''Thalassic'' is the eighth 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 example ...

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 foun ...

. It was released on 10 July 2020 through

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal. History Metal Blade Records was ...

. It is the first Ensiferum album to feature new keyboardist and clean vocalist Pekka Montin, who joined the band in February 2020. The album's title "" (which is derived from both French and

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) means "of or relating to seas", which pertains to the theme of the album's lyrics.

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

* Petri Lindroos – harsh vocals, guitars * Markus Toivonen – guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals *

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 ...

– bass, vocals, acoustic guitars, bouzouki *

Janne Parviainen Janne Parviainen (born 1973) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal drummer who plays in the bands Sinergy, Barathrum and Ensiferum. He is a former member of Waltari and Zwanziger. Parviainen joined Barathrum in 2000 and Sinergy and Ensif ...

– drums, percussion *Pekka Montin – clean vocals, keyboards (except tracks 4–12 on bonus CD)

Guest members

*Mikko P. Mustonen – orchestrations, whistles, guitars (additional acoustic), vocals (additional), programming *Lassi Logrén – nyckelharpa, violin *Janne Joutsenniemi – guitars (additional), vocals (backing) *Emmi Silvennoinen – keyboards, hammond organ, grand piano, clean vocals (only tracks 4–12 on bonus CD)

Production

*Janne Joutsenniemi – producer *

Jens Bogren Jens Peter Daniel Bogren (born 13 November 1979) is a Swedish record producer, mixer and recording engineer specializing in heavy metal music. He has worked on albums by Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Katatonia, Bab ...

– mixing, mastering *Tero Kinnunen – additional recording *Gyula Havancsák – artwork * Vesa Ranta – photography

Charts

References

2020 albums Ensiferum albums Metal Blade Records albums {{2020s-death-metal-album-stub