TURISAS frontman Mathias Nygård is featured in a new video interview with Mexico's Search & Destroy, conducted on January 29th in Mexico City, Mexico. Check it out below:

Turisas' new album, Stand Up And Fight, was released in North America on March 8th via Century Media Records on in the following formats:

- Ltd. Mediabook with Bonus-CD (two additional tracks, special acoustic live performance as CD enhancement)
- CD
- Gatefold LP plus the entire album on CD
- Digital Download

Stand Up And Fight tracklisting:

'The March Of The Varangian Guard'

'Take The Day!'

'Hunting Pirates'

'???????! - ????????!'

'Stand Up And Fight'

'The Great Escape'

'Fear The Fear'

'End Of An Empire'

'The Bosphorus Freezes Over'

Check out a trailer below:

“Stand Up And Fight is a loose continuation of the story from The Varangian Way, and picks up where the previous one left us, in Constantinople,” explains mainman Mathias Nygård. “However, it is not a sequel as such. In general, the songs are much more universal and deal with topics that can be placed just as tightly into the modern world as in the 11th century Byzantine Empire. Stand Up And Fight has much more to offer the contemporary listener.”

Turisas are currently part of CRADLE OF FILTH's current North American tour with NACHTMYSTIUM and DANIEL LIONEYE. Remaining dates include:

March

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

For more info visit Turisas.com.