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The Varangian Way

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The Varangian Way
Studio album by
ReleasedUK: May 28, 2007
Finland: June 6, 2007
Europe: June 18, 2007
North America: July 17, 2007
Japan: July 25, 2007
RecordedNovember 2006 – March 2007 at Sound Supreme Studio, Hämeenlinna, Finland
GenreFolk metal
Power metal
Symphonic metal
Length42:57
LabelCentury Media
ProducerMathias "Warlord" Nygård, Janne Saska
Turisas chronology
Battle Metal
(2004)
The Varangian Way
(2007)
Stand Up and Fight
(2011)

The Varangian Way is the second full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, released on May 27, 2007 through Century Media.[1] It is a concept album that tells the story of a group of Scandinavians traveling the river routes of medieval Kievan Rus' (territory of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Russia), through Ladoga, Novgorod and Kyiv, down to the Eastern Roman Empire.

A Special "Directors Cut" edition was released with the Rasputin single.

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Track listing

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  1. "To Holmgard and Beyond" – 5:17
  2. "A Portage to the Unknown" – 4:50
  3. "Cursed Be Iron" – 5:03
  4. "Fields of Gold" – 4:34
  5. "In the Court of Jarisleif" – 3:17
  6. "Five Hundred and One" – 6:18
  7. "The Dnieper Rapids" – 5:20
  8. "Miklagard Overture" – 8:18
  9. "Rasputin" (Boney M. cover) (Director's Cut bonus track) - 3:53
  10. "To Holmgard and Beyond" [Single Edit] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 3:00
  11. "Rex Regi Rebellis" [Finnish Version with Prologue] (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 10:20
  12. "Battle Metal" Live at Party San '06 (Enhanced edition bonus track) - 5:40

A Limited Edition "Pagan Fest Tour Edition" version comes with two bonus tracks, Rasputin and To Holmgard and Beyond (single edit), and a DVD containing the video for Rasputin and several live performances.

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References

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  1. ^ "Turisas - The Varangian Way". Metal Storm.

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