Iron (Ensiferum album)

Iron
Studio album by Ensiferum
Released	17 May 2004
Recorded	July - December 2003 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre	Folk metal, melodic death metal
Length	43:31
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Flemming Rasmussen
Ensiferum chronology
Ensiferum (2001) Iron (2004) Victory Songs (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ferrum Aeternum"			3:30
2.	"Iron"	J. Mäenpää	M. Toivonen, J. Mäenpää	3:55
3.	"Sword Chant"	J. Mäenpää	J. Mäenpää	4:46
4.	"Mourning Heart - Interlude"			1:25
5.	"Tale of Revenge"	J. Mäenpää	M. Toivonen	4:32
6.	"Lost in Despair"	J. Mäenpää	M. Toivonen	5:39
7.	"Slayer of Light"	J. Mäenpää	J. Mäenpää, M. Toivonen	3:12
8.	"Into Battle"	J. Mäenpää	M. Toivonen, J. Mäenpää	5:54
9.	"LAI LAI HEI"	J. Mäenpää	J. Mäenpää	7:17
10.	"Tears"	J. Mäenpää, K. Saari	M. Toivonen	3:21
11.	"Battery" (Metallica cover, bonus track)	J. Hetfield	J. Hetfield, L. Ulrich	5:13
Total length:				48:44

Credits

Band members

• Jari Mäenpää − vocals, guitars
• Markus Toivonen − guitars, backing vocals, shaman drum
• Meiju Enho − keyboards
• Jukka-Pekka Miettinen − bass
• Oliver Fokin − drums, percussion, bombo, tinja, tambourine

Session musicians

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

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r885879