finally checked them out!
To experience their full skill, I highly recommend "The longest Journey". That is a long time track that shows their skill in composition as well.
Best Regards & Thank you
Nick
I hadn’t watched the music video for this yet. So much fun! Ensiferum was the last band I saw before the pandemic shut down all the 2020 concert prospects. They made a stop in Erie, PA December 2019..blew my mind to stop somewhere that small for a band of this caliber.. so thankful. Them & Kalmah absolutely killed it.
That was a lot of fun, I need to look into these guys more. 🤟
Same here. Haha
Probably the best metal music video I've seen in a while, its really cool. And the song is of course amazing.
Haha, this is my favorite Ensiferum song, great reaction man. Hope you're having a good day!
So awesome to see you finally check these guys out. One of all time favorite metal bands without question. From the Jari era I think Token of Time, Treacherous Gods, Lai Lai Hei, Tale of Revenge are all great. Stand outs from there after I think include Victory Song, Wanderer, Raised by the Sword, Stone Cold Metal, Twilight Tavern, In My Sword I Trust.
🤘🤘🤘
Another band I had never heard of - but I loved this. Added them to my spotify playlist to listen to more of their stuff. Thanks again @TankTheTech for introducing me to something new that I like!
Bloodred Hourglass - Quiet Complaint. Cheers from Finland 🇫🇮
This... you will love it...
Listen to Ensiferums The Wanderer. It goes straigth to the feels.
Ensiferum is in my top ten bands, I'm glad you discovered them
Victory Song
Into Battle
From Afar
Axe of judgement
Lai lai hei
Some more suggestions🤘🏻🤘🏻🇫🇮
Also incredible energy live!
From Jari's era: Little Dreamer, Abandoned, Lost in Despair
EXACTLY !!!!!
Wintersun ,Ensiferum. Ok now it s time for Turisas ! 🤘
Their cover of Bamboleo is dope. Yes, they did that I am grateful they did ahah! Seriously, Thalassic was my fav’ album this summer. The Defence of the Sampo is sooo good! Celestial Bond is one of the most beautiful song from them. and yes. lai Lai Hei and The Wanderer are legendary finnish songs ha! Ok, I am gonna stop fangirling now ah! Cool video man! 👌🏼
Great fun!
Love this band!
Finland for the win!
Another great one tank. I've been following them since the Album Iron, when Jari was still the singer. Some of their best songs in my opinion are the Victory Song, Warriors Quest, Into battle, Eternal wait and Old man. But I hope so much for the festival season. They have been announced for Summer Breeze festival 2021 in Germany together with Blind Guardian, Insomnium, Testament, Unleash the Archers, Jinjer, Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Paradise Lost, Amon Amarth and many more and up to 80 to 90 bands still to be announced. Damn I could get a lot of my bucket list with this. Fingers crossed, stay Healthy everyone ✌🏻
I love both eras of Ensiferum, real fun shit. Also, Jari's sound isn't much different, they sound pretty close to the same band, obviously his vocal tone is different than the new guy's but I love both.
OMFG. This is SO GOOD!! How the hell have I missed out on this band?!?! Damn ittttt.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I just love metal man. Guitar riffs in metal are just awesome
Watching this video, it came to my mind that Janne Parviainen, the drummer, was also the drummer for a couple of album from Raskasta Joulua, that is an amazing project made by a lot of finnish and scandinavian musicians to raise money for kids. They play a lot of Christmas' songs too, you can go and check them, they're as funny as they're (of course!) talented! I'll recommend you "Tulkoon joulu", you will spot a few well known faces (and voices) there!
My favourite is Marko Hietala singing "Varpunen jouluaamuna". Especially last year's version with child choir. Someone uploaded it to youtube couple of weeks ago "Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) 2019 - Varpunen Jouluaamuna Remastered"
@@Ruhtinas84 Marco, as usual, is great! I particularly love "The Elf" with Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto and "Sylvia's Song", from Ragnarok Juletide..
I love Ensiferum so much!!!
Funny story:
they played at Summer Breeze festival Germany couple of years ago. They normally wear matching outfits, but they played in street clothes. Apparently, as I remember rightly they said on stage, the airline they came with lost their luggage. So they had to perform like that. Amazing concerts and really funny and honest guys!
Hoping to see you react to a live video some time!
Thanks again for the premiere Sir.
Have you ever checked out the Japanese metal band Undead Corporation? The guitarist for Unlucky Morpheus Jinya is the guitarist for Undead Corporation. Also, the drummer for Unlucky Morpheus FUMIYA is a past member of the band. Here are some older song requests featuring FUMIYA:
The Revolution
Blow
Newer stuff with current drummer:
No Antidote
Make me Crazy
There's even a video from an Unlucky Morpheus show featuring members of Undead Corporation! This is just a short list that I hope you get to 🤘😁🤘
Haven’t heard of them. Thanks for the heads up!
Loved the video. Great song full blast🤟🤟First time for my. Bad not last
Catherdal walls by Swallow The sun? you might Be interested to check them out
It's also worth mentioning that this song features Anette Olzon on guest vocals and Kai Hahto on drums
They got good quality LIVE videos from John Smith festival, other sucks tho...
Ok yeah ...I’m gonna have to check this band out too. Love their sound 🤟🏻
Great to watch you reacting to this band. Keep with them, they have a lot of amazing stuff. Andromeda is another banger from last album. From Jari Maempa (which you can remember, is the frontman of Wintersun) check out Abandoned and Battle Song
Ensiferum is also one of my favorites. Last time I saw them as headliner and support bands were Ex Deo (Canadian) and the dwarves ... uhm I mean Wind Rose 😉
That was such an awesome show!!
A friend introduced them to me way back then with "from afar" and later on with their album "victory songs" and I've been a big fan ever since, I also saw them live once
There is another connection from singer Petri Lindroos. He was in another Band called "Norther" before. Also very worth to check out.
Hey tank keep up the good work man I love your post's
So great to see their fans from all over the world involved in the video. Are those their Patreons?
Not sure.
Please show more of them. See Wacken 2008. First time i hear Ensiferum... it was perfect
I come back to this video every now and then as it puts such a smile on my face!
I’ve only just discovered that Petri is now the lead singer for Warmen!!! (Janne Warmen from COB) you should check out their video “Hell on four wheels”.
you'll love their folky stuff, can't wait to see you do it :)
Some favourites of mine by Ensiferum are Iron, Into Battle, From Afar, elusive reaches, and twilight tavern.
dang never hear this song and thanx to tank,this song bring me good christmas spirit :) this kinda videos so cool,coz can see that fans are every way like babies to old people. damn so good feeling music this song. thanx tank and have great day there.
I didn't know how fucking awesome this is...Ensiferum is still on folk metal side...I think. Not so much folk metal fan but didn't know and i'm in awe. wow (and i'm finnish)
Tank, I’ve got a feeling that you’re going to like this one😊
Ensiferum - One more magic potion.
Eternal tears of sorrow - Angelheart, Ravenheart Act III: Saivon Lapsi
Hey Tank, I really like your honest reactions. If you enjoy this "folk-ish" stuff combined with some harsh Metal, try out
Månegarm. They are a Swedish Viking Metal band. They are not well known, but absolutly great and deserve much more attention. Keep on rocking, greetings from Germany! \m/
This song is so much fun to listen, absolute masterpiece! !..!(-.-)!..!
How fun to see Ensiferum, I have not listened to them in many many years but I can definitely find myself drinking to this song at a metal festival.
The whole self-titled album Ensiferum is pretty much a classic in my book, I believe Jari was in the band on their first album.
To be honest, I think you would love the whole album.
Are we getting to Norther? :)
I also hope so as they were one of the best melodeath bands back in the day.
Really hope so!
I sure hope so too, old Norther when Petri was there.
Damn! I would pay good money to see them live again, unfortunately looks like Kristian Ranta is in pursue of his professional career out of music and Petri is hard he leaves Ensiferum. Imagine Ensiferum + Norther as a support band touring! Would be a dream come true for many!
@@ixachilanca imagine something else. Jari Mäenpää, Petri Lindroos and Tuomas Saukkonen in one band.
Wow ... I didn't even know there are 6-string basses... 😅🤷♂️
Awesome song! Such a cool funny feel good piece! 😊
This takes me back in time once again. I listened to the first two albums of them up and down. They kept their signature sound, I must highly encourage you to go back and check out both "Ensiferum" and "Iron" :)
One of my fave albums of this Year!
Hey! Already forgotten but they going to make "come back"
Before the dawn - Deathstar
Before the dawn - Deadsong
Awesome video, as always! And I now have new music for my gym playlist!!
Also, ArnoCorps.... Hahaha
Dude, I think I saw this band live 2 years ago and they opened up for Dark Funeral and Septicflesh. I honestly can't remember for sure if it was this particular band or not. I was highly intoxicated haha. Either way, I did see a band very similar to this, either way they kicked ass! Speaking of, man you really should check out Septicflesh, they're a Symphonic Metal band from Athens Greece. You will dig them, they are along the lines of Dimmu Borgir and have been around for as long as they have. If you do a reaction to Septicflesh, they just released a live album they recorded in Mexico City with a live orchestra and choir. And the song to do is "The Vampire from Nazareth"! 🤘🤘
Lots of great songs with this band. If you continue listening to this band, they have a song series called Heathen Throne. Expanding over 2 albums and long enough to be an album on its own.
I used to be surprised that you know and remember all the various models. Then, I saw your recent behind-the-scenes work video. Now, it all makes sense...
🤘🤘🤘
Damn never expected to see someone react to Ensiferum, love that band !
that folk feeling is just awesome! \m/ goes great with the power metal energy!
another great one with fan videos included are Freedomcall - Metal is for Everyone, its a great solid powermetal song you should check out sometime.
*edit note* anything that remotely sounds like In Flames is good in my book ;)
I highly recommend Victory Song. One of the most essential folk metal songs in my opinion. Might get emotional when you listen to it.
Those bagpipes man!
Ensiferum is such a fun live band, they really get the crowd going. I know you probably got a lot of bands on your plate but out of the Finnish 5, you gotta check out Moonsorrow. They are mind blowing good.
Hi there Tank, another awesome reaction and yes, with this album "new" Ensiferum finally have found their own style. After Jari left they had a hard time to find it, changed their style around. They still were awesome live, especially the accoustic tour was rly nice. But still its hard to keep going if someone like jari leaves a band. From Ensiferum first and second album are both awesome. But that doesnt mean the next albums were not good. U still can find treasures on them. "From Afar" i.e. has "Twilight Tavern" or "Longest Journey" on it which are rly good. If u would react to one of them i tell u another one from another album wich is also awesome. The thing is, even if great after Jari there was something missing for everyone. Thats not different for me but i still liked Ensi alot and went to their concerts. Now im glad with this new album they finally will find their way back to the high-greatness of Ensiferum again, in their own style.
Loving the videos. I recommend that you Look up Lacuna coil for your next reaction, of you haven't heard them before. Song recommendation 'nothing stands in our way'
My older son’s high school band covered “Abandoned”. Great tune. Say Tank, where’d you train as a Tech? My older boy’s a graduate of Roberto-Venn.
No training. Literally just got on the road and learned it all there.
@@TankTheTech Wicked! Guitar techs and luthiers are so vital to the music industry and they all work in such relative anonymity. Much respect!
After forever
Energize me or equally destructive
Seen them live, they're absolutely great. Twilight Tavern and From Afar from Bloodstock are pretty good. Some reactors have asked Bloodstock festival and Metal Blade with success, but it can also bring attention to your channel.
Oh, yes the official videos of the plague era. And yes I also support the Turisas as a candidate for reaction
The one constant for this band over the years is the guitarist in the sleeveless shirt, Makus Toivennen. He's written/co written a significant amount of their catalog over the years, and also plays lead from time to time, does vocals, and is just one of those all around amazing dudes in the biz that doesn't get a whole lot of recognition. The clean vocals are new, they added a new keyboard player on this album that does those. It was a little weird at first to hear this, but the guy's got a great voice, and it opens up a lot of new stuff for them (though he's not as cute as their past female keyboardists, Meiju Enho and Emmi Silvennoinen haha). These guys are in my top 5 bands for sure. They also have one of the most epic short songs ever, Tumman Virran Taa, which is a men's choir kinda thing that leads into an equally epic 12 or so minute song. \m/
Unfortunately there are only two live videos on TH-cam with Jari himself singing. But I think it would be nice for you to hear the original version because Ensiferum back then was more raw, uncommertial and less cheesy (in my opinion) than nowadays. TREACHEROUS GODS is an absolutely must to hear!!! 🤘🏻
By the way this band is awesome live- jumping and singing my ass off every time I see them live 🙃
This is the song you'd hear when you've defeated the trolls successfully in the village of Mikladalur.....or the youtube comments section. Trum, trum, tralalai!
An additional vote for Lai Lai Hey, for whatever that may count.
This band, and this kind of music was a really popular metal genre back in the early 2000s, atleast here in the far north of Sweden.
I was more into Children of Bodom at the time, but I remember Ensiferum being really good too :)
There's a pagan see shanty in french, that's always been known and somehow there, even though Soldat Louis's version might be the more famous version
It's called "du rhum, des femmes" (= rhum, women), and the 1st hook line litteraly is "rhum, women and beer godammit")
Reminded me of the title of that one, with a different vibe :)
Ensiferum Lai Lai Hei next. And then pretty much anything from their first 3 albums. If you like Wintersun then... enuff said. Songs like Token of Time, treacherous Gods, windrider, the super heavy slayer of light etc are just amazing and right up there with the best metal I have ever heard. You're gonna love this band, I was blown away once I got into them.
You should react to song called "Twilight tavern". Such an amazing song! And also, there's a great acoustic live set on TH-cam by them.
Im pretty sure they did a streamed covid concert that was excellent with their new keyboardist! Also I remember a long time ago they had a great Wacken performance. They've put on a killer show every time I've been able to see them :D
I think it was the 2008 Wacken performance, they also had a 10th anniversary concert that was professionally recorded as well
You love live performances, and you love perfomances from Wacken, right?
Wacken do indeed have a video from the Ensiferum gig in 2018. Check it out!
I highly recommend "Into battle" by Ensiferum, but
"Stand up and fight" or "One more" by Turisas,
"Paralyzed" by Caliban,
"Blood red sandman" by Lordi,
"Endurance" by Any Given Day,
"Love don't live here anymore", "Pain" and "Trial by fire" by Lionheart,
"Iron strengthens iron" by Dyscarnate,
"Kill the cult" by Decapitated and
"Here comes the boom" and "Dressed all in black" by Rise of the Northstar
as well ;-) Great reaction, thx again
Greetings from Finland... Cold Northland or Andromeda...great songs from Ensiferum.
Listen to One with the sea or for sirens by ensiferum
Rum, Women, Victory... Sounds like a sailors day out 😂
Oh I actually commented before the band had started playing and it apparently is about being on the 7 seas 😂🤣
As an old time fan of this band, i recommend you react to the songs featuring Jari as well!
I see lot's of comments on Jari's era on Ensiferum which is also fantastic but, you should give Norther a shot as well. It is Petri Lindroos's previous band which rocks and is quite underrated, a relic from the past. You can go with Death Unlimited or Mirror of Madness
A modern version of a theme: wine, women, and song. Very accurate info on their tools/gear.
Battle Song is great from Ensiferum....also, Wanderer is one of my all time favorites. If you wanna watch another awesome fan Videos including Song, please turn to Freedom Call - Metal is for everyone :) you're gonna love it ;)
Ensiferum is yet another world class metal band from Finland that lacks the attention & success it deserves. Finnish metal bands are still suffering from inadequate marketing.
P.S. Since you mentioned Steve Vai, you might someday react to this instrumental by him & the Australian female guitarist Orianthi: Orianthi - Highly Strung ft. Steve Vai th-cam.com/video/G7b-_YcACuQ/w-d-xo.html Not metal, but still amazing.