Thalassic is the eighth studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on 10 July 2020 through Metal Blade Records. 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 Ancient Greek) means "of or relating to seas", which pertains to the theme of the album's lyrics.

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Track listing

Personnel

Band members

Petri Lindroos – harsh vocals, guitars

Markus Toivonen – guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals

Sami Hinkka – bass, vocals, acoustic guitars, bouzouki

Janne Parviainen – drums, percussion

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

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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)

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Production

Janne Joutsenniemi – producer

Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering

Tero Kinnunen – additional recording

Gyula Havancsák – artwork

Vesa Ranta – photography

Charts

References

2020 albums

Ensiferum albums