TÝR have announced they will tour extensively in the UK and Ireland with Sabaton and Korpiklaanni later this year kicking off in Norwich on November 28, 2014.
Catch them here:
Sabaton + Korpiklaanni + TYR
November 2014
28th NORWICH – Waterfront
29th BRIGHTON – Concorde 2
30th PLYMOUTH – White Rabbit
December 2014
2nd READING – Sub89
3rd WEYMOUTH – The Pavillion
5th GLASGOW – QMU
6th DUBLIN – The Academy
7th BELFAST – Limelight
8th MANCHESTER – The Ritz
9th WOLVERHAMPTON – Slade Rooms
There will also be two dates without Sabaton:
Korpiklaanni + TYR
December 2014
1st BRISTOL – The Fleece
4th LONDON – Islington Academy
TÝR recently unveiled their latest music video, „The Lay of Our Love,” from their most recent album, „Valkyrja.” The song features a vocal duet with Leaves’ Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine. So, naturally, fans will be excited to see that Kristine joins Heri Joensen and the rest of TÝR in this new video! The video was produced by Stanimir Lukic, directed by Ivan Colic, and can be seen now at youtube.com/metalbladerecords.
„Valkyrja” debuted on charts worldwide upon release in September of 2013. In the US, the album reached #15 on the Billboard Heatseeker’s Chart, #22 on Current Hard Music, #39 on Overall Hard Music, and #70 on the Independent albums chart! On iTunes on day of release, „Valkyrja” reached #4 on the metal chart. In Europe, the album entered at #45 on German Top 100 Album Charts, and #76 on Switzerland’s charts. And in Canada, the record reached #26 on the Metal chart. On iTunes Canada, the record peaked at #2 on the metal chart, #9 on the rock chart, and #73 on the top 200 albums chart!
The concept behind „Valkyrja” involves a story based around a nameless, Viking-era warrior, who leaves his woman and goes off to impress the Valkyrie on the battlefield so that she may bring him to Valhalla, or to Fólkvangr, the home of Freyja—the goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, sorcery, war, and death. One can say the album is also indirectly about women and how they affect men and what men will do to impress and obtain women. Front man and founder Heri Joensen goes on to explain; „the woman that the warrior leaves may represent the earthly women. Freyja, The Lady Of The Slain, may represent the perfection of Women, and the Valkyrie is the link between the two, taking men from earthly to godly women.”