''Two Paths'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...

band

Ensiferum Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal." History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002) ''Ensiferum'' was founde ...

. It was released on 15 September 2017 through

Metal Blade Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...

. It is the only Ensiferum album to feature accordionist Netta Skog, who replaced keyboardist

Emmi Silvennoinen Emmi Silvennoinen (born 9 April 1988) is a Finnish keyboardist who is the former keyboardist for the folk metal band Ensiferum. She filled the role following the departure of Meiju Enho Meiju Enho, born in 1981 in Finland, is the former keybo ...

in 2016 and departed from the band in December 2017.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

Petri Lindroos Petri Lindroos (born 10 January 1980 in Espoo, Finland) is a melodic death/folk metal guitarist and vocalist. He is currently the lead vocalist in Ensiferum. Previously, he was a founding member and lead vocalist for Norther. Biography At 14 yea ...

– harsh vocals, guitars, percussion, choir *

Markus Toivonen Markus Toivonen (born 1979 in Helsinki) is the founding member of the Finnish folk/death metal band Ensiferum. Markus founded the band in 1995 and is the sole original member to have lasted the distance to Ensiferum's present incarnation. His ...

– guitars, bouzouki, percussion, clean vocals, choir *

Sami Hinkka Sami Hinkka (born 27 April 1978 in Finland) is a heavy metal bass player, presently with Ensiferum. He joined his current band in 2004 as a replacement for Jukka-Pekka Miettinen after playing for some years in the melodic death/doom metal band R ...

– bass, dulcimer, percussion, clean and harsh vocals, choir *

Janne Parviainen Janne Parviainen, born 1973 in Finland, is a heavy metal drummer, who plays in the bands Sinergy, Barathrum and Ensiferum. He is a former member of Waltari and Zwanziger. Janne joined Barathrum in 2000, and Sinergy and Ensiferum more recently. ...

– drums *Netta Skog – acoustic and digital accordion, female vocals, choir

Guest members

*Mikko P. Mustonen – orchestrations and orchestral arrangements *Lassi Logrén – nyckelharpa, violin *Vince Edwards – choir

Production

*Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – photography *Gyula Havancsák – cover art *

Anssi Kippo Anssi Kippo (born 1976) is a Finnish record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and struc ...

– producer

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2017 albums Ensiferum albums