Courage, wit, ingenuity and plenty of surprises

If you like this album, which suggests perhaps deep beneath his robe a romantic heart with a little sense of pathos and for parties á la Asterix and Rügenwalder advertising while he suspects well that Metal growls prevent him from taking off shoes and socks and wild and free dance. I like the album perfectly. It is in many features even ingenious (see Songs 8, 11 and 10). Ensiferum have their bandwidth greatly expanded compared to from afar, leaning with their creativity sometimes far from the window, and thus laid the most versatile album of their career. I would not have expected something like that. I originally wanted only happy Metal-tooting. It came more to the fore.

UNSUNG HEROES is to many parts of clean vocals and choirs, a soprano comes at times, opera-like choruses sound through the speakers. But tell the Finns do it.

Start doing everything quite usual.

1) SYMBOLS there is the now mandatory instrumental opener that also the film MERIDA could open. If you like something, perhaps also like the music of Two Steps From Hell - Trailer-Mucke.

2) If IN MY SWORD I TRUST Ensiferum are in its old form. The song is also available as a music video, it pops, has medium speed and a nice chorus, in which the band-choir always bawls the song title. For me it's the catchiest song of the album.

3) UNSUNG HEROES is a hymn. Ensiferum as I know them. Reminiscent of their first great album. Makes good mood.

4) BURNING LEAVES they have played well previously at their concerts. Even Ensiferum-typical. You can extend your arms in the air and swinging back and forth. The chorus is light pop. When I hear him, I sometimes fear that the troops could fall to his knees, his fists clenched, stretched head and arms to the sky and sings with pain face. Totaly still drifting and a catchy tune. Whether I want to or not.

5) Then the break. CELESTIAL BLOND could an Irish folk band come from. It's nice, my heart tells beautifully. From start to finish singing as a woman. Flutes, strings, Akkustikgitarren used. Oops. Oha.

6) As a counterpoint RETRIBUTION SHALL BE MINE blaring forth. Ensiferum is Ensiferum again. And now my soft heart has to wait a long time, the beautiful choirs come to the end.

7) Continue to a Akkustikintro with distorted guitars, but Star Queen remembers on Celestal BLOND. Not only melodically. Cleaner singing, as he is known by TYR - this time a man - and quite slow. Not her biggest hit, but makes itself quite well after repeated listening.

8) Speaking of TYR. The singing but also happy in their own language. POHJOLA is in Old Finnish and Ensiferum-a typical, on the other hand a few more steps toward Turisas (choirs, melodic breaks) - a fusion which animates this song refreshing. But what is to come yet? As speaks a, as I know it only from RHAPSODY-plates and the blast of Skálmöld. May he be happy. Only now they sing again? Yes. There. Luckily, Ensiferum rest not only on its ancient, well-deserved laurels. I like it very much.

9) Last Breath sounds a bit as if the singer is not enough Breath to keep up with grander POHJOLA. The clean vocals, which dominates the piece seems a bit fragile. The song is reminiscent of a musical solo number in front of the great tragic scene. Distorted guitars nil, but again sweet flutes and violins. For those who abkann the total but a good, memorable number.

10) And now comes the compositional peak. For 17 minutes. PASSION, PROOF, POWER starts with farm-Atmo, then a melody: Sergio Leone film-like. The Vikings in the prairie? The epic is certainly opens up and goes some with experimental approaches continue as in the 70s. Even with big choirs, orchestral passages. And also some great melodic breaks, sweet pianos that employ as then in November Rain, powerful, electrifying passages. Overall, with a multi-layered drama and exciting solos. Since 3 / 4tel clock is it? I think because of the great effort, the film similarity again to RHAPSODY (Heroes of the Waterfalls Kingdom). And at THERION. Turisas have such operas also tried. In a critique of AVATAR I read, one must engage in the film together with his whole kitsch; only then he liked. So it is for me with this number, which also comes up with a cameo of APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. The boys are in 12 minutes of the play, the speaker of a radio play-throw-who plays well in a marketplace in the evening.

11) And now there's a blast. The chorus BAMBOLEO a cover version of the song BAMBOLEO. Originally by the Gipsy Kings. Here's a little bit racy, harder. Evil. And for me even a piece of the puzzle that makes me finally bow to the fun of the group and their courage.

After her first Ensiferum I see UNSUNG HEROES as the best album of the troops. Although it might scare some fans (see song 5). Toivonen and his team can be all the more sure of my loyalty.

The version with the DVD is highly recommended. MORE KEATIVITÄT, even more fun. I was in the spring of permanent guest on YOUTUBE, as the STUDIO DIARIES were first published. And what they had been covered again ...

At the same time is still a hammer album appeared. Brumlebassen of TROLLFEST. They are still one iota crazy.