Turisas
Информация о группе
TURISAS were formed by the above mentioned Warlord Nygеrd and Jussi Wickstrцm in 1997 in Hдmeenlinna, a small city right in the heart of the pagan forests of South/Mid-Finland and named after an ancient Finnish war god. Their first recording Taiston Tie (The Battle Path, 1998) is still kept locked away and unreleased due to its poor sound quality. In 2000 TURISAS recorded their demo-CD The Heart of Turisas and, with the assistance of a few energetic live shows, started to catch people’s attention from both fans and labels.
In 2003 Century Media Records finally signed the band to a worldwide deal and the pre-production for their debut began with full power, so that everything was in place for the recordings of Battle Metal in Sound Suite Studios in France with producer Terje Refsnes (Tristania, Enslaved, Gehenna) in December of the same year. Several elements like parts of the vocals, choirs, pipes, acoustic and percussions were recorded in Steel Track Studio in Finland and afterwards everything completed in Sound Suite Studios in spring of 2004. There may be many folk-influenced bands hailing from Finland nowadays, but TURISAS turn out to be the most diverse wild bunch, daring to even incorporate quite unusual influences as well as historic elements. “The songs recorded are all very pagan battle metal, but we've never been afraid of taking our own path and bending the line between different genres and music styles. After all music should not be about genres, it's about creating atmospheres”, explains the Warlord. Check out the modern loops or retro Hammond organ sounds in “The Land Of Hope And Glory” which splendidly mingle with its catchy, irresistible violins and the archaic choirs. “Rex Regi Rebellis” turns out to be the most epic song on the album. The tune, which simply must be heard in its entire diversity, is based on the Finnish poet Zacharias Topelius' historical novel Surgeon's Stories (or In Times of Gustavus Adolphus) which deals with The Thirty Years War fought in Europe 1618-1648.
Участники
Current members
Mathias "Warlord" Nygård – vocals, percussion (since 1997)
Jussi Wickström – guitar (since 1997)
Jukka-Pekka Miettinen - bass guitar (ex-Ensiferum) (since 2011)
Tuomas "Tude" Lehtonen – drums, percussion (since 1997)
Olli Vänskä – violin (since 2007)
Robert Engstrand - keyboard (since 2011)
Former members
Janne Mäkinen – accordion (2007–2008)
Antti Ventola – keyboard (1997–2007)
Georg Laakso – guitar (ex-Cadacross) (1999–2006)
Ari Kärkkäinen – guitar (1997–1999)
Sami Aarnio – bass guitar
Tino Ahola – bass guitar
Mikko Törmikoski – bass guitar (until 2004)
Hannes "Hanu" Horma – bass guitar (2007–2011)
Netta Skog – accordion (2007–2011)
Дискография
Battle Metal (2004)
The Varangian Way (2007)
Stand Up and Fight (2012)
Turisas2013 (2013)
Сэмплы
http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial
Официальный сайт: http://www.turisas.com
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версия "To Holmgard And Beyond". Не в тему, думалось мне, будет этот стёбный диско-хит после эпичной "Miklagard Overture". Однако между этими номерами обнаружился трек "Silence", действительно представляюший собой тишину длительностью в 1 мин. В точку! 
А то заказать-то вряд ли получится, да...)
