TURISAS: 'The Varangian Way' Special Edition Due Next Week

September 28, 2007

To coincide with the band's upcoming support slot for metal titans ICED EARTH and ANNIHILATOR, Century Media Records will release a very special version of TURISAS' "The Varangian Way" in the following formats with a slightly altered artwork:

* CD: "Director's Cut" including the hit single "Rasputin" and "To Holmgard And Beyond" edit

* Limited digipack, CD+DVD: "Director's Cut Extended Version": Including the hit single "Rasputin", "To Holmgard And Beyond" edit and bonus DVD including "Rasputin" video, "To Holmgard And Beyond", karaoke and 37-minute multi-camera live footage from Download, With Full Force and Rock Hard festivals 2007.

The new version of "The Varangian Way" will be released on the following dates:

Finland: Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007
Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy: Friday, Oct. 5, 2007
UK / Denmark / Norway / Rest Of Europe: Monday, Oct. 8, 2007
Spain / Portugal: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007
Sweden / Hungary: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 200
France: Monday, Oct. 29, 2007

TURISAS recently unleashed its video for "Rasputin", a cover version of the old BONEY M disco classic every fan should already recognize from the band's live shows.

Band mastermind Warlord comments: "This video is pretty far from what you'd expect from a TURISAS video — or any metal video for that matter! The idea to the video is just as wild as the cover song itself: a battle metal band covering a '70s disco hit. Just as the song, it is a crossover of the '70s kitsch attached to the BONEY M track, but performed by us as we do it. Director Vesa-Matti Vainio and the whole crew did a great job on this one, and to me this is a good pick for our first video ever. I assure you, there are plenty of ideas on epic spectacles to be looked into later."

"Rasputin" video:

Watch TURISAS performing "Rasputin" at this year's Download festival (June 2007):

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