Markus Toivonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Markus Toivonen

Finnish musician

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1979

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Profession: composer, guitarist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.