Century Media
2011
1. The March of the Varangian Guard
2. Take the Day!
3. Hunting Pirates
4. Venetoi! - Prasinoi!
5. Stand Up and Fight
6. The Great Escape
7. Fear the Fear
8. End of an Empire
9. The Bosphorus Freezes Over
10. Broadsword (bonus cover)
11. Supernaut (bonus cover)
Turisas are a band I've enjoyed for a bit, but sometimes with the number of bands out there some get lost. It's hard to pay attention to every band in the scene sometimes. Some would say there's a few good and a lot of crap, but honestly I'm of kind of the opposite opinion. Sure there are duds in any scene, but sometimes I find it hard to actually keep up with all the bands I think are worth it.
Well, after listening to this new one, Stand Up And Fight, I may need to move Turisas up in my priorities a bit. This is just a damn fun album. The epic choruses and the sing songy nature of some of these choruses just gives the band a great energy. Very catchy and very memorable songs push this one over the top for me. I can also picture Turisas doing these songs live as being a great deal of fun where the crowd just wants to join in.
Musically this is a pretty solid blend of some more aggressive vocals and fairly heavy music coupled with more flowing and power metal-ish music. At times this even moves towards the more flowing and atmospheric to establish the epic tones of the material. Pretty good blend I must say and the songs utilize the various tones in a way that completely works. I do think this album hits you with it's best songs early, but all of the album is worth the price of admission.
In conclusion, I think this is a good crossover band and album for those who enjoy harder/harsher metal and epic power metal. Probably strays a little more towards the later on this release, but I still see this as a band with solid crossover potential and maybe more widespread appeal than the typical power metal band. Well worth checking out if you like catchy, epic metal.
Highlights: The March of the Varangian Guard, Take The Day!, Hunting Pirates, End Of An Empire
Rating - 4.0/5
2. Take the Day!
3. Hunting Pirates
4. Venetoi! - Prasinoi!
5. Stand Up and Fight
6. The Great Escape
7. Fear the Fear
8. End of an Empire
9. The Bosphorus Freezes Over
10. Broadsword (bonus cover)
11. Supernaut (bonus cover)
Turisas are a band I've enjoyed for a bit, but sometimes with the number of bands out there some get lost. It's hard to pay attention to every band in the scene sometimes. Some would say there's a few good and a lot of crap, but honestly I'm of kind of the opposite opinion. Sure there are duds in any scene, but sometimes I find it hard to actually keep up with all the bands I think are worth it.
Well, after listening to this new one, Stand Up And Fight, I may need to move Turisas up in my priorities a bit. This is just a damn fun album. The epic choruses and the sing songy nature of some of these choruses just gives the band a great energy. Very catchy and very memorable songs push this one over the top for me. I can also picture Turisas doing these songs live as being a great deal of fun where the crowd just wants to join in.
Musically this is a pretty solid blend of some more aggressive vocals and fairly heavy music coupled with more flowing and power metal-ish music. At times this even moves towards the more flowing and atmospheric to establish the epic tones of the material. Pretty good blend I must say and the songs utilize the various tones in a way that completely works. I do think this album hits you with it's best songs early, but all of the album is worth the price of admission.
In conclusion, I think this is a good crossover band and album for those who enjoy harder/harsher metal and epic power metal. Probably strays a little more towards the later on this release, but I still see this as a band with solid crossover potential and maybe more widespread appeal than the typical power metal band. Well worth checking out if you like catchy, epic metal.
Highlights: The March of the Varangian Guard, Take The Day!, Hunting Pirates, End Of An Empire
Rating - 4.0/5
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