The Varangian Way
| The Varangian Way | ||||
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| Released | UK: 28 May 2007 Finland: 6 June 2007 Europe: 18 June 2007 North America: 17 July 2007 Japan: 25 July 2007 | |||
| Recorded | November 2006 – March 2007 at Sound Supreme Studio, Hämeenlinna, Finland | |||
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| Length | 42:57 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Mathias "Warlord" Nygård, Janne Saska | |||
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The Varangian Way is the second full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas, released on 27 May 2007 through Century Media. It is a concept album that tells the story of a group of Scandinavians traveling the river routes of medieval Kievan Rus' (territory of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Russia), through Ladoga, Novgorod and Kyiv, down to the Eastern Roman Empire.
A special director's cut edition was released with the "Rasputin" single.
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