Iron (Ensiferum album)

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Iron
Studio album by Ensiferum
Released	May 17, 2004
Genre	Viking metal Folk metal
Length	43:12
Label	Spinefarm
Professional reviews
The Metal Observer link
Ensiferum chronology
Ensiferum (2001) Iron (2004) 1997-1999 (2005)

Iron is the second full-length album by viking/folk metal band Ensiferum. This is the last album featuring Jari Mäenpää before he formed Wintersun the same year.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Band members 2.2 Session musicians

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ferrum Aeternum" – 3:28
2. "Iron" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 3:53
3. "Sword Chant" (Mäenpää) – 4:44
4. "Mourning Heart (Interlude)" – 1:23
5. "Tale of Revenge" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 4:30
6. "Lost in Despair" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 5:37
7. "Slayer of Light" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 3:10
8. "Into Battle" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 5:52
9. "Lai Lai Hei" (Mäenpää) – 7:15
10. "Tears" (Mäenpää, Toivonen, Saari) – 3:20
11. "Battery" (Metallica Cover) – 5:13 (Bonus Track on Limited Edition)

All lyrics by Jari Mäenpää except "Tears" by Jari Mäenpää and Kaisa Saari

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

• Jari Mäenpää − guitars, vocals
• Markus Toivonen − guitars
• Meiju Enho − keyboards
• Jukka-Pekka Miettinen − bass
• Oliver Fokin − drums, percussion

[edit] Session musicians

• Vesa Vigman − bouzouki, mandolin, saz, and dulcimer.
• Eveliina Kontio − kantele
• Kaisa Saari − female vocals on "Ferrum Aeternum" and "Tears", tenor and soprano

recorders and tin whistles

v • d • e Ensiferum Petri Lindroos · Markus Toivonen · Sami Hinkka · Janne Parviainen Former Members: Kimmo Miettinen · Jukka-Pekka Miettinen · Sauli Savolainen · Jari Mäenpää · Oliver Fokin · Meiju Enho Discography Albums Ensiferum · Iron · Victory Songs EPs Dragonheads Compilation Albums 1997-1999 Singles Tale of Revenge · One More Magic Potion DVDs 10th Anniversary Live