One Man Army 孤军奋战
- 艺人
- Ensiferum
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Metal Blade Records
- 发行时间
- 2015年02月20日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Finland’s favourite folk metal collective and recent Metal Blade Records signees, ENSIFERUM, will unleash their sixth studio album this Winter. Titled “One Man Army”, the predominantly analog-recorded offering was tracked between September and November of this year with award-winning producer Anssi Kippo (Children Of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, Entwine etc.) at Astia-studio in Lappeenranta, Finland.
Elaborates ENSIFERUM bassist/vocalist Sami Hinkka of the sessions, “Recording process was long, hard, rewarding and full of incredible moments. Instruments were actually played and left as they were instead of creating tracks from hundreds of different takes, moving them to the grid and modifying things. Of course computers were used but overall we made everything as analog as possible. Listeners can experience a better sound and natural groove, something that we think most metal albums lack these days. Overall, the album sounds much more like a band playing live rather than ‘midi-metal.’”
Commended by Outburn Magazine for songs that are consistently “epic scope” with a “reliance on catchy melodies,” ENSIFERUM’s “One Man Army” serves as the follow-up to 2012’s lauded “Unsung Heroes” full-length and boasts the stunningly detailed, mythological cover craftings of renowned illustrator Gyula Havancsák (Annihilator, Týr, Elvenking, Stratovarius etc).
“On the new album, we took many things musically to the next level so we decided also to try something new graphics-wise,” relays Hinkka. “Gyula Havancsák who did phenomenal job! For the first time it was really nice to be more involved with designing the cover and all details. Our humble gratitude to Gyula for all the patience and really amazing results. We couldn't be more satisfied!"
As a precursor to the release, today ENSIFERUM is pleased to unleash the fittingly-titled "Warmetal" for public consumption. Composed by Demonos Sova of Finnish black metal unit, Barathrum, the track is currently available on the covermount CD of the current issue of Germany’s Legacy - The Voice From The Dark Side and is streaming in all its battle-ready glory at
http://www.metalblade.com/ensiferum.
ENSIFERUM’s One Man Army will be released via Metal Blade Records on February 24th, 2015. Further details, including track listing and additional teaser hymns to be unveiled in the coming weeks. In the meantime, 70,000 Tons of Metal voyagers will be able to catch ENSIFERUM live next month before they kick off a massive European trek, wielding their swords alongside Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum. See confirmed dates below.
Line-Up:
Markus Toivonen - Guitars, Vocals (clean)
Sami Hinkka - Bass, Vocals (clean)
Petri Lindroos - Guitars, Vocals (harsh)
Janne Parviainen - Drums
Emmi Silvennoinen - Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
热门评论
- @慧眼识猪：不要老跟第一二张专辑比较啊。。。不是同一个英雄挥剑 感觉能一样么。。。能一直保持高水平创作本身就很难能可贵了~
- @Losteagle：做维京和听维京的人，都是在用自己力所能及的方式延续着人类对史诗和命运的痴迷，对征战与英雄的向往。
最新简评（共170条）
- @猛猛故人的幻想ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ(深耕某云)：少了一首 Axe of Judgementㅤㅤㅤ
- @小小虾(我还没想好要写什么...)：➕
- @ 夜宵与战争 ☾ (爱雾瑞性维欧腐漏)：~
- @金属聚集地：不是孤军奋战，还有众多乐迷簇拥！
- @Kamus(面朝大海，春暖花开)：虽然第8首间奏整出了二人转的感觉，但是整张专辑的旋律性和可听性绝对超越上两张。不比第一第二张逊色。
- @就内个王大鹿(吃我)：想穿越异次元，请听第11首
- @声音里的灰尘(饥饿和爱情统治着世界。)：这特么还是我所知道的那把圣剑吗？
- @Tenpatsu(破壞)：刚听这张专辑的时候，以为圣剑也开始像其他乐队一样，放弃了自己的特色旋律而开始无脑地飚riff。但是听了久了之后就发现，这张专辑其实正像封面中的那样，一改上张专辑封面中放下武器的老人的老态龙钟，而是转世成为了一个对战斗更加渴望的维京战士。歌曲气势丝毫不减，标志性的旋律也依然不少，完全不像我刚听时的那种感觉。可以说成是一把圣剑的挥舞依然没有停止。太赞了
- @兩隻左腳(豆豉鲮鱼千层面)：港真，很怀念头两张和第三张的音色
- @未知生物：整张专辑画风清奇，好久才接受这是圣剑