TURISAS has completed their as-yet-untitled third album, produced by frontman Mathias "Warlord" Nygård. An early 2011 release through Century Media is expected. Nygård has checked in with the following update:

"After a 16-month break from touring, focusing fully on the work on our third album, I'm happy to tell you that we're DONE! The workload has been enormous, and at times I've wished I'd known better, formed a punk rock band and kept things simple! But to achieve real progress, you really have to dig deep and see what you're made of. Take bites so big, you almost choke. We've stayed true to our ideology of releasing music only when we have something new to come out with, not repeating ourselves or just copying what we've done in the past to feed the market. Now that we're done with studios, we're all extremely excited to get back on the road again, and as our latest visit to North America is long overdue, coming over in January with CRADLE OF FILTH is something we're all very much looking forward to. We had a great time touring with them in Europe in 2009, so this should be killer! Now we only have to figure out how to play these new songs!"

The band's tour schedule with Cradle Of Filth is as follows:

February

1 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
2 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
4 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
5 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
6 - Las Vegas, NV@ House of Blues
8 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia Live
9 - San Francisco, CA@ Regency Ballroom
11 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Theatre
12 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
13 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
15 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Center
16 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall Ballroom
18 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
20 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
21 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
23 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo
25 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
26 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
27 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
28 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec

March

2 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
3 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater
4 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
5 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
6 - Baltimore, MD - Bourbon Street Ballroom
8 - Norfolk, VA - Norva Theatre
9 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
11 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
12 - Orlando, FL - Firestone
13 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade

As previously reported, Turisas recently released their digital only single of 'Supernaut'. Since the feedback to their version of the BLACK SABBATH classic on Metal Hammer UK’s Black Sabbath Tribute covermount CD was so positive, the band and Century Media Records decided to make an extended version of 'Supernaut' that is about 1 minute longer available.

'Supernaut' is available now on all digital European and North American platforms. An Australian release will follow October 8th. Check out the cover below on YouTube:

For more info visit Turisas.com.

(Photo by Audrey Dujardin)