TÝR: An interview with Heri Joensen & Amon Djurhuus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2014
- When folk-metal exploded into heavy music culture at the start of the 2000's, the Faeroese band Týr found themselves wrapped up in this classification. The problem is that it's technically correct. Folk music from Faeroes is completely vocal, so Týr's original concept was to combine these songs with classic metal music. With this in mind the band created five albums of lush, progressive hard rock and metal, harmonized in multiple languages.
While this approach won them many passionate fans, for their 2009 release "By The Light of The Northern Star", the band tightened their style. Songs become shorter and more concise, and English was used far more frequently. While the ethic and mythological influences remained, their songs now had far more in common with traditional heavy metal than ever before.
This change has been commercially beneficial for the band. Týr recently signed to Metal Blade records for the release of their latest album "Valkyrja", which has already become the biggest release of their career. As they began a long North American tour with Children of Bodom, I had a chance to chat with frontman Heri Joensen and drummer Amon Djurhuus who speak candidly about the roots and development of the band, including the change from their early "obscure" sound.
- Andrew Epstein
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Regin Smidur was the first TYR song I ever hear and its still one of my favorites!!
So nice to see a fellow canadian interviewing tyr! :D
He is right. The albums all grew on me. I wasn't too sure about Valkyrja at first. Now I really enjoy it.
couldn't agree more.
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+Maru Ato Seems to be the case with most metal. Some songs/albums just need a few listens before I can decide if I like them.
Fun fact: Terji Skibenæs will tattoo his autograph on you if ask. Also, he's our only licensed tattoo artist and overcharges due to his busy schedule and high demand. Just get inked in Denmark. Sorry Terji XD
I would pay whatever he charges.. not a problem😉
they are an unique band.. that's why their success. So far, than here in Colombia (a tropical country, thousand km away) are very popular. I fuckin love them
Great band!
never seen them live yet but i am counting the days until i do!!
good interview by the way! good work Andrew!
Wintersun and slayer tshirt nice
l like the Wintersun T-shirt :)
Ditto on the Wintersun tee.
Happy birthday Heri! Feb 21 2014
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Very cool! I love interviews with TYR.
Love these guys. Shame I didn't know about them when they were on your in North America, I don't know when they'll be back :/
Heri has the most beautiful eye color.. Wow..
Yeah - but he is still an asshole for supporting the killing of whales and dolphins.
+mack man Jesus you are fucking everywhere! At least when is about Faroe Islands
mack man Still an idiot?
Yes,he does. Like two sparkly aquamarines.
By the light of the northern star is diverse between folk and metal one of my favourite albums of all time
The pronunciation of TÝR makes me cry.
MissLokiJackson Tweer!
I love these guys. I'm new to TYR so I'm looking forward to finding out more about them xx
I love their music, but I can tell you they support and participate in this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands
Julià Ríos The Faroese tradition of whale hunting is no different than Southern American tradition of hunting deer.
@Shaxx you're right. And that's why I don't eat animals anymore
Their "Where Eagles Dare" cover is nothing short of sublime.. 🤘
unlistenable?!?! Some of my favorite stuff is on the early albums and are generally what people would regard as progressive folk metal...... including the uncredited very last a capella track on How Far To Asgard In fact if anyone has a translation and text in Faeroese of that track I'd love to have it, because I want to learn it.
Not unlistenable over here.. I love the early songs very much!
any sabatoner ????
Heri please, marry me 😍
😍
How are they saying their older albums are less listenable?! I started listening to TYR with Land and Ragnarök - which I still consider their best albums - and loved them right from the start. I really hope they don't get too deep into this mindset of "easy listening"...
still waiting for the next album... :/
Im still waiting for metallica's album...it has been 8 years...
I don't think there's a need for so much discussion on their development of sound through the albums. All bands change as they move forward and each captures the moment at that time, as Dave Weiner said. All Tyr is great! Eric The Red or Ragnarok are probably my favourite though!
I love watching interviews and stuff by my favourite ones are when the band talks more than the interviewer haha either way good stuff!
i wall all ways love the native folk it batter.
I started with land. I thought it was very listenable 😁
Ragnarok is a masterpiece. Eric the Red is great. How Far to Asgaard is good. New album is good. Land and Lay are fair.
whats the first song they started playing? the accapella one
angie Love Sinklars Visa?
Also look for Turid Torkilsdóttir
He is intelligent
Terji, please give me your guitar.
New music please?
Folk metal exploded in heavy music culture at the start of the 2000's? More like the 1990's! Bands such as Storm were doing it way back in '95, and they certainly weren't the first.
You know what I mean?
No...or should i say... Nei
Tier
Valkiria
+alda arnafjall tsk tsk
Heiri
Heri had a good point tho- too much talking man. I wanna hear his sweet voice ;) Find questions the artists can elaborate on by themselves and let them do the talking, 90% of this was babble. Its hard when you get an artist that won't elaborate because of language barriers or not having much to say by Heri is an impressive linguist and just looked really confused when you asked him such convoluted and leading questions. I'm impressed he found much more to say after you said it all for him. Not trying to be mean at all it just seems a shame. Interviewing artists is hard but better to have a short interview than a long one that's unlistenable.
Also check your pronunciations- the only thing worse than saying an artist's name incorrectly is saying the name of the band itself wrong. Its 'toor', not 'teer' :/
Ashton Brenton its not pronounced 'toor'..the ý in faroese sounds like 'uy'. 'Tuyr'. And the band have previously said that they don't care if westerners pronounce it like 'tear'
no shit go back to your older music is so much better
the new albums have nothing on the old stuff