Battle Metal

Infobox Album|
Name = Battle Metal
Type = studio
Artist = Turisas


Released = July 26 2004
Recorded = January 2003 - April 2004
Genre = Folk metal Viking metal
Length = 57:15
Label = Century Media
Producer = Mathias Nygård
Terje Refsnes
Reviews =
Last album = "The Heart of Turisas"
(2001)
This album = "Battle Metal"
(2004)
Next album = "The Varangian Way"
(2007)

"Battle Metal" is the debut full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas. It was released on July 26, 2004 by Century Media.

Track listing

# "Victoriae & Triumphi Dominus" – 1:27
# "As Torches Rise" – 4:51
# "Battle Metal" – 4:23
# "The Land of Hope and Glory" – 6:22
# "The Messenger" – 4:42
# "One More" – 6:50
# "Midnight Sunrise" – 8:15
# "Among Ancestors" – 5:16
# "Sahti-Waari" – 2:28
# "Prologue for R.R.R." – 3:09
# "Rex Regi Rebellis" – 7:10
# "Katuman Kaiku" – 2:22

Japanese Bonus Tracks

# "Till The Last Man Falls" - From The Heart of Turisas 2001 (5:29)
# "Terra Tavestorum" - From Unnamed Promo 1999 (5:34)
# "Midnight Sunrise" - Live

Credits

*Mathias Nygård – vocals, alto, soprano and sopranino recorders, programming, additional percussion
*Jussi Wickström – electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, double bass
*Tude Lehtonen – drums/percussion (djembe, udu, congas, bongos, electric percussion)
*Antti Ventola – synthesizers, piano, vibraphone, Hammond organ
*Georg Laakso – electric and acoustic guitar

Additional Musicians

*Riku Ylitalo - accordion
*Olli Vänskä - violin
*Emmanuelle Zoldan - female vocals

*Produced by: Mathias Nygård and Terje Refsnes

*Recorded at: Sound Suite Studio / France by Terje Refsnes in separate sessions between December 03 and April 04

*Additional recordings made at: Steeltrack Studio / Finland by Georg Laakso and Mathias Nygård between January 2003 and March 2004 | drums, percussion, choirs, violin, accordion, most recorders & some acoustic guitars and vocals

*Mixed by: Terje Refsnes and Mathias Nygård

*Mastered by: Ulf Horbelt at Digital Mastering Studios, Marl / Germany

*Cover artwork by: Niklas Sundin

*Photography by: Ossi Laakso

*Music by: Nygård, except #5,8,9 (Nygård/Ventola) & #11 (Nygård/Wickström)

*Lyrics by: Nygård, except: #10 by Zacharias Topelius, taken from the novel: "Surgeon's Stories - In Times of Gustav Adolf" & #11 which includes Swedish quotes taken from "The March of the Finnish Cavalry in the Thirty Years War" by Zacharias Topelius, Finnish translation by O. Manninen

*Arrangements & programming by: Mathias Nygård