Battle Metal

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Battle Metal
Studio album by Turisas
Released	July 26, 2004
Recorded	January 2003 - April 2004
Genre	Folk metal Symphonic metal
Length	57:15
Label	Century Media
Producer	Mathias Nygård Terje Refsnes
Turisas chronology
The Heart of Turisas (2001) Battle Metal (2004) The Varangian Way (2007)

Battle Metal is the debut full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas. It was released on July 26, 2004 by Century Media.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Victoriae & Triumphi Dominus" – 1:27
2. "As Torches Rise" – 4:51
3. "Battle Metal" – 4:23
4. "The Land of Hope and Glory" – 6:22
5. "The Messenger" – 4:42
6. "One More" – 6:50
7. "Midnight Sunrise" – 8:15
8. "Among Ancestors" – 5:16
9. "Sahti-Waari" – 2:28
10. "Prologue for R.R.R." – 3:09
11. "Rex Regi Rebellis" – 7:10
12. "Katuman Kaiku" – 2:22

Japanese Bonus Tracks

1. "Till The Last Man Falls" - From The Heart of Turisas 2001 (5:29)
2. "Terra Tavestorum" - From Unnamed Promo 1999 (5:34)
3. "Midnight Sunrise" - Live

[edit] Credits

• Mathias Nygård – vocals, alto, soprano and sopranino recorders, programming, additional percussion
• Jussi Wickström – electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, double bass
• Tude Lehtonen – drums/percussion (djembe, udu, congas, bongos, electric percussion)
• Antti Ventola – synthesizers, piano, vibraphone, Hammond organ
• Georg Laakso – electric and acoustic guitar

Additional Musicians

• Riku Ylitalo - accordion
• Olli Vänskä - violin
• Emmanuelle Zoldan - female vocals

• Produced by: Mathias Nygård and Terje Refsnes

• Recorded at: Sound Suite Studio / France by Terje Refsnes in separate sessions between December 03 and April 04

• Additional recordings made at: Steeltrack Studio / Finland by Georg Laakso and Mathias Nygård between January 2003 and March 2004 | drums, percussion, choirs, violin, accordion, most recorders & some acoustic guitars and vocals

• Mixed by: Terje Refsnes and Mathias Nygård

• Mastered by: Ulf Horbelt at Digital Mastering Studios, Marl / Germany

• Cover artwork by: Niklas Sundin

• Photography by: Ossi Laakso

• Music by: Nygård, except #5,8,9 (Nygård/Ventola) & #11 (Nygård/Wickström)

• Lyrics by: Nygård, except: #10 by Zacharias Topelius, taken from the novel: "Surgeon's Stories - In Times of Gustav Adolf" & #11 which includes Swedish quotes taken from "The March of the Finnish Cavalry in the Thirty Years War" by Zacharias Topelius, Finnish translation by O. Manninen

• Arrangements & programming by: Mathias Nygård

v • d • e Turisas Mathias Nygård | Jussi Wickström | Hannes Horma | Tuomas Lehtonen | Olli Vänskä | Janne Mäkinen Former members Antti Ventola | Georg Laakso | Ari Kärkkäinen | Sami Aarnio | Tino Ahola | Mikko Törmikoski Albums Battle Metal | The Varangian Way Demos Taiston Tie - The Battle Path | Unnamed Promo | The Heart of Turisas Singles "To Holmgard and Beyond" | "Rasputin"