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folktastik:

Thu 3/29 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Fri 3/30 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Sat 3/31 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
Sun 4/01 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda

Mon 4/02 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Tue 4/03 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
Wed 4/04 - Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
Thu 4/05 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
Fri 4/06 - Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
Sat 4/07 - Louisville, KY @ Vernon Club
Sun 4/08 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
Fri 4/13 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Sun 4/15 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Mon 4/16 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Tue 4/17 - San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
Wed 4/18 - West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club

these are the confirmed dates - more may be added

(via elfoflothlorien)

It’s hard to say why the metal world suddenly fell in love with Turisas after the last record came out. From the beginning we’ve always tried to be a little bit different and I don’t think that’s changed. Maybe we’re a breath of fresh air in a scene that’s fairly conservative.

Metal heads think of themselves as being very individual and doing their own thing. But if you go to a festival like Wacken and you take a sample of metal people then they tend to be pretty conservative in their tastes and their image. The music we’ve done happens to be a bit different. And that’s always a good thing.

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(via fuckyeahwarlord)

Every song for me has its connection the very historical storyline of this Varangian group being in the service of the Emperor in the 11th Century, back in time and it has this connection to this world or more recent history, and songs like ‘Fear the Fear’ are very timeless, it doesn’t matter if you put it in 11th century Andalucía or up in England in the 21st century. The basic thinking behind it is still the same. It’s just about having values. The value of having courage has always been something mankind has always lived up to – you go into the battle and you have courage, and do whatever and that’s something people have valued highly, but somehow I think now it’s so easy to live your life watching Rambo on TV and get a kick out of that, and then go out and be a total wanker in your day to day life. Everyone knows when they feel something has gone too far and isn’t right and everyone’s been in the position where they think “I don’t like that, but do I want to interfere?” it may be easier to walk away. I think the whole album deals with that. A situation can be very ordinary and every day, for example you see someone make a racist comment and you yourself feel that’s out of line and you step in, that’s the true courage. It’s not about going to going to war and shooting people with missiles, that’s just stupid, it’s about that you stand up for what you believe in. I know that I myself and I’m sure everyone in this room knows a situation where they turned away because they didn’t want to get involved in trouble themselves. That’s the kind of cowardly society I despise and would like people to step up for what they believe. ‘Fear the Fear’ is about that and also in our historical context it’s what you have to do on a battlefield – do you believe enough in enough in a cause to fight and kill people or be killed for it?

What comes back to me all the time is that you should trust what you think is best and just follow your intuition. There’s always gonna be the people who say “That’s a shit idea, it won’t work!” and put you down, saying something is too complicated or too big a risk, but you should just go for it. So from now on I’m just gonna stick to pushing forward with my vision rather than listening too much to what others think we should be or do.

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(via adolescentmonsters)