Turisas

Turisas
Genre(s)
Folk/Symphonic Metal
Lyrical theme(s)
Battles, Journeys, Glory, Mythology, History
Origin Formed in Current label Status
Finland (Hämeenlinna) 1997 Century Media Active
Current line-up
Mathias D.G. "Warlord" Nygård - Vocals, Keyboards, Programming (1997-) (Cadacross)
Jussi Wickström - Guitar (1997-)
Hannes "Hannu" Horma - Bass (2004-)
Tuomas "Tude" Lehtonen - Drums, Percussion (1997-)
Olli Vänskä - Violin (2004-)
Netta Skog - Accordion (2008-)
Former/past member(s)
Guitar:
Ari Kärkkäinen (1997-1999)
Georg Laakso (1999-2006) (Cadacross)

Bass:
Mikko Törmikoski (1997-2004)
Tino Ahola (2000-2001) (Cadacross)

Keyboards:
Antti Ventola (1997-2007) (Cadacross)

Accordion:
Janne "Lisko" Mäkinen (2007-2008)
Additional notes
Left to right: Wickström, Horma, Nygård, Vänskä, Lehtonen

Formed under the name Köyliö in 1997, the band's name was changed to Turisas between 1998 and 1999. Turisas (Iku-Turso) is the name of a sea monster in Finnish mythlogy, sometimes considered a god of war.

In July 2004, Georg Laakso was stabbed six times in the back after getting in a fight with a stranger, but suffered no serious injuries. On the morning of October 29th 2005 Georg was in a severe car [...]
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RunehammerAugust 18th, 2002
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StormriderFebruary 3rd, 2010
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Discography


Promo Demo, 1999
The Heart of Turisas EP, 2001[1 review, 64%]
Battle Metal Full-length, 2004[7 reviews, average 91%]
To Holmgard and Beyond Single, 2007
The Varangian Way Full-length, 2007[10 reviews, average 83%]
Rasputin Single, 2007[3 reviews, average 89%]
A Finnish Summer With Turisas DVD, 2008


Links

Official
Turisas Official Battleground
Turisas Official MySpace
The Varangian Way
Turisas Official Forum

Labels
Turisas @ Century Media Records

Official merchandise
Turisas @ Backstreet-Merch
Turisas @ Plastic Head
Turisas Official Merchandise

Fan site
Turisas @ MetalFolk.Org
Turisas @ Metalfolk.net (Italian)
Hard Waves Radio
Turisas @ Wikipedia
Turisas @ Myspace (Mexico)
Turisas @ Myspace (France)
Turisas @ Metalseek

Tablatures
TabIt Tabs at TabIt.net
MySongBook
Turisas @ metaltabs.com
Turisas tabs


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