Published: February 19, 2025
ENSIFERUM will return to North America next week with their comrades in Korpiklaani for the Folkfest Of The North co-headlining tour.
Finnish folk metal goliaths ENSIFERUM are pleased to present their video for “Victorious.” The track is taken from the band’s Winter Storm full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records, and arrives in advance of the band’s upcoming North American co-headlining tour with Korpiklaani.
A grandiose and heroic offering, Winter Storm centers itself on a fantasy concept narrative penned by bassist Sami Hinkka. “Victorious” follows the band’s “The Howl” video where the young boy in the story grows up and becomes a shaman. His people are losing the war and as his final deed, he calls upon the Old Spirits one last time. He sacrifices his mortal form and becomes a spirit wolf and starts his journey to find The One to avenge for his people’s fate.
Offers Hinkka on “Victorious,” “The One and the spirit wolf have now roamed the lands and gathered an army. They march to the gates of the city of the Winter Storm Vigilantes. The battle starts, but who shall be the last to stand on the battlefield? Who shall be victorious? This fast and furious song calls everyone into a moshpit! We are victorious!”
ENSIFERUM’s Winter Storm was produced by Janne Joutsenniemi, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren, and includes guest appearances by Lassi Logrén on Nyckelharpa and violin and Mikko Mustonen on orchestration as well as Eleine’s Madeleine Liljestam who provides all vocals on “Scars In My Heart.”
ENSIFERUM will return to North America next week with their comrades in Korpiklaani for the Folkfest Of The North co-headlining tour. The trek begins on February 27th in Boston, Massachusetts and runs through March 30th in Brooklyn, New York. Additional support will be provided by Trollfest and Nini. Tickets for all shows are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
ENSIFERUM w/ Korpiklaani, Trollfest, Nini:
2/27/2025 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
2/28/2025 Salle Montaigne – Quebec City, QC
3/01/2025 Beanfield – Montreal, QC
3/02/2025 Overflow – Ottawa, ON
3/03/2025 The Concert Hall – Toronto, ON
3/04/2025 King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH
3/05/2025 Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
3/06/2025 Outset – Chicago, IL
3/07/2025 Skyway Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
3/08/2025 Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
3/09/2025 Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO
3/11/2025 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
3/13/2025 Goldfield Roseville – Sacramento, CA
3/14/2025 Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
3/15/2025 Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA
3/16/2025 House Of Blues – San Diego, CA
3/17/2025 Nile – Phoenix, AZ
3/18/2025 Sunshine – Albuquerque, NM
3/20/2025 Beer City Music Hall – Oklahoma City, OK
3/21/2025 Granada – Dallas, TX
3/22/2025 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
3/23/2025 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
3/25/2025 Orpheum – Tampa, FL
3/26/2025 Masquerade Heaven – Atlanta, GA
3/27/2025 Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
3/28/2025 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
3/29/2025 Lovedraft’s – Mechanicsburg, PA
3/30/2025 Brooklyn Monarch – Brooklyn, NY
ENSIFERUM:
Petri Lindroos – vocals, guitars
Markus Toivonen – guitars, vocals
Sami Hinkka – bass, vocals
Janne Parviainen – drums
Pekka Montin – keyboards, vocals
