[1] Ensiferum was founded in 1995 by Markus Toivonen (guitar), Sauli Savolainen (bass) and Kimmo Miettinen (drums).

The new Ensiferum line-up entered the studio later that year to record an EP to be called Dragonheads, which was released in February 2006.

The recording of the third studio album, called Victory Songs, took place between November 2006 and early 2007, and was released on 20 April 2007.

[4] Ensiferum also supported Amon Amarth on their North American Twilight of the Thunder God tour.

In the first half of 2009, Ensiferum performed at a string of festivals including Frostrock in Belgium, Finnish Metal Expo and Tuska Open Air in Finland, Winterfire, Rocktower, Legacy and Rock am Härtsfeldsee in Germany, Summer Nights in Austria, and Z7 Metal Dayz in Switzerland.

[7] The limited edition of the album includes a cover of Swedish folk rock group Nordman with guest vocalist Heri Joensen of Faroese band Týr.

Ensiferum were also confirmed to play Bloodstock Open Air at Catton Hall, United Kingdom in 2010.

This tour consisted of four shows in two cities, and they were accompanied by numerous local metal bands including Riddare av Koden, Empery and All Forlorn.

The final show, at The Black Dahlia in Johannesburg, was filmed to potentially appear on their next live DVD.

In March of that year, Ensiferum announced on their Facebook page that keyboardist Emmi Silvennoinen would not be able to make the European and North American "One Man Army Tour" due to personal commitments at home.

Skog had performed clean vocals on the One Man Army songs "Cry for the Earth Bounds" and "Neito Pohjolan".

Heri Joensen of Týr makes an appearance on the track "Heathen Horde", quoting stanza 16 of Hávamál in Old Icelandic.

The band focused on a more "organic" sound for Two Paths, using analog recording and neglecting to use a click track for certain songs.

On 14 June 2024, it was announced the band would release their ninth studio album, Winter Storm, on 18 October.