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The Varangian Way

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Length
  
42:57

Release date
  
28 May 2007

Artist
  
Turisas

Label
  
Century Media Records

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Released
  
UK: May 28, 2007 Finland: June 6, 2007 Europe: June 18, 2007 North America: July 17, 2007 Japan: July 25, 2007

Recorded
  
November 2006 - March 2007 at Sound Supreme Studio, Hämeenlinna, Finland

Producer
  
Mathias "Warlord" Nygård, Janne Saska

The Varangian Way (2007)
  
Stand Up and Fight (2011)

Genres
  
Folk metal, Viking metal, Symphonic metal, Power metal

Similar
  
Turisas albums, Viking metal albums, Other albums

Turisas the varangian way


The Varangian Way is the second full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, released on May 27, 2007 through Century Media. It is a concept album that tells the story of a group of Scandinavians traveling the river routes of medieval Russia and Ukraine, through Ladoga, Novgorod and Kiev, down to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Contents

A Special "Directors Cut" edition was released with the Rasputin single.

Turisas to holmgard and beyond


Track listing

  1. "To Holmgard and Beyond" – 5:17
  2. "A Portage to the Unknown" – 4:50
  3. "Cursed Be Iron" – 5:03
  4. "Fields of Gold" – 4:34
  5. "In the Court of Jarisleif" – 3:17
  6. "Five Hundred and One" – 6:18
  7. "The Dnieper Rapids" – 5:20
  8. "Miklagard Overture" – 8:18
  9. "Rasputin" (Boney M. cover) (Director's Cut bonus track) - 3:53
  10. "To Holmgard and Beyond" [Single Edit] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 3:00
  11. "Rex Regi Rebellis" [Finnish Version with Prologue] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 10:20
  12. "Battle Metal" Live at Party San '06 (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 5:40

A Limited Edition "Pagan Fest Tour Edition" version comes with the bonus tracks, Rasputin and To Holmgard and Beyond (single edit), and a DVD containing the video for Rasputin and several live performances.

Credits

  • Mathias "Warlord" Nygård – vocals, orchestral programming, keyboard
  • Jussi Wickström – guitar
  • Tuomas "Tude" Lehtonen – drums, percussion
  • Olli Vänskä – violin
  • Hannes "Hanu" Horma – bass, backing vocals
  • Janne "Lisko" Mäkinen – accordion
  • Music by Mathias Nygård, except track 3 (Nygård/Wickström), 5 (Nygård/Lisko/Vänskä) and 6 (Nygård/Vänskä).
  • Lyrics by Mathias Nygård, except track 3 (traditional/Elias Lönnrot), taken from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala.
  • Classical choir recorded at Vanha Kirjastotalo Music Hall, Tampere, Finland.
  • Orchestral samples included in this recording from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

    • Songs

    1To Holmgard and Beyond5:18
    2A Portage to the Unknown4:50
    3Cursed Be Iron5:04

    References

    The Varangian Way Wikipedia
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