Ensiferum have posted the following announcement directed at their Russian fans:

"Petri Lindroos is not able to perform at our shows in Russia due to serious illness. We all hope for speedy recovery for him in coming weeks. Cancellation was not an option to us because we dont want to let you guys down and possible new dates would have been far in future. Luckily we were able to get ex-member Jukka-Pekka Miettinen to play guitar for these shows and vocals will be growled by Sami Hinkka.

We are truly looking forward for these special shows and the evening will be a blast with you guys! See you in Moscow and St. Petersburg!"

15.11.08 Russia, Moscow, Tochka club
16.11.08 Russia, St.Petersburg, Orlandina Club

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Russian Mini Tour

Finnish viking metallers Ensiferum will team up with Faroese band Týr and Swiss shooting stars Eluveitie to tour through Europe and North America under the Paganfest banner. Co-headliners will be Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow in Europe and Turisas in North America.

The dates for Europe read as follows:

Paganfest Tour feat. Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Týr and Eluveitie
02.04.2008 - DEN, Copenhagen
03.04.2008 - NED, Tilburg
04.04.2008 - BEL, Antwerp
05.04.2008 - GER, Osnabrück
06.04.2008 - ENG, London
07.04.2008 - ENG, Leeds
08.04.2008 - ENG, Dudley
09.04.2008 - FRA, Paris
10.04.2008 - SUI, Pratteln
11.04.2008 - AUT, Linz
12.04.2008 - AUT, Wien
13.04.2008 - CZE, Zlin
14.04.2008 - HUN, Budapest
15.04.2008 - SLO, Ljubljana
16.04.2008 - GER, Ludwigsburg
17.04.2008 - GER, Berlin
18.04.2008 - GER, Leipzig
19.04.2008 - GER, München
20.04.2008 - AUT, Graz
21.04.2008 - GER, Saarbrücken
22.04.2008 - GER, Frankfurt

For the North American leg the following dates have been confirmed. More dates are to be announced soon.

Paganfest Tour feat. Ensiferum, Turisas, Týr and Eluveitie
25.04.2008 - CAN, Toronto, ON
26.04.2008 - CAN, Montreal, QC
27.04.2008 - USA, Worcester, MA
28.04.2008 - USA, Springfield, VA
29.04.2008 - USA, Cleveland, OH
05.05.2008 - USA, Seattle, WA
10.05.2008 - USA, Orange County, CA
15.05.2008 - USA, Ft. Worth, TX
16.05.2008 - USA, San Antonio, TX

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Source:	paganfest.net
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Paganfest Europe Tour

As posted on the band's website, Ensiferum has unfortunately suffered another member loss in the band as the band's long-time keyboard player Meiju Enho decided to leave the band. The band expresses their regret for her decision to depart the band, but despite the break-up the band will victoriously go on! You can read Meiju's afterwords here.

Emmi Silvennoinen from the band Exsecratus has been substituting Meiju from the beginning of this year (2007) and continues to act as the live/session keyboard player for Ensiferum until further notice.

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Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

The following message has been posted on the official Ensiferum website:

"Ensiferum is finally crossing over the Atlantic Ocean to Canada and will do a small Eastern Canadian tour in November 2007."

"Additionally there will be an European tour "Tour Towards Victory"(Part II) in December 2007, which is a follow-up to the tour made last spring."

The Canadian dates are as follows:

Nov. 06 - Théatre Plaza - Montreal, Quebec
Nov. 08 - Cabaret du Capitole - Quebec City, Quebec
Nov. 09 - Trash Bar - Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Nov. 10 - The Metal Bar - Toronto, Ontario
Nov. 11 - The Underground - Hamilton, Ontario
Nov. 12 - Jubilee Hall - Sudbury, Ontario

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Canadian Tour

From Ensiferum's homepage;

"Now it is offcial, Ensiferum is a star.

The Russian Ensiferum Fan Club has given the band a gift of astronomical proportions, as on their request the Russian International Star Catalogue Space Earth has denominated a star in the Ursa Major constellation after the Finnish metal band.

The star, located in

magnitude 15.3
Ascension 16 00 19.14
Declination +66 52 06.1"

In other news, the video for 'Ahti' has now been uploaded on YouTube; you can watch it here. This is the first video from Ensiferum's latest album, 'Victory Songs'.

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Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Two songs from the upcoming Ensiferum album "Victory Songs" have been put online on the Ensiferum's MySpace Page.
The first song is called 'Deathbringer From The Sky' and the second 'One More Magic Potion'.

A sample (for the song 'Ahti') was already available on the Spinfarm Records website here.

"Victory Songs" will be available for purchase on April 20th.

Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Ad Victoriam
02. Blood Is The Price Of Glory
03. Deathbringer From The Sky
04. Ahti
05. One More Magic Potion
06. Wanderer
07. Raised By The Sword
08. The New Dawn
09. Victory Song

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

A new sample from the upcoming Ensiferum album "Victory Songs" has been put online on the Spinefarm Records website here. The sample comes from the song 'Ahti'.

"Victory Songs" will be available for purchase on April 20th.

Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Ad Victoriam
02. Blood Is The Price Of Glory
03. Deathbringer From The Sky
04. Ahti
05. One More Magic Potion
06. Wanderer
07. Raised By The Sword
08. The New Dawn
09. Victory Song

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Source:	spinefarm.fi
Band profile:	Ensiferum

"Dear fans!

Due to contractual obligations, promotional deadlines and manufacturing delays, we have been forced to move the release of "Victory Songs" to the 20th of April 2007!

This is very unfortunate, and we're very sorry about the delay, but there's not much that we or our record companies can do to make this album hit the stores any earlier. If we could, we certainly would because we know that all of you are eager to get a listen to the new songs!

Despite this time-taking trouble, it's going to be one killer of an album and we hope that you will have the patience to wait just a little longer!

Wishing you all the best,
Ensiferum"

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

On the first of November, Folk/Black Metallers Ensiferum started recording their third full-length album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. The producer of the album is Janne Joutsenniemi. The album now has a title as well, it will be called 'Victory Songs'. It will still be released on the 21st February, 2007.

Ensiferum has also started to collaborate with Welldone booking agency. Teemu Suominen of Welldone will be taking care of the concert booking in Finland. This will increase the concerts in Finland, which has been few-numbered in the past. The concert booking for overseas is still being handled by ICS Festival Service.

So Ensiferum will begin their next year's tour with a small Finnish tour in January.

Here is a list of dates:

24.01.07 - Pakkahuone, Tampere
25.01.07 - S-osis, Turku
26.01.07 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
27.01.07 - Club Teatria, Oulu

All four shows will be supported by the band Exsecratus.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Finnish Tour

Folk/Black Metallers Ensiferum have made a posting on their official website about the rumour of their performing at next year's 'No Mercy Fest 2007'. The band have confirmed that this is merely a rumour and that the promotional advertising going around at the moment is false, they won't in fact be playing at the festival.

In other Ensiferum news, the release date of a single from the band's upcoming album has been announced. The album will be released in early 2007, and on the 7th February an as yet unamed single will be released.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	No Mercy Festival

Finnish Folk/Black Metallers Ensiferum have announced that they will be releasing a new album next year. They will be entering the studio later this year, most likely in November, to start recording the new album. The band's label, Spinefarm Records, have said that the release date for the album will be 21st February, 2007. More information regarding the album will be released soon.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

The new DVD entitled '10th Anniversary Live' which was Ensiferum's 10th anniversary celebration concert now has a cover posted online. You can view the cover artwork on the Spinefarm site here: http://www.spinefarm.fi/images/covers/Ensiferum-10thAnni.jpg

Also, Ensiferum have announced that they will be hitting the studios in November this year to make their third album. They hope for a February 2007 release.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band Ensiferum, now featuring in its ranks NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, have set "Dragonheads" as the title of their new EP, due in February 2006 via Spinefarm Records. The mini-CD is being recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki and will contain one new track, new studio recordings of several old demo songs, and a couple of traditional Finnish folk covers. The group's next full-length release is scheduled to be recorded in the summer of 2006. A European tour is tentatively slated to kick off in March 2006.

ENSIFERUM will also film their New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) 10-year anniversary concert at the Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland for an upcoming DVD.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum has announced that They're entering the studio this november to record a mini-cd, which will include one new song and few new recordings of old demosongs. Also couple of traditional Finnish folk covers will be recorded there for the mini-cd. The Mini-cd will be released in the beginning of 2006.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum

Ensiferum regretfully announces, that the bassplayer Jukka-Pekka Miettinen has resigned from the band for personal reasons.
He doesn't have time for Ensiferum anymore. Miettinen will play in the two last gigs this year in X mass festival 18.12.2004 in Holland and 19.12.2004 in Belgium. A new bass player is found for Ensiferum. Bass will be played by Sami Hinkka.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum