Ensiferum

Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

Ensiferum was founded in 1995 by Markus Toivonen (guitar), Sauli Savolainen (bass) and Kimmo Miettinen (drums). For the band's name they took th

Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland.

Ensiferum was founded in 1995 by Markus Toivonen (guitar), Sauli Savolainen (bass) and Kimmo Miettinen (drums). For the band's name they took the latin word Ensiferum which means "sword-bearer". In the next year Jari Mäenpää was taken into the band as singer and second guitar-player. In 1997 The first Demo containing three songs was released.