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Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
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Wintersun
Wintersun
Finnish Metal band
2
Arthemesia
Arthemesia
Finnish band
3
Sami Hinkka
Sami Hinkka
Finnish musician
4
Petri Lindroos
Petri Lindroos
Finnish musician
5
Brymir
Brymir
Finnish metal music band
6
Emmi Silvennoinen
Emmi Silvennoinen
Finnish keyboardist
7
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow
Finnish band
8
Swashbuckle
Swashbuckle
band
9
Cadacross
Cadacross
Finnish band
10
Blackguard
Blackguard
band
11
Elexorien
Elexorien
12
Janne Parviainen
Janne Parviainen
Finnish musician
13
Barathrum
Barathrum
Finnish band
14
Zonaria
Zonaria
Swedish metal band
15
Skálmöld
Skálmöld
Icelandic band
16
Lost Society
Lost Society
Finnish thrash metal band
17
Waltari
Waltari
Finnish band
18
Sacrificium
Sacrificium
band
19
Stick Men
Stick Men
20
Johan Reinholdz
Johan Reinholdz
Swedish musician
21
Bestial Warlust
Bestial Warlust
band
22
Omnium Gatherum
Omnium Gatherum
Finnish melodic death metal band
23
Thronar
Thronar
24
Týr
Týr
folk metal band from the Faroe Islands
25
Communic
Communic
Norwegian musical group; metal band
26
Paragon
Paragon
metal band from Germany
27
Holy Blood
Holy Blood
band
28
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth
Swedish metal band
29
Insomnium
Insomnium
Finnish melodic death metal band
30
In-Quest
In-Quest
Belgian band that plays technical death metal
31
Coronatus
Coronatus
band
32
Renascent
Renascent
Black metal band based out of Helsinki, Finland
33
GUT
GUT
German band
34
In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
35
The Rev
The Rev
American musician and songwriter
36
Equilibrium
Equilibrium
German folk metal band
37
Estatic Fear
Estatic Fear
band
38
Ceremonial Oath
Ceremonial Oath
band
39
Death
Death
American death/progressive metal band
40
Gwar
Gwar
American heavy metal band known for its stage costumes and satirical sci-fi themes
41
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
German power metal band
42
Horde
Horde
unblack metal project
43
Metsatöll
Metsatöll
estonian folk metal band
44
Carbonized
Carbonized
Swedish band
45
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Finnish metal band from Espoo
46
Sieges Even
Sieges Even
band
47
Sodom
Sodom
German thrash metal band
48
Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus
American death metal band
49
Michael Weikath
Michael Weikath
German musician
50
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
American rock band from Palm Desert, California
51
Lacrimas Profundere
Lacrimas Profundere
band
Markus Toivonen
Finnish musician

Markus Toivonen

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Markus Toivonen (born 1979 in Helsinki) is the founding member of the Finnish folk/death metal band Ensiferum. Markus founded the band in 1995 and is the sole original member to have lasted the distance to Ensiferum's present incarnation. His role in the band is guitarist and primary songwriter. He has always contributed backing vocals and since the departure of Jari Mäenpää in 2004 has taken up a greater role behind the microphone, sharing the clean vocal parts with new bass player Sami Hinkka, with Mäenpää's replacement Petri Lindroos handling the harsh vocals.

Markus also plays in a side band called Speden Timantit and has been a member of the short-lived black/death metal outfit Soulstream.