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2007 studio album by Turisas
The Varangian Way is the second full-length album by the
Finnish
folk metal band
Turisas , released on May 27, 2007 through
Century Media .
[1] It is a concept album that tells the story of a group of Scandinavians traveling
the river routes of medieval Kievan Rus' (territory of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Russia) , through
Ladoga ,
Novgorod and
Kyiv , down to the
Eastern Roman Empire .
A Special "Directors Cut" edition was released with the
Rasputin single.
Track listing
"To
Holmgard and Beyond" – 5:17
"A Portage to the Unknown" – 4:50
"Cursed Be Iron" – 5:03
"Fields of Gold" – 4:34
"In the Court of
Jarisleif " – 3:17
"Five Hundred and One" – 6:18
"The
Dnieper Rapids" – 5:20
"
Miklagard Overture" – 8:18
"
Rasputin " (
Boney M. cover) (Director's Cut bonus track) - 3:53
"To Holmgard and Beyond" [Single Edit] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 3:00
"Rex Regi Rebellis" [Finnish Version with Prologue] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 10:20
"Battle Metal" Live at Party San '06 (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 5:40
A Limited Edition "Pagan Fest Tour Edition" version comes with two 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 .
Sources
References
See also
Mathias Nygård
Jussi Wickström
Jaakko Jakku
Olli Vänskä
Jesper Anastasiadis
Robert EngstrandJanne Mäkinen
Antti Ventola
Georg Laakso
Ari Kärkkäinen
Sami Aarnio
Tino Ahola
Mikko Törmikoski
Netta Skog
Hannes Horma
Tuomas Lehtonen
Jukka-Pekka Miettinen
Studio albums Videos
Singles