Winter Storm [LP], Ensiferum, Vinyl

Vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release from the Finnish folk metal band. The last time that Ensiferum left the studio with a new album, the world promptly shut down due to the covid pandemic. Much of the new material emerged in the lockdown era, when Ensiferum's founding guitarist Markus Toivonen set himself the challenge of finding new ways to make music - eventually composing every song except the rousing, anthemic Fatherland, written by bassist Sami Hinkka.