– February sixth, 2023 –
New Video, “Axes,” Now Taking part in + Pre-orders Obtainable
Picture by Gaui H
Faroe Islands-based acclaimed Viking metallic collective TÝR returns with their ninth full-length studio album, Battle Ballads, set for launch on April twelfth by way of Metallic Blade Information!
When TÝR teamed up with the Symphony Orchestra of the Faroe Islands on February eighth, 2020, to file the double-disc/DVD launch A Night time At The Nordic Home, founding frontman Heri Joensen was thrilled to carry collectively two of the music kinds he loves most – people and classical – into his band’s unorthodox type of music. However on the time, he couldn’t have imagined what a profound impression the collaboration would have on his musical imaginative and prescient, and the way a lot it could affect and inform the album he would write a couple of years later.
“There’s a purpose classical music is known as classical,” Joensen says. “It’s the classical manner of doing it. And it creates these epic sounds that slot in completely with the type of metallic we do in TÝR. So, there’s full orchestration on all the new songs.”
The follow-up to the band’s 2019′s highly effective progressive people metallic album Hel, the brand new Battle Ballads is aptly named – a crushing, hovering, batch of classical embellished songs that conjure photos of galloping steeds, clashing swords, and hard-fought victories. And, as if it must be acknowledged, the title Battle Ballads has nothing in frequent with the lighter-raising songs so prevalent within the Eighties.
“There are positively two variations of a ballad,” clarifies Joensen. “Lots of people consider hair metallic, once they consider ballads. We’re ballads right here within the Medieval sense. Aside from a few softer elements on the album, that is very a lot straight heavy metallic with some people and classical influences. I’m unsure what precisely one would name it – energy metallic, Viking metallic, people metallic. It nonetheless suits in very a lot with what we do, solely it feels larger and extra like these massive soundscapes.”
As a lot as TÝR would have appreciated to write down, rehearse, and file with a symphony, schedule conflicts made it not possible to have the band and classical musicians to be in the identical place on the similar time. So the band did the subsequent smartest thing. With Joensen on the helm, they wrote ten thunderous songs for Battle Ballads, then the bandleader despatched the compositions to a Danish colleague Lars Winther residing in England, who added the orchestral samples, paying shut consideration to the tone and tempo of the songs so the violins, violas, cellos, woodwinds, and horns match complimented the normal rock devices. When the samples had been all in place the album sounded spectacular, however the tones weren’t completely blended. So, TÝR despatched the album to veteran producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, The Black Dahlia Homicide, Amaranthe) in Denmark to place collectively the ultimate combine.
There’s no escaping the masterful mix of melody and savagery on Battle Ballads. The opening observe “Hammered” funnels infectious riffs and searing licks by quite a lot of rhythm and tempo adjustments, “Unwandered Methods” is a triumphant, upbeat mix of vocal harmonies, joyous people hooks, and dense, driving guitars, and encompasses a solo break that exhibit guitarist Hans Hammer’s acrobatic skill to shred. And “Battle Ballad” is a trample to the abyss, fueled by hammering beats, fleet-fingered guitars, orchestral swell and chugging guitar breaks.
Prematurely of the discharge of Battle Ballads, right this moment TÝR unveils the file’s first single, “Axes,” and its accompanying video.
Joensen feedback, “‘Axes’ begins with a battle horn adopted by a quick melodic and symphonic guitar riff introducing the development and primary theme of the music. Recreation Of Thrones-ish lyrics of gory and glorified hand-to-hand battle of Viking instances, advised from a first-person perspective. The verse is gradual and heavy with a gritty, but theatrical and melodic voice. The refrain is quick with a singalong choir, alternating vocally between intricate and brutally easy phrasings. It’s a brief face-melting metallic music primarily based on a single melodic concept.”
Watch TÝR‘s “Axes” video at THIS LOCATION.
Battle Ballads options the beautiful paintings of by Gyula Havancsak and will likely be launched on CD and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following coloration variants:
Sea Blue Smoke (US)
Maroon Marbled (EU – Ltd. 800)
180g Black (EU – Ltd. 500)
Thunderous Sky Blue Marbled (EU – Ltd. 300)
Teal Inexperienced Soften With Pink Splatter (EU – Ltd. 200)
Flame Splattered (EU – Ltd. 200)
Discover pre-orders at: metalblade.com/tyr
TÝR:
Heri Joensen – vocal, guitar
Hans Hammer – guitar
Gunnar Helmer “Gunz” Thomsen – bass
Tadeusz “Tad” Rieckmann – drums
In celebration of the discharge of Battle Ballads, TÝR will return to North American phases this Spring for The Battle Ballads headlining tour. The tour will begin on March twenty eighth in Baltimore, Maryland and make its manner by over two dozen cities, coming to a detailed on April twenty sixth in Greensboro, North Carolina. Help will likely be offered by Trollfest, Æther Realm, and The Dread Crew Of Oddwood. The tour marks TÝR‘s first North American run since 2019. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates under.
Battle Ballads Monitor Itemizing:
01. Hammered
02. Unwandered Methods
03. Dragons By no means Die
04. Row
05. Torkils Døtur
06. Vælkomnir Føroyingar
07. Hangman
08. Axes
09. Battle Ballad
10. Causa Latronum Normannorum
TÝR w/ Trollfest, Æther Realm, The Dread Crew Of Oddwood:
3/28/2024 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
3/29/2024 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
3/30/2024 Center East Downstairs – Boston, MA
3/31/2024 La Supply De La Martinière – Quebec Metropolis, QC
4/01/2024 Studio TD – Montreal, QC
4/02/2024 Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON
4/03/2024 Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
4/04/2024 The Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
4/05/2024 Reggies – Chicago, IL
4/06/2024 Skyway Theater – Minneapolis, MN
4/07/2024 Park Theater – Winnipeg. MB
4/08/2024 The Trade – Regina, SK
4/09/2024 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
4/10/2024 Dickens – Calgary, AB
4/12/2024 The Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC
4/13/2024 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
4/14/2024 Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
4/15/2024 Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA
4/16/2024 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
4/17/2024 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
4/18/2024 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
4/19/2024 Rockhouse Bar & Grill – El Paso, TX
4/20/2024 Come And Take It Reside – Austin, TX
4/21/2024 The Granada – Dallas, TX
4/22/2024 White Oak Music Corridor – Houston, TX
4/24/2024 Conduit – Orlando, FL
4/25/2024 The Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA
4/26/2024 Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC
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