Finland’s TURISAS have announced they will once again return to the States in February and March 2013 for a headlining tour featuring FIREWIND and STOLEN BABIES as special guest.

The band commented: "Back to America straight out of the studio! We've spent the last six months off the road writing some new killer tunes and are just about to start recording them as we speak. The great memories from our previous tour last spring are making us even more excited to hit the road again after this long break. We're coming up with new cool and crazy ideas for this tour, and who knows; maybe we'll even try out and premiere some completely unreleased new material. One thing is certain, after nine months off the road there'll be some serious energy to be released on stage! Serve us your weakest piss-light beer! We'll take it! America here we come!"

Tour dates are below:

February

2 - Jacksonville, FL - Roc Bar
3 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade - Downstairs
5 - Richmond, VA - Empire
6 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
7 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium - Upstairs
8 - Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Électriques
9 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
10 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
11 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Downunder
13 - Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
15 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
16 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
18 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
19 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
20 - Portland, OR - Branx
21 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro OperaHouse
22 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club*
23 - Santa Ana, CA - The Constellation Room*
25 - Tempe, AZ - 910 Live*
28 - Dallas, TX - Door*

March

1 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit*
2 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live*
4 - Orlando, FL - The Social*
5 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room*
6 - Tampa, FL - State Theatre*

*=Turisas and Firewind only

A special VIP meet and greet package is available for all the shows. For full details, visit this location.

Tuisas are currently in the studio recording their fourth, as yet untitled album, the follow-up to 2011's Stand Up And Fight. The band recently issued the first in a series of video blogs, see below:

The band recently announced plans for their first ever tour in Latin America. The band will play seven shows in March 2013, including dates in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Dates are below:

Tour dates include:

March

8 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
9 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Pepper's
10 - Bogota, Columbia - Teatro La Mama
12 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Groove
14 - Santiago, Chile - Rock & Guitarras
16 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Carioca Club
17 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - Opiniao