– September twenty ninth, 2025 –
Finnish steel pioneers Ensiferum are proud to announce their upcoming European headline tour, set to kick off on January 7, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany. The band will probably be joined by German energy steel veterans Freedom Name as direct help, with Austrian symphonic energy metallers Dragony opening every night time of the run.
The tour is available in help of Ensiferum‘s most up-to-date studio album, Winter Storm, which marked one other milestone within the band’s celebrated profession. Launched to essential acclaim, Winter Storm charted strongly throughout Europe, additional cementing Ensiferum‘s standing as one of many main forces in melodic Dying/Energy/Folks-inspired steel. The upcoming reveals will deliver the album’s highly effective and anthemic tracks to life on stage, alongside fan favorites from the band’s in depth catalogue.
A lot of the brand new materials for Winter Storm emerged throughout the COVID lockdown, when ENSIFERUM‘s founding guitarist Markus Toivonen set himself the problem of discovering new methods to make music – finally composing each tune besides the rousing and anthemic “Fatherland,” written by bassist Sami Hinkka. The addition of singer/organist Pekka Montin’s crystal-clear melodic excessive notes offered an incredible enhance on 2020′s Thalassic. However on Winter Storm – a fantasy idea narrative penned by Hinkka – Montin’s super-strong voice finds its optimum place in ENSIFERUM‘s sound. Bringing to life such grandiose, heroic materials, the singer emerges as one of many best vocal discoveries of the last decade.
Coinciding with the tour announcement, Ensiferum are additionally unveiling a brand-new lyric video for his or her observe “From Order to Chaos“, taken from Winter Storm. The video might be considered right here: youtu.be/o4aGDfTqPr0
With anthemic choruses, relentless power, and their signature mix of people melodies and steel fury, Ensiferum promise an unforgettable stay expertise for followers throughout Europe.
Full record of tour dates:
07.01.2026 – DE, Heidelberg – Halle 02
08.01.2026 – IT, Treviso – New Age
09.01.2026 – CH, Zurich – Meh Suff! Winter Pageant
10.01.2026 – FR, Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
11.01.2026 – GB, London – O2 Academy Islington
13.01.2026 – LU, Esch / Alzette – Rockhal
14.01.2026 – NL, Haarlem – Patronaat
15.01.2026 – DE, Cologne – Dwell Music Corridor
16.01.2026 – DE, Geiselwind – Music Corridor
17.01.2026 – DE, Leipzig – Hellraiser
18.01.2026 – DE, Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
19.01.2026 – DE, Hamburg – Markthalle
20.01.2026 – DE, Frankfurt – Batschkapp
21.01.2026 – DE, Berlin – Festsaal Kreuzberg
22.01.2026 – PL, Warsaw – Proxima
23.01.2026 – SK, Kosice – Colloseum
24.01.2026 – PL, Cracow – Hype Park
25.01.2026 – HU, Budapest – Barba Negra Purple Stage
27.01.2026 – DE, Munich – Backstage Werk
28.01.2026 – CZ, Brno – Sono
29.01.2026 – AT, Salzburg – Rockhouse
30.01.2026 – DE, Memmingen – Kaminwerk
31.01.2026 – NL, Nijmegen – Doornroosje
01.02.2026 – BE, St. Niklaas – De On line casino
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