ENSIFERUM Announces ‘The Winter Storm Over North America’ Headlining Tour This Fall

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Photo credit: Svetlana Goncharova

Finnish folk metal goliaths ENSIFERUM will return to US and Canadian stages on a two-week headlining tour. “The Winter Storm Over North America” tour begins on September 9th with their appearance at this year’s edition of ProgPower USA in Atlanta, Georgia and runs through September 27th in Seattle, Washington. Support will be provided by FIREWIND.

The band comments, “We are very excited to come back to North America for this tour with FIREWIND in September. We’ll bring the Winter Storm on the stages! See you guys in the pit!”

Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

Tour dates are as follows:

September 9, 2026 – Atlanta, United States – ProgPower USA
September 11, 2026 – Nashville, United States – Exit/In
September 12, 2026 – Fort Wayne, United States – Century Music Hall
September 13, 2026 – Pittsburgh, United States – Thunderbird Music Hall
September 14, 2026 – Detroit, United States – Sanctuary
September 16, 2026 – Cleveland, United States – The Roxy @ Mahalls
September 17, 2026 – Madison, United States – Blades Of Steel
September 18, 2026 – Des Moines, United States – Wooly’s
September 20, 2026 – Winnipeg, Canada – Park Theatre
September 22, 2026 – Edmonton, Canada – Starlite Room
September 23, 2026 – Calgary, Canada – Arrowhead
September 25, 2026 – Vancouver, Canada – Wise Hall
September 26, 2026 – Portland, United States – Hawthorne
September 27, 2026 – Seattle, United States – El Corazon

ENSIFERUM will be touring in support of their Winter Storm full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records. A grandiose and heroic offering, Winter Storm centers itself on a fantasy concept narrative penned by bassist Sami Hinkka.

ENSIFERUM’s Winter Storm was produced by Janne Joutsenniemi, mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren, and includes guest appearances by Lassi Logrén on NYCKELHARPA and violin and Mikko Mustonen on orchestration as well as ELEINE’s Madeleine Liljestam who provides all vocals on “Scars In My Heart.”