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

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):