Recent content by timmy88

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    Discussion on the new Album:"Stand up and Fight"

    Still a great result all around for a band playing such a niche genre of music
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    Is The Varangian Way a concept album?

    Ah Varangian Guard until about the time of Emperor Alexios Komnenos, were from Norway, Sweden and Denmark and were vikings. In his time, fairly late in (1081) the guard were mainly Anglo-Saxon and enemies of the vikings. I would assume The Varangian Way is set in the classic viking age of the...
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    Hi from Australia! Rocked with AA in Turku!

    I'm from Tassie lol, massive Amon Amarth fan
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    Poll - Best song off the Varangian Way?

    Holmagard & Beyond, Miklagard & Five Hundred & One
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    Holmgard and Beyond acoustic??

    Yeah it would be brilliant, maybe as a bonus track or something one day, but we are definately looking foward to new music more than anything else
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    Is The Varangian Way a concept album?

    What the hell, yes it is a concept album, Warlord even names characters in the songs. It follows the Viking's journey to Russia
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    Poll - Best song off the Varangian Way?

    The last two or so minutes of "Five Hundred & One" are incredibly fucking epic and for that reason its my favourite part of the album, however "Holmgard & Beyond" is probably the song I'd play for someone who's never listened to the band before.
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    bands like turisas?

    I'd recommend the following bands to anyone who likes Turisas, they arent all musically the same but they all have folk / viking / battle themes Ensiferum Amon Amarth Alestorm 3 Inches Of Blood Finntroll Korpiklaani
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    Turisas album sales

    does anyone know the worldwide sales figures for Battle Metal and The Varangian Way? I was just wondering