Interview Petri Lindroos & Sami Hinkka Ensiferum

Lineup: Petri 'Pete' Lindroos - Harsh Vocals & Guitar Markus Toivonen - Guitar, Clean & Backing Vocals Sami Hinkka - Bass, Clean & Backing Vocals Janne Parviainen - Drums Emmi Silvennoinen - Live Keyboards

Twilight of the Thunder God Tour Amon Amarth Ensiferum Belphegor The Absence House of Blues 10/13/08 Interviewer: Karma E. Omowale

Of course, we here in the States always seem to be the last to catch on to anything, but it’s better late than never, right? So it’s so awesome that we have embraced the Viking/Pagan Metal movement here…to the tune earlier in the spring the PaganFest was spawned and Helsinki, Finland’s Ensiferum had the dubious distinction of headlining the travelling festival throughout the US, their first here. This time we catch up with the band as they are in direct support of fellow countrymen Children of Bodom on this coolish October evening. We caught up with frontman Petri Lindroos and bassist Sami Hinkka just before the venue closed its doors for the evening. Of course in true Finnish fashion the guys were in search of alcohol and after all it was at the end of the night so during the is audio interview, the natives became a little restless. Petri and Sami (or the two tired gents) discuss how the deal with winning new fans in light of their signature kilts; they also talk about their 2007 release Victory Songs…

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We would like to thank the Petri, Sami and to the rest of the band for making this interview a possibility, kiitos!