MOONSORROW's Stolen Axe Recovered

June 16, 2009

Finnish folk/pagan metal band MOONSORROW — whose "very special" ESP custom shop Star guitar (pictured below) was stolen on April 29, 2009 when someone broke into the group's tour bus following the band's performance in Montreal, Quebec, Canada — have issued the following update:

"Finally the news about Janne's [Perttilä] stolen guitar!

"It was brought to a pawn shop in Montreal by some junkie last week. The guitar is in great condition with flightcase and all. Well, maybe a couple of Janne's socks could be missing, but that really doesn't matter as the axe itself is worth 3000 euros!

"We've taken actions to get it out and shipped to Finland.

"Many thanks and 666 hails goes to the nice dude in the shop who immediately recognized the guitar and sent this good news to us."

MOONSORROW will play its first-ever show in Poland on September 13 at the Baltic Folk & Roots Festival in Stettin.

MOONSORROW's latest EP, "Tulimyrsky" (Firestorm),came out in April 2008 via Spikefarm Records. The CD contains over 60 minutes of music, including a cover version of METALLICA's "For Whom The Bell Tolls".

The band's most recent album, "Viides Luku – Hävitetty", was released in North America in April 2007 via Unruly Sounds/The End Records. The CD — 56 minutes of music comprised from two songs — continues to place the group as one of the forerunners of the folk/viking metal scene due in part to their extensive use of folklore and pagan elements in their music and imagery.

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