Two Paths (album)

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Two Paths
Ensiferum - Two Paths.jpg
Studio album by
Ensiferum
Released15 September 2017
RecordedMarch – May 2017
StudioAstia-Studio (Lappeenranta, Finland)
Genre Folk metal, melodic death metal, viking metal
Length53:30
Label Metal Blade
Producer Anssi Kippo
Ensiferum chronology
One Man Army
(2015)		Two Paths
(2017)		 Thalassic
(2020)
Singles from Two Paths
  1. "For Those About To Fight For Metal"
    Released: Jul 19, 2017
  2. "Way of The Warrior"
    Released: Aug 19, 2017

Two Paths is the seventh studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on 15 September 2017 through Metal Blade. [1] It is the only Ensiferum album to feature accordionist Netta Skog, who replaced keyboardist Emmi Silvennoinen in 2016 and departed from the band in December 2017. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Sami Hinkka

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Ajattomasta unesta" Markus Toivonen 2:12
2."For Those About to Fight for Metal"Hinkka, Toivonen, Netta Skog 5:17
3."Way of the Warrior"Toivonen3:57
4."Two Paths"Toivonen4:48
5."King of Storms"Hinkka, Toivonen5:16
6."Feast with Valkyries"Toivonen, Skog4:08
7."Don't You Say"Toivonen3:39
8."I Will Never Kneel"Hinkka5:00
9."God Is Dead"Hinkka4:15
10."Hail to the Victor"Toivonen5:10
11."Unettomaan aikaan"Toivonen, Skog, Hinkka2:14
12."God Is Dead" (Alternative version)Hinkka3:55
13."Don't You Say" (Alternative version)Toivonen3:39
Total length:53:30

Personnel

Band members

Guest members

Production

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [4] 152
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 100
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 4
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 128
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [9] 29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 18

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