Ensiferum News: Album Review: Ensiferum - From Afar

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With only a handful of albums, Ensiferum have managed to express themselves quite variously as they play around with their medley of folk-influenced power metal and death vocals, and they surely cannot be said to grow stale between releases. Waxing more maturely on folk-soaked albums like _Iron_, yet the group releases many hits on the in-your-face _Victory Songs_. For me, they've strengthened themselves in many respects since the heavy speed-metal work of their earliest release, crafting excellent (though cheesy) songs and bringing about a form of Viking metal which they can call their own. In spite of my preferences, each...