Iron (Ensiferum album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Iron
Type = studio
Artist = Ensiferum


Released = May 17, 2004
Genre = Viking metal Folk metal
Melodic death metal
Length = 43:12
Label = Spinefarm
Producer =
Reviews =
* [http://soundofmetal.se/ Sound Of Metal] Rating-10|8 [http://soundofmetal.se/index.php?page=ensiferumironreview link]
*The Metal Observer rating-10|9 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=6438 link]
Last album = "Ensiferum"
(2001)
This album = "Iron"
(2004)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

# "Ferrum Aeternum" – 3:28
# "Iron" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 3:53
# "Sword Chant" (Mäenpää) – 4:44
# "Mourning Heart (Interlude)" – 1:23
# "Tale of Revenge" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 4:30
# "Lost in Despair" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 5:37
# "Slayer of Light" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 3:10
# "Into Battle" (Mäenpää, Toivonen) – 5:52
# "Lai Lai Hei" (Mäenpää) – 7:15
# "Tears" (Mäenpää, Toivonen, Saari) – 3:20
# "Battery" (Metallica Cover) – 5:13 (Bonus Track on Limited Edition)All lyrics by Jari Mäenpää except "Tears" by Jari Mäenpää and Kaisa Saari

Credits

Band members

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

ession 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