Finnish battle metal outfit TURISAS will release their new album, Stand Up And Fight, on the following dates:

Europe: January 31st, 2011

North America: February 8th, 2011

All other territories will be announced shortly.

Along with releasing a new album, Turisas is to join CRADLE OF FILTH on a North American tour in February/March 2011. The other supporting bands on this tour are NACHTMYSTIUM and DANIEL LIONEYE.

Dates include:

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

Right after returning from North America, Turisas will join forces with DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER on a European tour in March/April 2011. This is the second time the bands hit the road together: Turisas did their very first European tour with Die Apokalyptischen Reiter in 2005. Since then, both bands have taken giant leaps and now, six years later, their paths will cross once again.

Violinist Olli Vänskä comments: "In 2005 we only had a few shows under our belt and were total beginners with touring. We had such a blast on that first tour, played really nice shows and were happy with how Die Reiter treated us rookies. When they asked if we wanted to join them on tour again it was a kind of a 'why not' decision for us - an interesting and entertainment-guaranteed combo."

Turisas and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter's Moral & Wahnsinn Tour 2011 (with openers AKREA) includes the following dates:

March

24 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
25 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
26 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
27 - Schwabach, Germany - Markgrafensaal
29 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
30 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
31 - Graz, Austria - PPC

April

1 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
2 - Vienna, Austria - Szene
3 - Budapest, Hungary - Wigwam
5 - Wuerzburg, Germany - Posthalle
6 - Herford, Germany - X
7 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
8 - Darmstadt, Germany - Centralstation
9 - Kaiserslautern, Germany - Kammgarn
10 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
12 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
13 - Hannover, Germany - Capitol
14 - Kassel, Germany - Nachthallen
15 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys
16 - Erfurt, Germany - Stadtgarten
17 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle

Tuisas performed the new song 'The March Of The Varangian Guard' in Tampere, Finland at Pakkahuone on October 29th. Fan-filmed footage is available below.

For more info visit Turisas.com.