#turisas

[gothcarmelasoprano]

the superwholock of folk metal

[hellyeahskwisgaar]

Huge collab with @victorquebes

[astralbondpro]

Turisas // Stand Up and Fight

[metsantytar]

I miss this man's tweets

[metalsongoftheday]

Wednesday, November 27: Turisas, "Into the Free"

How has it been over a decade since Turisas put out a new record?  There might not have been an overwhelmingly large market for their brand of power/folk/viking metal ridiculousness, but the audience for this sort of thing is nothing if not consistent and stable.  So one would’ve expected at least two more records with tracks like “Into the Free”, which plowed through without regard for fashion, taste or grammar.  The drums were much faster than the guitars, though the chanting went along its merry way, while Mathias Nygård let the gang chorus and noodly guitars do most of the lifting, at least during the vocals.  The vocals quickly took a turn for the absurd, which was exactly par for the course for Turisas.  Speaking of silliness, there was a touch of Nocturnal Rites in the mug-swigging melodies, which made the Finns torch bearers for this type of mainland European power metal.  So “Into the Free” was the sort of thing that could’ve come out anytime in the last 30 years, which in its way actually made it sort of timeless.

[roosterarts]

The axe-bearing foreigners they have aptly named us

All we've come from afar

Diversity is what unites us

We are The Varangian Guard!

- The March of the Varangian Guard by Turisas

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The Varangian Guard were elite troops of the East Roman Empire, as well as personal guards for the Roman Emperor. Mainly composed of Norsemen from Scandinavia, their ranks would also contain foreigners from different parts of Europe, most notably Anglo-Saxons after the Norman conquest of England. Known for their loyalty and skill in battle, they served the Empire well for centuries, helping wins battles, as well as ensuring the safety of the Emperor they served.

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[hannamarichristinajohansson]

Photographs taken by me !

Hope so they'll come back ♥

©Hannamari

[thotferatu]

Do you know where they are, Spotify?? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE??? ANSWER ME

[habibistamps]

F2U Ouran High School Host Club and Music stamps! You can use these anywhere on tumblr or elsewhere, but please credit me or my website wherever you post them!

[reg-giee]

I'll wait for Turisas until they appear again, or until exhaustion ends the fandom

That won't happen, guys.

[hellyeahskwisgaar]

Here are some parts of my Turisas X Finntroll crossover comics, i drew it while i was turisassin and finntrollin hard and well i never finished it as usual (the last pic is pretty recent one)

should i redraw or just dump it 🤔

[metsantytar]

Me: It feels like I've gotten over being sad for Turisas pretty well.

Olli: *makes a post in honor of the anniversary of releasing The Varangian Way*

Me: 😥

[sortyourlifeoutmate]

Fun fact - well, 'fun' - Turisas was the first band that I ever saw live. My associates and I all took our shirts off and smeared ourselves in fake blood. Good times.

Very fun band live!

Years later I saw them live at Wacken and crowd surfed in my kilt, also smeared in fake blood (though it had long sweated off by that point).

Ah! To be young again!

[doueverwonder]

ngl turisas went off making 2 albums about he varangian guard like these fuckers know they're not mainstream so they're tailoring their songs for 3 ppl who are weirdly obsessed with an elite unit of the byzantine royal guard of vikings

Also putting trumpets in a power/folk metal song is such a power move

honestly, i'm proud to be one of the three people because they're bangers. holmgard and beyond is my favorite song and shall stay my favorite song.