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Turisas
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Hämeenlinna, Finland (1997 – present)
Turisas is a Finnish folk metal 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 folk metal and power metal, with perhaps some influences of symphonic metal as well. The album title Battle Metal has given rise to the term “battle metal” 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.
Turisas combine elements of folk metal and power metal, with perhaps some influences of symphonic metal as well. The album title Battle Metal has given rise to the term “battle metal” 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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Battle Metal
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The Varangian Way
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Rasputin
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To Holmgard And Beyond
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To Holmgard and Beyond
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Rasputin
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Cursed be Iron
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Fields of Gold
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A Portage to the Unknown
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As Torches Rise
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In the Court of Jarisleif
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One More
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The Land Of Hope And Glory
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The Messenger
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Miklagard Overture
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The Dnieper Rapids
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Five Hundred And One
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Shoutbox
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balttier wrote:
Really waiting for new album \0/..
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cheeserabbit wrote:
草 搞得这么现代化 还他妈是维京不？
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Miku250 wrote:
L3gacy: Turisas on harvoin Suomessa yleensäkkään. Helsingissä heitä tuskin näkee... Tämän vuoden ainoa keikka Suomessa oli Ankkarock. Jos todella haluat nähdä Turisaksen livenä (suosittelen!) nii vahdi ens vuonna ja mee ekalle keikalle jonka ne Suomessa vetää.
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rjcantrell wrote:
This year at the southeast's biggest Sci-fi /fantasy / etc convention, Dragon*Con, I saw a guy dressed as one of the members of Turisas. He said only I and one guy from the Netherlands (out of 25,000ish attendees) recognized him. But still! So awesome!
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L3gacy wrote:
Millo keikkaatte Helsingis??
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Deathriderdoom wrote:
fucking awesome. why didnt i get into this band years ago?!
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Simargle wrote:
great band
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Arnonis wrote:
Don't come to Poland ^^
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darkchockolatte wrote:
rasputin ;D :D
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jimctu wrote:
great band
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Miku250 wrote:
Don't spam this shoutbox full of "Come here" "Come rather here!". They'll be working on a new album next year, then they'll probably come everywhere =)
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Megadieftw wrote:
One of the best live bands. Period. Their Bloodstock show was the last of their Varangian way tour schedule which has been going for what, 2 or 3 years. It was phenominal. Also, expect to see a new album soon \m/
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shortpersonben wrote:
back to the UK! this time headlineeepleas :)
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hunty-cz wrote:
should be thinking about another tour across the Europe. last concert in Prague was fuckin awesome
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formatio-reticu wrote:
Come to Germany!
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Raziel202 wrote:
Come to Poland! Please ; ) [7]
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Jordisson wrote:
Come to Russia pls =))
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xansavior wrote:
To Holmgard and Beyond!!
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niebieskawaa wrote:
Come to Poland! Please ; ) [6]
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Aerithn wrote:
Come to Poland! Please ; ) [5]
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10.11.2009 - IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN...
10 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/turisasofficial
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Recent Activity
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xkyd, ratattack89, x7Vengeance7x and 2 other people added Turisas to their libraries. 24 minutes ago
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Marbor tagged Turisas with ‘seen live’. yesterday evening
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Marbor, Lostxcause07, daregoth and 5 other people added Turisas to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Rouzna wrote about Turisas in Albums I own 2.0. yesterday afternoon
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kocurKas tagged Turisas with finnish, battle metal, viking metal and one other tag. yesterday afternoon
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Winterburner tagged Turisas with ‘folk metal’. yesterday morning
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