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Friday Morning Metal – Ensiferum – Winter Storm Vigilantes

Big epic folk metal! Horses flying through the air! Ensiferum’s brand of Finnish folk metal is back at it.

The Winter Storm Wigilantes appear to be knights who ride flying horses and have fire in their heart. And they tear evil apart. Keeping track of a flying horse has to be tough, what if it flies off somewhere when you’re not riding it? Also what happens if the horse poops while flying? The video culminates with an epic battle against a stone giant, with the Wigilantes stabbing it with their +3 to stone monster swords.

All in all it’s a fun song, big and bombastic, with a combo of clean and growly vocals. I don’t know if I necessarily need the growly vocals, but it does help them stand out amongst all the other bombastic swords and wizards type metal bands. There’s also some fun harmonizing that happens, gotta have some three-part harmonies.

Anyway, enjoy the metal! Then go ride your flying horse to wigilantize!

Friday Morning Metal – Ensiferum – In My Sword I Trust

I listened to Ensiferum a bit back in college, but they kind of fell off my radar. I think the vocals just didn’t grab me too much, but their cover of Metallica’s Battery was pretty awesome. Anyway, I went to scope them out again, and In My Sword I Trust is the big epic battle metal that should be blasted when running headlong into the fray, axe in hand.

The chorus has some great clean vocals, but I don’t know if that’s something they’re going for in future tracks. But it is a welcome surprise.