South Africa's Voice Of Rock Radio has posted a new audio interview featuring Mathias Nygard of TURISAS, recorded during this year’s Hellfest in Clisson, France. Listen below:

TURISAS Interview - Hellfest 2011 by VOICE OF ROCK RADIO

After their recent set at Download Festival, Turisas announced that they will return to UK shores as headliners later this year: the upcoming invasion is an extensive 17-date tour, taking place between October 27th and November 17th, supporting the band's latest album, Stand Up And Fight. The tour will also feature the bands' first ever voyage across the Irish Sea to visit to Dublin and Belfast, it’ll be co-headlining shows with DEVIN TOWNSEND.

Violinist Olli Vänskä: "We did a similar run back in 2008 and it was a massive success. So many international bands only do a 3 - 4 date tours in the UK, only covering a couple of the major cities: we wanted to dig deeper and played a lot of shows also in smaller towns and cities. The audience seemed really appreciative and we had some super intense shows back then, and I've no doubt that this tour is going to be an exploding experience, too. It's great to be able to return with such a good number of dates!"

The tickets for the tour are on sale starting today, Friday, June 17th (except Irish shows, on sale date TBA). The supporting bands are still TBC, so keep an eye out for a further announcement on supports.

Dates include:

October

27 - Brighton, England - Concorde 2
28 - Bristol, England - O2 Academy 2
29 - Plymouth, England - White Rabbit
31 - Norwich, England - Waterfront

November

1 - Glasgow, Scotland - Garage
2 - Newcastle, England - Northumbria Uni
4 - Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
5 - Leeds, England - University Union (Damnation Festival)
7 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight (co-headline with Devin Townsend)
8 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans (co-headline with Devin Townsend)
9 - Wrexham, England - Central Station
10 - Sheffield, England - Corporation
12 - Cardiff, England - University SU: The Great Hall 2
13 - Reading, England - Sub 89
15 - Southampton, England - University: Garden Court
16 - Leicester, England - Sub 91
17 - Manchester, England - Academy 3

The Heidenfest 2011 European tour will take place from September 30th - October 23rd, featuring FINNTROLL, Turisas, ALESTORM, ARKONA, TROLLFEST and SKÁLMÖLD. More extended shows with WINTERSUN, DORNENREICH and TODGELICHTER have been announced.

Check out a tour trailer below:

Heidenfest 2011 dates include:

September

30 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall *

October

1 - Gieben, Germany - Hessenhallen *
2 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
3 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola
4 - Krakow, Poland - Studio
5 - Hannover, Germany - Faust
6 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
7 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn *
8 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle *
9 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 *
10 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Poppodium
11 - London, England - HMV Forum
12 - Lille, France - Aeronef
13 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
14 - München, Germany - Backstage
15 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
16 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Trix
17 - Lindau, Germany - Vaudeville
18 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
19 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna Mediapark
20 - Budapest, Hungary - Club 202
21 - Wien, Austria - Arena
22 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
23 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen

Special guests at extended shows (*) are WINTERSUN, DORNENREICH and TODGELICHTER.

More info at Heidenfest.eu.