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Hämeenlinna, Finland (1997 – present)

Turisas is a Finnish band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström and named after an ancient Finnish god of war.

Turisas combine elements of and , with strong influences from as well. The album title Battle Metal has given rise to the term “” being used as a description of folk metal (as stated by Metal Hammer magazine) but it may not be a canonical metal subgenre.

On October 28, 2005, the guitarist Georg Laakso was badly injured in a car accident and due to the extent of his spinal cord injuries, on July 12, 2006 issued a statement of his permanent resignation from the band on the official website. Nevertheless, the band continued to work on their second album, titled The Varangian Way, which was released in early 2007. Jussi Wickström recorded all guitars on the album.

Mathias Nygård revealed in the January 2007 edition of Terrorizer magazine that the touring musicians Hannes Horma, Olli Vänskä, Janne Mäkinen and Antti Laurila had been added to the band as full-time members, taking them up to an 8-piece act. It later turned out that of the two accordion players, only Mäkinen had become an official member. Laurila is no longer a touring musician for the band. On February 19, 2007, keyboard player Antti Ventola posted a message on the Turisas discussion forum announcing that he and the band had parted ways. This was later confirmed by the rest of the band. Mathias Nygård performed the keyboards on The Varangian Way and Turisas are presently using backing tracks to replicate them on stage.
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  • Iribel

    Simply awesome music - and probably the best live band I've ever seen! :D

    Tuesday evening
  • paranze

    Stand up and fight - great album!!

    Tuesday morning
  • viking69

    rasputin , stand up and fght , sahti waari

    Monday afternoon
  • MusicCapitalist

    BEST FOLK METAL BAND !!! can't wait for next album !

    Saturday morning
  • blooberry1708

    Hunting Pirates <3

    Saturday morning
  • autumnwinds

    STAND UP AND FIGHT!!! \m/ !!

    Friday morning
  • HarukaEX

    Battle Metal =P

    Friday morning
  • XevildollX

    Polish folk metal band Vecordia is searching for a female vocalist. If You're interested please write us / Polski folkmetalowy zespół Vecordia poszukuje wokalistki. Osoby zainteresowane prosimy o kontakt pod adresem: management@vecordia.pl Wydarzenie na facebooku - http://www.facebook.com/events/403678879666942/

    Thursday afternoon
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