TURISAS - Stand Up And Fight (CD)

The inspirational cinematic battle metal brilliance of Finland's TURISAS has returned, Carving their own unique and momentous furrow through the European metal ecosphere, these proud storytellers and masters of the bombastic epic are poised to return with their most monumental sonic saga to date Stand Up And Fight Buoyed by the support of their ever-growing legion of acolytes which included their 1st ever live ap-pearance in Australia in 2010, TURISAS return to action in the rudest of health and with supreme con-fidence driving them forward, Stand Up And Fight is a loose continuation of the story from The Varangian Way' album concept (2007) and can be viewed as the biggest, boldest and most gloriously extravagant album of the band's career, The new album, which was mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth/Katatonia) at Fascination Street in Swe-den, takes the Finns to a whole new level of depth and bravado, as their unmistakable sound ex-pands before our very ears, consistently conjuring up vivid images of the Vikings' ongoing adventures, For fans of Finntroll, Ensiferum & Folk Metal.