Ensiferum

Ensiferum is a Viking / Folk Metal band from Helsinki, Finland. Story of Ensiferum 1995
Markus Toivonen played guitar with some friends in a band called ”Dark Reflections” which played mainly covers of certain heavy metal bands including Megadeth, Pantera and many others. Later on Markus felt that the band in which he was playing offered him very little inspiration and wanted to play something different.