TYR on CAPITAL CHAOS 2008 @ The Boardwalk~Orangevale, CA 5/7/2008 on the "Paganfest 2008 Tour" also on the bill were AT DAWN, TURISAS, ELUVEITIE & ENSIFERUM Týr (pronounced [tʊiːɹ]) is a band from the Faroe Islands which plays a combination of heavy metal and folk music, with strong progressive metal elements. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore and mythology. They have signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while previously signed to the Faroese record label Tutl. http://www.tyr.net/ Týr began in January 1998. Heri Joensen met his old bandmate, Kári Streymoy, at a party in Copenhagen, Denmark. Joensen suggested to Streymoy that they should meet up and jam. Streymoy initially declined, but later took him up on his offer. http://www.myspace.com/tyr1 They were soon joined by another former bandmate, bassplayer Gunnar H. Thomsen, making the duo a trio. They began making music which was heavily inspired by Norse mythology, Faroese traditional music, and heavy metal music in general. According to the band's frontman Heri Joensen, Týr's "musical mission is to break down the walls that are erected between all the kinds of metal that have arisen over the years. Power-, doom-, black-, progressive-, gothic-, viking-, folk-, ethnic- and epic metal. Walls and labels do nothing but fill people with prejudice." http://www.napalmrecords.com/hp_artist.php?osCsid=c99f3b3c3d8adc75f0994e1142130353 The name of the band comes from Týr, a Norse god. Before Týr, Joensen and Thomsen formed their first band, at the age of seventeen. They called themselves Cruiser. Streymoy also played with them for a short while. They later changed their name to Wolfgang. Although neither band released any albums, Wolfgang lasted until 2000, which was long enough to record an undisclosed amount of songs that, according to Joensen are "pretty much ready to release." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDr_(band) Týr is to be a part of the Paganfest tour in Europe and the US in 2008, with Ensiferum headlining. Other bands on the tour include Eluveitie, Turisas in the US, and Moonsorrow and Korpiklaani will join them on the European part of the tour.

This is a copy of their first live performance in the Faroe Islands,containing one song. It's taken from the local tv station,at a music competition called Prix Føroyar in 2001. Line up back then was a bit different than the one now. Old LINE UP: Heri Joensen - Guitar & vocals Gunnar H. Thomsen - Bass & vocals Kári Streymoy - Drums & vocals Jón Joensen - Guitar & vocals Pól Arni Holm - Vocals Quote: Týr started in January 1998 in Copenhagen. We began to play what we thought was Heavy Metal loosely based on Faeroeses and Scandinavian traditionals. Later we have been told that ther correct term is Viking Metal, a term we had never heard before it was used by reviewers to describe our style. Today we lean more to the traditional side that we did to begin with. We took a long time to get the band up and running for real. We played a lot of music competitions in the early days, and our breakthrough in the Faeroes was in April 2001 in a music competition. We didn't win but one of our songs, 'Ormurin Langi', was on top of the radio chart for 15 weeks. In the autumn of 2001 the rumour of 'Ormurin Langi' had spread to Iceland. In the meantime we had done the recordings of 'How far to Asgaard' during which Jón Joensen left us. When we released 'How far to Asgaard' through Tutl Records in Jan. 2002 it was on top of the Icelandic bestseller list for some time, and in March 2002 we made a small and really successful tour to Iceland with Terji Skibenæs replacing Jón. 'Ormurin Langi' was the most wanted ever on Icelandic radio. We shot the 'Ormurin Langi' video, our first but not our best, on that trip to Iceland. The following autumn Pól Arni left us, just after shooting the 'Hail to the Hammer' video in the Faeroes. We played the following winter in Norway and Latvia with Allan Streymoy, though not remotely with the same success as in Iceland. Allan left us early in 2003 and we were in dire need of a singer and we were also working very hard on the second album. We felt we needed to work fast to keep our heads above waters with all the line-up problems and in June that year we released 'Eric the Red' on which Heri Joensen sang more or less as an emergency solution. After that we played around a bit, the Faeroes, Iceland, Denmark, Poland and Russia. On that trip to Poland we made the 'Regin Smiður' video. We toured on with the same album in 2004 adding Germany and Finland to our list and that is where we found our real audience. We also had more line-up issues that year when we almost lost Terji who was replaced temporarily by Ottó Páll Arnarson from Iceland. We didn't play abroad in 2005 concentrating all our energy on the third album and to get a deal with a record company and a booking agent, which we knew was crucial to secure the future for the band. We got both and we are really exited about Napalm Records and L!sten Up Management. Also we are confident that we will release our best album so far in 2006. This is our experience till this day. Our line-up has stabilized and we all agree that the only way out of this band is death or severe mutilation.

WHAT DOES FAROESE SOUND LIKE? In the North Isles of Faroe incl. Svínoy, and Northern Eysturoy, the vowel 'á' is pronounced [aa:] as opposed to rest of Faroe, where 'á' is pronounced [oa:]. A feature special to Svínoy (and Fugloy) is the flat pronounciation of the diphthong 'æ', slightly different from rest of Faroe. In this reading, the diphthong 'ei' is pronounced [oi:] when long, and [oi:] or [o:] when short. This is the case in the North Isles, Eysturoy and Northern Streymoy. In the rest of Faroe, incl. Tórshavn 'ei' is pronounced [ai:](eye). ð = SILENT SPECIAL FAROESE VOWELS: á pron. [oa:] or [aa:] í and ý pron. [ooee:] ó pron. [ouw:] ú pron. [ew:]

two drunk guys go on board a ship and find a hole bunch of buttplugs

Tyr is a band from the Faroe Islands which plays a combination of heavy metal and folk music, with strong progressive metal elements. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history. The name of the band comes from Tyr, a Norse god. This is taken at Luxor Live on Sunday 26 October 2008 Arnhem, Holland. Line-up: Heri Joensen - vocals, guitar Terji Skibenaes - guitar Gunnar H. Thomsen - bass guitar Kari Streymoy - drums

Tyr is a band from the Faroe Islands which plays a combination of heavy metal and folk music, with strong progressive metal elements. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history. The name of the band comes from Tyr, a Norse god. This is taken at Luxor Live on Sunday 26 October 2008 Arnhem, Holland. Line-up: Heri Joensen - vocals, guitar Terji Skibenaes - guitar Gunnar H. Thomsen - bass guitar Kari Streymoy - drums

tha national flag of the faroe islands, under a typical faroese sky. i'm in love with this place

me driving through the dark faroes tunnels.

drunk plays tunes on beerglasses

Footage of the Faroese villages of Tjørnuvík and Saksun. Boards of Canada - 1986 Summer Fire

Drunk guy climbing monuments in center of copenhagen

taking a painful ride through the streets of Aalborg