16.07.2008 - TURISAS TO TOUR EUROPE WITH DRAGONFORCE EARLY 2009 After raiding in the UK and Ireland with the 'Force, Turisas will invade the mainland. The dates are as follows: DragonForce + Turisas European Tour 2009 Wed 28th Jan - Netherlands, Tilburg - 013 Thu 29th Jan - Netherlands, Amsterdam - Melkweg Max Fri 30th Jan - Belgium, Hasselt - MOD (Muziekodroom) Sat 31st Jan - France, Paris - Elysee Montmartre Mon 2nd Feb - France, Bordeaux - Barbie Tue 3rd Feb - Spain, Barcelona - Apolo Thu 5th Feb - Portugal, Lisbon - Cine Teatro Corroios Fri 6th Feb - Spain, Madrid - Heineken Sat 7th Feb - Spain, Bergara - Jam Mon 9th Feb - Italy, Milan - Alcatraz Tue 10th Feb - Switzerland, Pratteln - Z7 Thu 12th Feb - Hungary, Budapest - A38 Fri 13th Feb - Austria, Vienna - Szene Sat 14th Feb - Slovenia, Maribor - Stuk Mon 16th Feb - Germany, Munich - Backstage Werk Tue 17th Feb - Germany, Stuttgart - Die Rohre Thu 19th Feb - France, Strasbourg - La Laiterie Fri 20th Feb - Germany, Cologne - Underground Sat 21st Feb - Germany, Hamburg - Knust Sun 22nd Feb - Germany, Berlin - Kato Tue 24th Feb - Denmark, Copenhagen - Vega Wed 25th Feb - Sweden, Gothenburg – Brew House Fri 27th Feb - Norway, Oslo - John Dee Sat 28th Feb - Sweden, Stockholm - Tyrol Mon 2nd Mar - Finland, Helsinki - Tavastia Tue 3rd Mar - Finland, Oulu - Club Teatria --------------------------------------- 10.07.2008 - TURISAS CONFIRMED TO PLAY SHOW IN LONDON FOR THE KERRANG! WEEK OF ROCK! In the run up to this year's prestigious Kerrang Awards the magazine will be hosting their annual Kerrang Week Of Rock between August 16-20, they will be held at the London Barfly and London's ULU - with a killer bill being hooked up for both venues on every night of the week in the run-up to the Awards. Everyone's favourite Finnish Warriors Turisas have been confirmed as the headline act for the Barfly in Camden London on August 20th with support from Raven's Creed & Witchsorrow. Turisas frontman Warlord Nygard had this to say about the event "Imagine six people – not the least energetic of performers – and a stage smaller than my bathroom, it's going to be packed, it's going to be sweaty it's going to be us fighting with the fans for space. It's going to be great to get to experience that small venue atmosphere!" The tickets for this chance to get 'up close & personal' with Turisas at this intimate show go on sale from Aloud.com - on Friday, July 11 at 9am. They are priced at £15 in advance and are limited to 2 tickets per person and you must be 14 + Get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.... The Barfly is a small venue! In the up and coming weeks you will also have a chance to win tickets from Kerrang.com – so make sure you keep your eyes peeled! www.kerrang.com www.barflyclub.com --------------------------------------- 02.07.2008 - TURISAS – NEED YOU CRAZY PEOPLE IN THEIR VIDEO, OPENED MOBILE BLOG VIA ROYAL ARTIST CLUB Finnish warmongers TURISAS are currently working on their 1st DVD which will be out later this year - but not only that: They are currently also rerecording their crowd favourite “Battle Metal”. Since it is high time to finally have an official video-clip for the song and also to pay tribute to their dedicated fans (without whom there is obviously no such thing as a crowd favourite) they want YOU, those fans, to take part in their video for “Battle Metal 2008”! Read what the Warlord has to say himself on his call to arms: "In the last few years, we have noticed a growing amount of people showing up at our shows wearing war-paint, self-made outfits and other regalia. It is of course very flattering as these people have usually put down a lot of working hours preparing themselves for the shows - something not every band can expect from their fans. It is not something we see only in certain territories, but everywhere we've been whether it's the UK, US, Russia or Spain. This is why we want to give our fans the opportunity to participate on our upcoming DVD and music video, by sending us material of themselves as the red-black legion of TURISAS at locations all around the world." Get your video-cameras out and film you and your mates going NUTS. Please understand that just footage that you created on your own will be used, so no “borrowing” from movies, from the internet etc. TURISAS want YOU, their fans, in their video! Please use the original tape or copy the footage to a DVD in the best possible quality and send the material on DV-tape or DVD together with a filled out version of a short contract until July 25th. Please go to http://www.turisas.com/dvd.html to get the mailing address as well as PDF for the aforementioned contract. If the contract is not included TURISAS will not be able to use the material. Still, if your material makes it into the video your name will also be mentioned in the booklet of the coming DVD! Also, TURISAS opened a mobile blog via Royal Artist Club at http://royalartistclub.com/turisas. This fun tool is a mobile blog where the members of the band send videos and pictures via their mobile phones. You, as their fellow fans, can post comments and even suggest ideas for what you would like to see on their blog. http://www.turisas.com http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial --------------------------------------- 02.07.2008 - TURISAS – BRAUCHEN VERRÜCKTE LEUTE FÜR IHR VIDEO, STARTEN HANDY-BLOG BEIM ROYAL ARTIST CLUB Die Finnischen Battle Metal-Krieger TURISAS arbeiten zurzeit an ihrer ersten DVD, die gegen Ende des Jahres erscheinen wird – aber nicht nur das: Sie nehmen derzeit auch ihren Publikumsfavoriten „Battle Metal“ neu auf. Zu der neuen Version des Songs soll es auch ein Video geben und um sich mit diesem Clip speziell bei ihren treuesten Fans zu bedanken, könnt IHR Teil des Videos zu „Battle Metal 2008“ werden. Der Warlord ruft euch persönlich zu den Waffen… „Über die letzten Jahre haben wir eine wachsende Anzahl von Fans beobachten können, die bei unseren Auftritten War-Paint und selbstgemachte Kostüme tragen. Es ist überwältigend, dass so viele Leute sich die Mühe machen, sich für unsere Shows so richtig in Schale zu schmeißen und daheim jede Menge Arbeit in ihre Outfits investieren. Das ist eine echte Ausnahmeleistung unserer Fans, wir haben nicht nur in einzelnen Ländern, sondern überall auf der Welt Fans angetroffen, die sich so zurecht gemacht haben, egal ob in England, den USA, Russland oder Spanien. Deswegen möchten wir unseren Fans die Chance geben, bei unserer kommenden DVD und unserem neuen Videoclip mitzumachen. Schickt uns einfach Material, wo man euch als die rot-schwarze TURISAS-Legion sieht.“ Also, schnappt euch eure Videokamera und filmt euch und eure Freunde, wie ihr richtig vor der Kamera durchdreht!!! Natürlich können nur von euch selbst gemachte Videoaufnahmen berücksichtigt werden, also bitte „borgt“ euch nichts bei Filmen, aus dem Internet etc.! Bitte schickt euer Material auf dem Original DV-Tape oder auf einer DVD, um die bestmögliche Bildqualität zu garantieren und legt den ausgefüllten Kurzvertrag bei, den ihr auf http://www.turisas.com/dvd.html als PDF findet ebenso wie die genaue Anschrift für eure Einsendungen. Die Deadline für alle Einsendungen ist der 25. Juli 2008, also legt direkt los! Bitte beachtet, TURISAS eure Aufnahmen nicht verwenden können, wenn der Vertrag nicht ausgefüllt mitgeschickt wird. Wenn euer Material für das Video genutzt wird, werdet ihr im Booklet der neuen DVD namentlich erwähnt werden. Macht also alle mit und zeigt wie verrückt TURISAS-Fans sind! TURISAS haben darüber hinaus auch beim Royal Artist Club einen Handy-Blog gestartet, den ihr unter http://royalartistclub.com/turisas findet. Dieser Handy-Blog ist ein äußerst unterhaltsames Tool, bei dem die TURISAS-Krieger Videos und Bilder direkt von ihren Mobiltelefonen posten. Ihr Fans könnt euch das Ganze aber nicht nur anschauen, sondern auch Kommentare und Vorschläge posten, was ihr gerne auf dem Blog sehen würdet. Also, schaut mal vorbei! http://www.turisas.com http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial --------------------------------------- 27.06.2008 - TURISAS JOINS "ROYAL ARTIST CLUB" MOBILE BLOG ROSTER Turisas has been invited to join the roster of www.royalartistclub.com where international artists offer the fans a glimpse of their own everyday life: exclusive behind-the-curtains, on- an off-stage material. Royal Artist Club is a mobile blog where the members of the band can send videos and pictures via their mobile phones. You can comment on the blog and even suggest ideas what the guys could do with it! Visit www.royalartistclub.com/turisas for more info about the blog! --------------------------------------- 02.06.2008 - CENTURY MEDIA YARD PARTY, TURISAS & ANGEL DUST LIVE ON JUNE 7TH! ENTRANCE FREE! Big yard party with live gigs by TURISAS & ANGEL DUST on June 7th, 2008 at the Century Media office in Dortmund (Germany)! ENTRANCE FREE!!! In 2008, CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS celebrates its 20th company anniversary and thus twenty years of making Metal history! To offer you all the chance to party with us we invite you all to come out to our big yard party & yard sale on June 7th, 2008 at the CENTURY MEDIA office in Dortmund (Germany)! The event starts at 14:00h CET and from 17:00h CET the CENTURY MEDIA bands ANGEL DUST & TURISAS will be performing live as well as doing signing sessions! The entrance is free! Huge yardsale! - CDs from 0,50€ up including many rarities from the entire CENTURY MEDIA history! - Band shirts and free posters, flyers, stickers etc. of our bands! Tombola Metal Disco! In-door gaming hall featuring: - GUITAR HERO - contest for beginners & pro's (sponsored by ACTIVISION) first prize: 1x Electric Guitar! - Flipper contest Kids program (until 18:00h CET) - music school for kids with Markus Freiwald (DESPAIR / YURUMI-Gang) - metal make up for kids & games with DSW21 Food sponsored by Hafenschänke, all drinks 1,50€ (0,25l) The entire event takes place at the CENTURY MEDIA building, Schäferstr. 33a, 44147 Dortmund. As there is only limited parking space, we recommend travelling with public transport! Further info can be obtained at http://www.myspace.com/cmyardsale! Back in 1988 Robert Kampf founded CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS in Dortmund in the middle of the Ruhr area and thus started one of the most renowned independent labels for heavy music, which nowadays also has offices in Los Angeles, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, and Melbourne. Currently CENTURY MEDIA is the home for such successful artists as LACUNA COIL, PARADISE LOST, SICK OF IT ALL, NAPALM DEATH, ARCH ENEMY, THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY, TURISAS and NEVERMORE while still building up many new acts from the genres metal, hardcore and gothic. 2008 it is time to celebrate 20 years of metal, so look forward to many other special events in the wake of this anniversary! CENTURY MEDIA yard party & yard sale are being sponsored and supported by: - MUSIK PRODUKTIV (http://www.musik-produktiv.com) - ACTIVISION – Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock (http://www.activision.com) - COOLIBRI city mag (http://www.coolibri.de) - HEINZ mag (http://www.heinz-magazin.de) - PEARL drums (http://www.pearldrum.com) - GIBSON (http://www.gibsoneurope.com) - METAL.de webzine (http://www.metal.de) - PPC Music (http://www.ppc-music.de) - ZUR HAFENSCHÄNKE (Kanalstrasse 20, 44147 Dortmund) - DSW21 (http://www.dsw21.de) http://www.centurymedia.com --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - New webshop open! The new official TURISAS webshop has just opened: Backstreet Merchandise will be the official webshop from now on, offering their services at http://www.backstreet-merch.com/bands/trss/ Welcome! --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - TOUR COMPETITION UPDATE VOL. 2 Our apologies for the winners: all this signing and posting stuff across the globe was a bit tricky when on tour… Anyway, the guys at our label asked a bit of patience: the packages will (hopefully) be sent in mid-June. Fingers crossed! Anyway, congrats for all the winners - let's hope that there will be less hassle with the future competitions. Let's see what we come up with next. Summer festivals, here we come! --------------------------------------- 28.05.2008 - TURISAS TO SUPPORT DRAGONFORCE IN UK AND IRELAND; A SPECIAL WARM-UP SHOW IN OXFORD! Fresh from the Paganfest USA tour, Turisas (finally!) themselves confirm the supporting slot on Dragonforce's upcoming UK and Ireland tour, starting in September 2008. Warlord Nygård comments: "After our own European Tour and Paganfest USA this spring, we're happy to announce this one: we're joining up with Dragonforce on their UK tour and this something we're already hugely looking forward to. We are also extra excited about the shows in Ireland, which will be our first ones on the island that we've been unfortunate enough to miss out on previous tours. As you can imagine, Olli is sharpening his bow already as his one-man mission is about to reach its climax ... All in all, it's going to be a great package no-one should miss out on. See you at the summer festivals and latest in the autumn!" The tour starts on September 26th in Manchester, and runs until October 13th where it wraps in Cork. Also, the same combo will play a special warm-up show in Oxford. The tickets will go on sale 9am on Friday 9th May, price GBP 14.00. Thu 25th Sep - UK, Oxford - Carling Academy Phone Tickets: 0844 477 2000 Web Tickets: http://www.tctmusic.co.uk All ages / Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult The full schedule shapes up as follows: September 25 – Oxford Academy - WARM-UP show 26 – Manchester Academy 27 – Birmingham Academy 28 – Southampton Guildhall 30 – Cardiff University Great Hall October 01 – Nottingham Rock City 03 – London Astoria 05 – Norwich UEA 07 – Leeds University 08 – Newcastle Academy 10 – Glasgow Academy 11 – Belfast Mandela Hall 12 – Dublin Ambassador 13 – Cork Savoy Theatre --------------------------------------- 21.04.2008 - METAL HAMMER'S GOLDEN GODS AWARDS: TURISAS NOMINATED FOR "BEST LIVE BAND" The Finnish battle metallers TURISAS are nominated for "Best Live Band" in Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Awards, along with the likes of Machine Head and Megadeth. Fresh from the European tour and ready for the US, these relentless, furry face painters rightfully demand your vote! This voting is open to the public, and it's made simpler than A-B-C: 1) Go to http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/gods/ 2) click "Best Live Band" and 3) click TURISAS And there you go! Repeat as often as you want and get your friends to join the fun as well. "The Golden Gods, one of the most colossally spectacular metal awards shows of the year is back, and it's bigger than ever. With this year's slew of headbanging nominees, coupled with what promises to be one of the most ear-shattering parties of the last century, this year's event is gonna go down in history. Check out the new issue of Metal Hammer for full details!" http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/gods/ --------------------------------------- 17.04.2008 - MORE SUMMER FESTIVALS CONFIRMED 31.05.2008 Paljassaare Rock Fest, Tallinn (EST) 12.07.2008 Voimasointu Festival, Mäntyharju (FI) 18.07.2008 Rock Harz Open Air, Osterode (DE) 19.07.2008 Wanaja Festival, Hämeenlinna (FI) --------------------------------------- 11.04.2008 - TURISAS - Tour competition - winners wanted! Hey hou, guys, girls, orcs and pirates. We're back from the tour - and it was a blast! Thanks for everyone who showed up. On this tour we also had a little tour competition: every night we took a picture of the audience and posted it on our forum with one audience member circled out, and this lucky person won an exclusive Turisas fan package. Now it's time to dig out the winners: 1) check out the pics @ www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/turisas/372729-tour-competition.html 2) see if you're the lucky one in the red circle… 3) if so, send a picture of yourself holding the ticket of the show (plus the exact date and place of the show plus your name and contact information) to the following address: tour_competition@turisas.com 4) sit home and wait for the fan package to arrive (why not write a few lines on the forum?) 5) rejoice IMPORTANT: The people who already have sent their pictures… unfortunately there were some email problems and not all the emails have arrived. Hooray for the spam filters. We ask all of you to send your pictures + information again - sorry for the trouble! Congrats for all the winners, stay tuned! --------------------------------------- 06.03.2008 - FIRST ROW OF CONFIRMED SUMMER FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES 06.06.2008 Rock Im Park, Nürnberg (DE) 08.06.2008 Rock Am Ring, Nürburgring (DE) 14.06.2008 Myötätuulirock, Vantaa (FIN) 21.06.2008 Nummirock, Nummijärvi (FIN) 06.07.2008 Ruisrock, Turku (FIN) 13.07.2008 Ilosaarirock, Joensuu (FIN) 26.07.2008 Lorca Rock, Lorca (ES) 08.08.2008 Jurassic Rock, Mikkeli (FIN) 15.08.2008 Jalometalli, Oulu (FIN) --------------------------------------- 01.03.2008 - TURISAS - launch tour competition; Europe & UK tour starts tomorrow! To properly celebrate the start of their first headliner tour through Europe & UK, Finnish folk/metal warriors TURISAS have now launched an exclusive competition especially for you, the fans! Here are the details: Be "the face in the crowd"! On each of the upcoming shows TURISAS will take a picture of the audience every night from the stage and pick out one face randomly from the crowd. That person will be the lucky winner of an impressive TURISAS-fan package, including a signed tour poster with war paint hand prints of all band members on it, a signed 'fan extraordinaire' tour-pass, a guitar pick, a lighter and, of course, a printed and signed version of your photo in the crowd. To win, all you have to do is make sure you catch TURISAS on one of their many shows, rock out in the crowd and be picked as the lucky one! After the show make sure to check the official Turisas discussion forum regularly for your face and if you are the chosen one, take a picture of yourself holding the ticket of the show (so please make sure you keep it) and send an email with that picture of yours plus the exact date and place of the show to the following address: tour_competition@turisas.com For the UK dates of the tour, Rock Sound Magazine will host the competition by printing the pictures of the winners in the magazine out on 23rd April, and make the price package even more impressive by throwing in an official tourshirts and a signed drumstick. Also make sure to check out the lates issue (nr. 107) with a special feature on Turisas. For details on the Rock Sound -hosted competition, please click the logo below to go to their website. So, don't miss this chance to win your personal TURISAS-fan package by checking this topic regularly for the audience shots & go nuts at the following dates: TURISAS UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 Special guest: Norther (FIN) Support on UK-leg: Alestorm (SCO) Presented by Rock Sound (UK), MySpace.com (D), Rock Hard (D), Heavy (D), Orkus (D) und Metal.de (D) Mar. 01 - Northampton, UK @ Soundhouse Mar. 02 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Mar. 03 - Aberdeen, UK @ Moshulu Mar. 04 - Edinburgh, UK @ Studio 24 Mar. 05 - Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2 Mar. 06 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Mar. 07 - Peterborough, UK @ Park Mar. 08 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit Mar. 10 - Exeter, UK @ Cavern Mar. 11 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach Mar. 12 - Southampton, UK @ The Brook Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom Mar. 14 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Mar. 15 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat Mar. 16 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje Mar. 18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Marx Mar. 19 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage Mar. 20 - Munich, Germany @ Metropolis Mar. 21 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus Mar. 22 - Bochum, Germany @ Matrix Mar. 23 - Berlin, Germany @ Kato Mar. 25 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music Mar. 26 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal Mar. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock Café Mar. 28 - Lichtenfels, Germany @ Ragnarök Festival Mar. 29 - Osnabrueck, Germany @ Tomahawk Festival Mar. 31 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB Apr. 01 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Musikens Hus Apr. 02 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock* Apr. 03 - Oslo, Norway @ John Dee* Apr. 04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben* *) = Without Norther http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial http://www.turisas.com http://www.thevarangianway.com TURISAS - starten Fan-Wettbewerb zum Beginn ihrer Europa & UK-Tour! Um den Start ihrer ersten Headliner-Tour durch Europa/UK am morgigen Samstag gebührend zu feiern, laden die finnischen Folk/Metal Krieger TURISAS ihre wahren Fans zu einem ganz besonderen Wettbewerb ein, hier die Details: Werdet zum Auserwählten! Auf jeder der anstehenden Shows werden TURISAS von der Bühne aus ein Foto vom Publikum machen und ein Gesicht pro Show zufällig auswählen. Diese Person gewinnt dann ein extra fettes TURISAS-Fanpaket! Darin enthalten sind ein signiertes Tourposter mit blutigen Handabdrücken aller Bandmitglieder, ein ebenfalls signierter „Fan Extraordinaire" Tour-Pass, ein TURISAS Plektron, ein Feuerzeug sowie natürlich ein signiertes Exemplar eures Fotos. Ihr müsst nur zu den Shows gehen, durchdrehen und dann seid ihr vielleicht unter den glücklichen Gewinnern! Schaut einfach nach der Show unter http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/turisas/372729-tour-competition.html nach, ob dort euer Gesicht auftaucht, schießt dann ein Beweisphoto von euch, auf dem ihr das Ticket der besuchten Show hochhaltet (also schmeißt die Karte nicht einfach weg!) und schickt dieses Bild dann an folgende Email-Adresse inklusive Datum/Clubname der Show: tour_competition@turisas.com Also lasst euch die Chance nicht entgehen, dieses schicke Fan-Paket zu gewinnen und seht zu dass ihr an folgenden Daten in der vordersten Reihe steht und richtig abgeht! TURISAS UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 Special guest: Norther (FIN) Support on UK-leg: Alestorm (SCO) Presented by MySpace.com (D), Rock Hard (D), Heavy (D), Orkus (D) und Metal.de (D) Mar. 01 - Northampton, UK @ Soundhouse Mar. 02 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Mar. 03 - Aberdeen, UK @ Moshulu Mar. 04 - Edinburgh, UK @ Studio 24 Mar. 05 - Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2 Mar. 06 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Mar. 07 - Peterborough, UK @ Park Mar. 08 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit Mar. 10 - Exeter, UK @ Cavern Mar. 11 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach Mar. 12 - Southampton, UK @ The Brook Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom Mar. 14 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Mar. 15 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat Mar. 16 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje Mar. 18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Marx Mar. 19 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage Mar. 20 - Munich, Germany @ Metropolis Mar. 21 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus Mar. 22 - Bochum, Germany @ Matrix Mar. 23 - Berlin, Germany @ Kato Mar. 25 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music Mar. 26 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal Mar. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock Café Mar. 28 - Lichtenfels, Germany @ Ragnarök Festival Mar. 29 - Osnabrueck, Germany @ Tomahawk Festival Mar. 31 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB Apr. 01 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Musikens Hus Apr. 02 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock* Apr. 03 - Oslo, Norway @ John Dee* Apr. 04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben* *) = Without Norther http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial http://www.turisas.com http://www.thevarangianway.com --------------------------------------- 23.02.2008 - TURISAS – about conquer UK, Europe & USA; post “making of Rasputin” online! From March 1st, 2008 on, Finnish battle metal overlords TURISAS will set out to conquer stages in UK and Europe on their highly anticipated headliner tour with labelmates Norther as well as make their live debut in the US on the Paganfest Tour with Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie afterwards. Also, two dates in Russia have been added to this massive touring schedule. So have a close look at the dates below and join them on their blood-soaked quest for glory! Furthermore, TURISAS have also posted a very entertaining “making of Rasputin” offering insights into the work on their latest video clip for the devastating Boney M. cover version “Rasputin”. Check it out by clicking HERE! So, be assured that TURISAS will lay to waste clubs in your neighbourhood very soon! To get yourself in the right mood for such shows give yourself your daily dose of battle metal @ http://www.myspace.com/turisasofficial! TURISAS UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 Special guest: Norther (FIN) Support on UK-leg: Alestorm (SCO) Mar. 01 - Northampton, UK @ Soundhouse Mar. 02 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Mar. 03 - Aberdeen, UK @ Moshulu Mar. 04 - Edinburgh, UK @ Studio 24 Mar. 05 - Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2 Mar. 06 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Mar. 07 - Peterborough, UK @ Park Mar. 08 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit Mar. 10 - Exeter, UK @ Cavern Mar. 11 - Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach Mar. 12 - Southampton, UK @ The Brook Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom Mar. 14 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Mar. 15 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat Mar. 16 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje Mar. 18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Marx Mar. 19 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage Mar. 20 - Munich, Germany @ Metropolis Mar. 21 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus Mar. 22 - Bochum, Germany @ Matrix Mar. 23 - Berlin, Germany @ Kato Mar. 25 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music Mar. 26 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal Mar. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock Café Mar. 28 - Lichtenfels, Germany @ Ragnarök Festival Mar. 29 - Osnabrueck, Germany @ Tomahawk Festival Mar. 31 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB Apr. 01 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Musikens Hus Apr. 02 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock* Apr. 03 - Oslo, Norway @ John Dee* Apr. 04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben* *) = Without Norther TURISAS Live Apr. 12 - Moscow (RUS) - Tochka Apr. 13 - St. Petersburg (RUS) - Roks PAGANFEST USA 2008 - North American Tour With Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie 4/25 - Toronto (CAN), ON @ Opera House 4/26 - Montreal (CAN), QC @ Medley 4/27 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium 4/28 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx 4/29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's 4/30 - Detroit,, MI @ Harpo's 5/01 - Chicago, IL @ The Pearl Room (Chicago Power Fest) 5/02 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 5/03 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom 5/05 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven 5/06 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater 5/07 - Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk 5/08 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues 5/09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Avalon 5/10 - Long Beach, CA @ The Vault 5/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Cell Block 5/12 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101 5/13 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad 5/14 - Tulsa, OK @ Crush Lounge 5/15 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater 5/16 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit 5/17 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 5/19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 5/20 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 5/21 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock 5/22 - New York, NY @ BB King's --------------------------------------- 19.02.2008 - Turisas töllössä - Turisas on Finnish TV Turisas nähdään MTV3:n 45-minuuttia ohjelmassa keskiviikkona 20.02. klo 20:00 alkaen. Mukana myös kuvaa perjantain keikalta Finnish Metal Exposta. --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - LISKO MISSING, STEP IN ACCORDION PLAYER FOR SPRING TOURS We hereby announce, that we have been forced to hire a step-in accordion player to replace Lisko on all announced upcoming tourdates. We have an important show this Friday at Finnish Metal Expo (FIN) and two lengthy tours in UK/Europe and USA just around the corner - but no accordion player. The thing is, we played a cool show in Groningen, Netherlands on 11th January and everything was cool. Then the next day, before the flight, some of us decided to check out Amsterdam really quickly, by train. Lisko had behaved in a bit hazy way during the trip, but it was nothing that weird (considering he is Lisko); however, he never showed up back at the airport. We got an interesting phone call, where he told that due to "special" reasons he wouldn't fly in the same plane with us. This alone was pissing us off a bit, but we decided he could do it on his own expense. However, after returning to Finland, despite our attempts, there has been practically no communication with the guy, apart from a couple of interesting SMS's (so apparently he's alive): no rehearsals, nothing. We don't even know if he's back in Finland at the moment. This puts us in a difficult situation: with a lot of pre-arrangements like flights and visas to be done, and with all our upcoming responsibilities we have no other option than to release Lisko from his duties for an undetermined time period, starting from today. Luckily for us, we already managed to get a replacement for him on such a short warning time: the step-in accordionist for Spring 2008 will be Netta Skog, who also helped us out with the latest European tour in October-November. No permanent accordion player will be added to the current line-up at this point. TURISAS also wants to point out that NO shows will be affected by the small change in the line-up. TURISAS on tour: 15.02.2008 Finnish Metal Expo, Helsinki (FIN) TURISAS UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 Special guest: Norther (FIN) Support on UK-leg: Alestrom (SCO) Mar. 01 - Northampton, UK @ Soundhouse Mar. 02 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Mar. 03 - Aberdeen, UK @ Moshulu Mar. 04 - Edinburgh, UK @ Studio 24 Mar. 05 - Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2 Mar. 06 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Mar. 07 - Peterborough, UK @ Park Mar. 08 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit Mar. 10 - Exeter, UK @ Cavern Mar. 11 - Cardiff Clwb, UK @ Ifor Bach Mar. 12 - Southampton, UK @ The Brook Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom Mar. 14 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Mar. 15 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat Mar. 16 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje Mar. 18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Marx Mar. 19 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage Mar. 20 - Munich, Germany @ Metropolis Mar. 21 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus Mar. 22 - Bochum, Germany @ Matrix Mar. 23 - Berlin, Germany @ Kato Mar. 25 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music Mar. 26 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal Mar. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock Café Mar. 28 - Lichtenfels, Germany @ Ragnarök Festival Mar. 29 - Osnabrueck, Germany @ Tomahawk Festival Mar. 31 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB Apr. 01 - Gothenburg, Germany @ Musikens Hus Apr. 02 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock* Apr. 03 - Oslo, Norway @ John Dee* Apr. 04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben* *) = Without Norther PAGANFEST USA 2008 - North American Tour With Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie 4/25 - Toronto (CAN), ON @ Opera House 4/26 - Montreal (CAN), QC @ Medley 4/27 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium 4/28 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx 4/29 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's 4/30 - Detroit,, MI @ Harpo's 5/01 - Chicago, IL @ The Pearl Room (Chicago Power Fest) 5/02 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 5/03 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom 5/05 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven 5/06 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater 5/07 - Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk 5/08 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues 5/09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Avalon 5/10 - Long Beach, CA @ The Vault 5/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Cell Block 5/12 - El Paso, TX @ Club 101 5/13 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad 5/14 - Tulsa, OK @ Crush Lounge 5/15 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater 5/16 - San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit 5/17 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 5/19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 5/20 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 5/21 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock 5/22 - New York, NY @ BB King's --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - Two Russian dates added for April 12.04.2008 Moscow (RUS) - Tochka 13.04.2008 St. Petersburg (RUS) - Roks --------------------------------------- 12.02.2008 - Berlin gig on 23 March: Rock-Voyager Meet & Greet package for sale now! Check out this following special Meet & Greet package on www.rock-voyager.com Turisas Meet & Greet in Berlin, March 23, 2008 We are offering you a nice package to see Turisas during their headliner tour. The package includes the following services: Meet & Greet with Turisas Concert ticket The Varangian Way Director's Cut Extended Version CD Shipping Please note that this package is strictly limited to 20 persons! The trip is subject to the terms and conditions of Artist Services Ltd. 39,95 Euro per person Turisas/Berlin offer at Rock-Voyager.com https://www.rock-voyager.com/voyage_detail.aspx?id_voyage=9 See you there! --------------------------------------- 30.01.2008 - PaganFest USA - More shows added, tickets are on sale NOW ! The following dates have been added to the tour schedule: 5/09/08 San Francisco, CA @ Fat City 5/13/08 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad 5/21/08 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock The tickets to the PaganFest USA Tour are on sale now! If you haven't already purchased your tickets, look at the list below, and do it NOW! April 25 - The Opera House Toronto, ON - CANADA Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: TicketMaster.com April 26 - Le Medley Montreal, QC - CANADA Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: TicketPro.com April 27 - The Palladium Worcester, MA Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: Tickets.com April 28 - Jaxx W. 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Worth, TX Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: FrontGateTickets.com May 16 - The White Rabbit San Antonio, TX Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: DetourTickets.com May 17 - Java Jazz Houston, TX Purchase Thru: Venue May 19 - The Masquerade Atlanta, GA Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: TicketMaster.com May 20 - Volume 11 Raleigh, NC Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: eTix.com May 21 - Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, PA Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: TicketMaster.com May 22 - BB Kings Blues Club New York, NY Purchase Thru: Venue Purchase Thru: TicketMaster.com --------------------------------------- 26.01.2008 - The supporting band on the upcoming UK & European tour is… TURISAS are happy to announce that their new labelmates Norther will join them on the upcoming tour. Make sure witness the Finnish invasion in following concerts: TURISAS UK & EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 Special guest: Norther (FIN) Support on UK-leg: Alestrom (SCO) Mar. 01 - Northampton, UK @ Soundhouse Mar. 02 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Mar. 03 - Aberdeen, UK @ Moshulu Mar. 04 - Edinburgh, UK @ Studio 24 Mar. 05 - Liverpool, UK @ Academy 2 Mar. 06 - Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Mar. 07 - Peterborough, UK @ Park Mar. 08 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit Mar. 10 - Exeter, UK @ Cavern Mar. 11 - Cardiff Clwb, UK @ Ifor Bach Mar. 12 - Southampton, UK @ The Brook Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom Mar. 14 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 Mar. 15 - Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat Mar. 16 - Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje Mar. 18 - Hamburg, Germany @ Marx Mar. 19 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage Mar. 20 - Munich, Germany @ Metropolis Mar. 21 - Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus Mar. 22 - Bochum, Germany @ Matrix Mar. 23 - Berlin, Germany @ Kato Mar. 25 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music Mar. 26 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal Mar. 27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock Café Mar. 28 - Lichtenfels, Germany @ Ragnarök Festival Mar. 29 - Osnabrueck, Germany @ Tomahawk Festival Mar. 31 - Malmö, Sweden @ KB Apr. 01 - Gothenburg, Germany @ Musikens Hus Apr. 02 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ The Rock* Apr. 03 - Oslo, Norway @ John Dee* Apr. 04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben* *) = Without Norther --------------------------------------- 13.01.2008 - More US Dates Added - California date change The venue for May 10 has changed. The new date is: SAT 5/10- Long Beach, CA @ The Vault More US dates have been added to the Paganfest 2008 - tour: 02.05.2008 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN (US) 03.05.2008 Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO (US) 08.05.2008 House of Blues - Hollywood, CA (US) 11.05.2008 The Cell Block - Phoenix, AZ (US) 12.05.2008 Chics - El Paso, TX (US) 14.05.2008 Crush Lounge - Tulsa, OK (US) 19.05.2008 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA (US) See all confirmed Paganfest 2008 dates here --------------------------------------- 08.01.2008 - FINNISH METAL AWARDS - VOTE FOR TURISAS The year 2007 has passed and now it's time for those ever-so-lovely readers' polls, where you can vote for the musical phenomena of your choice. Having released the acclaimed album "The Varangian Way", and after exhausting touring, Turisas is a strong contestant in many categories - but we need your help! The Finnish Metal Awards (FMA) are given out during the Finnish Metal Expo, held in Helsinki on 15-16 February 2008. Enter the poll HERE You can vote for Best Album (Levy in Finnish: enter TURISAS as Artisti, The Varangian Way as Albumi) Best Band (Bändi in Finnish) Best Cover Art (Kansitaide in Finnish: enter TURISAS as Artisti, The Varangian Way as Albumi) Best Player of a Musical Instrument (Soittaja in Finnish) Best Vocalist (Laulaja in Finnish) Various media have already announced their choices: Helsingin Sanomat, the biggest Finnish newspaper and the popular indiepunkrockmetalzine SUE both chose The Varangian Way as Best Album; and Inferno, the biggest Finnish metal magazine voted Turisas as Best Band. You can also vote Turisas as Best Band in Finnish Femmagaala at http://www.femmagaala.fi/aanesta ; and Turisas - The Varangian Way as Best Album at http://www.mesta.net/kilpailut/ (Vastauksesi: the artist + the album name, Nimi: add your name, Sähköposti: add your email address) --------------------------------------- 01.12.2007 - TURISAS ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN HEADLINING TOUR After a triumphant support-slot for Iced Earth and Annihilator TURISAS will be on the road again in March and April 2008. "The tour with Iced Earth and Annihilator in October was great; we made a lot of new friends and fans, and both bands were great guys to be on the road with. The reactions were awesome, even if there was a lot of people in the crowd who had never heard of us before. However, we could easily understand that some of our fans weren't prepared to pay the tickets on some 30 euro for seeing us play for 30 minutes - that's 1 euro a minute if you were not too bothered about the other two bands! This is why we are now returning to play full headline sets in Europe for a reasonable ticket price. We are all very excited about getting back on the road and doing our first headlining European tour. To Holmgard and Beyond!" (Warlord Nygard) TURISAS UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR 2008 support act tba. Presented by Rock Hard (D), Orkus (D), Heavy (D) & Metal.de (D) 01.03.2008 UK Northampton Soundhouse 02.03.2008 UK Sheffield Corporation 03.03.2008 SCO Aberdeen Moshulu 04.03.2008 SCO Edinburgh Studio 24 05.03.2008 UK Liverpool Academy 2 06.03.2008 UK Norwich Waterfront 07.03.2008 UK Peterborough Park 08.03.2008 UK Leeds Cockpit 10.03.2008 UK Exeter Cavern 11.03.2008 WAL Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 12.03.2008 UK Southampton The Brook 13.03.2008 UK London Electric Ballroom 14.03.2008 UK Brighton Concorde 2 15.03.2008 NL Haarlem Patronaat 16.03.2008 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje 18.03.2008 D Hamburg Marx 19.03.2008 D Karlsruhe Substage 20.03.2008 D Munich Metropolis 21.03.2008 CH Winterthur Salzhaus 22.03.2008 D Bochum Matrix 23.03.2008 D Berlin Kato 25.03.2008 A Vienna Planet Music 26.03.2008 SLO Bratislava Randal 27.03.2008 CZ Prague Rock Café 28.03.2008 D Lichtenfels Ragnarök Festival 29.03.2008 D Osnabrueck Tomahawk Festival 31.03.2008 SE Malmö KB 01.04.2008 SE Gothenburg Musikens Hus 02.04.2008 DK Copenhagen The Rock 03.04.2008 N Oslo John Dee 04.04.2008 SE Stockholm Klubben --------------------------------------- 29.11.2007 - MORE NORTH AMERICAN DATES ADDED See live section --------------------------------------- 21.11.2007 - TURISAS CONFIRMED FOR EUROSONIC 2008 (NL), AND MORE FINNISH DATES Turisas have been confirmed for Eurosonic -festival 2008, taking place in Groningen, Holland during the Noorderslag Weekend -event in January. Turisas will play Friday January 11th 2008. For more information, see www.noorderslag.nl The band has also been confirmed for two new Finnish shows; the ultimate New Year's Eve -party at Nosturi - Helsinki, taking the stage together with Finntroll on December 31st, and the highly popular Finnish Metal Expo taking place February 15-16, 2008 at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki. www.fme.fi www.elmu.fi Upcoming Finnish shows: 08.12.2007 Seinäjoki - Rytmikorjaamo 15.12.2007 Kuopio - Streetbar 41 30.12.2007 Turku - Klubi 31.12.2007 Helsinki - Nosturi --------------------------------------- 19.11.2007 TURISAS Make North American Debut As Part Of Pagenfest 2008 Finnish warmongers TURISAS are set to invade North American shores this upcoming spring as part of Pagenfest 2008, which also features their fellow countrymen Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie. This Metal Maniacs sponsored trek, which kicks off on April 25 th, is in support of the group's critically acclaimed new album, The Varangian Way. Visit http://www.myspace.com/paganfestusa for complete up to the date information and current touring itinerary. Warlord Nygard (vocals) further comments: "After years of talks about a North American tour and fans begging us to cross the big pond it is finally happening. We are looking forward to taking the new continent by storm together with our good friends Ensiferum and being backed up by two of the rising names in the scene, Tyr and Eluveitie. It is clear that the strength of this tour is not only in the individual bands playing, but the whole package. This is to be the ultimate tour of the year for any Pagan/Battle Metal fan, so brothers and sisters of Vinland; we will except no excuses - see you in the front row!" TURISAS continues to establish their definitive brand of battle metal and has taken the UK by storm after recently landing the cover of Terrorizer, in addition to performing at The Download Festival (Linkin Park, Manson, Slayer, Maiden) and the Metal Hammer awards this past summer. Be sure to check out http://myspace.com/turisasofficial to view the stunning new video for "Rasputin" and to sample various tracks. Central to The Varangian Way is the group's concept of a journey through the East-European river route through the lands of modern day East Europe. The Northmen who traveled this path in the 9th-11th centuries were called Varangians. Key to the album's concept is a search for self and identity, both of which are explored by the protagonist in The Varangian Way's eight songs. Truly a display of the band's dedication to the conceptual elements of the album, TURISAS made sure to include cultural influences from the lands the Varangians would have traveled through. "TURISAS stand head, shoulders and helmet above the rest of the battle metal genre." - Metal Hammer, UK "A much needed twist and antidote to the current yawn-inducing metal scene" - Rock Sound, UK "Warrior Kings of Viking Metal set out on epic second voyage" - Kerrang!, UK TURISAS W/ Ensiferum, Tyr and Eluveitie Apr. 25 - Toronto, ON - Opera House Apr. 26 - Montreal, QC - Medley Apr. 27 - Worcester, MA - Palladium (New England Metal and Hardcore fest) Apr. 28 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx Apr. 29 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's May 05 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven May 10 - Orange County, CA - California Metalfest May 15 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater May 16 - San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit More dates TBA