Ensiferum - From Afar album art

Was just browsing the Ensiferum official webstore, and noticed that they have 'From Afar' up for pre-order in bundles, etc, and that the album art is up there too!

Didn't see this news on MFF, so thought I'd put it here.

Link is http://www.fanzone.fi/ensiferum/productinfo.cfm?tuotenumero=201928&lang=en

Imo, the album cover looks great!

Here it is!

http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2009-07-23_18:24/ensiferum_from_afar_artwork_revealed

Looks very beautiful indeed! I love the winter/blue theme, it was time for something like that!

I have to say that i totally agree with all 3 comments posted there.......
We'll see....

I agree Storm, it was definitely time for a more wintery Ensiferum cover.

Also agree with mariavp, about the comments on the article; Necrolord is a stunning artist.

I wonder if the blue colour scheme represents something of a change of sound for the band; I believe Sami claimed it would be the 'most epic' Ensiferum album yet? Or am I reading a bit too much into it? =p

however, they keep their basic style with the warrior and that's great :-->

Yeah definitely!

The skulls in the bottom left are a nice touch, too.

I love the new album cover!

I'm just wishing I wasn't so poor right now, because I'd really like to order one of the album bundles and get a beer cooler bag. (Same with the COB t-shirt bundle.)

Yeah the album cover is awesome as usual for Ensiferum. The two song samples I heard were very good too. Can't wait for the new album!