Current line-up

Petri 'Pete' Lindroos - Harsh Vocals & Guitar (2004-) (Norther)
Markus Toivonen - Guitar, Clean & Backing Vocals (1995-) (Soulstream, Speden Timantit)
Sami Hinkka - Bass, Clean & Backing Vocals (2004-) (Rapture)
Janne Parviainen - Drums (2005-) (Barathrum, Sinergy, Waltari, Zwanziger, Valvet)
Emmi Silvennoinen - Live Keyboards (Exsecratus)


Additional notes

Ensiferum means "Sword Bearer." Ensis is a third declension noun meaning Sword, and Ferum is from an irregular verb meaning "to carry" (like "ferry"). Markus Toivonen found the word in a Latin dictionary when the band were starting out and decided it was an ideal name.

Ensiferum were found as a three-piece by Markus Toivonen, Sauli Savolainen and Kimmo Miettinen. They began mostly as a cover band before persuading Jari Mäenpää to join as vocalist and second guitarist a year later.

Frontman Jari Mäenpää quit in 2004 after creating his own project, Wintersun. Studio time for Wintersun recordings clashed with an Ensiferum tour, so Jari quit. Petri Lindroos of Norther was brought in, inititally to cover for live dates, and eventually agreed to join permanently. Markus Toivonen is now the only founding member left in the band.

Markus Toivonen never played in Scent of Flesh - there are two different persons with the same name.