Estonian heavy folk metal band Metsatöll in UK as part of Ensiferum European Tour

06.10.2009 - 09.10.2009

Metsatöll, together with its northern neighbours Ensiferum and Tracedawn, is about to go on an European tour, which includes four gigs in the UK from 6 - 9 October in London, Nottingham, Glasgow and Dudley

“Going on a tour with Ensiferum is like winning the lottery,” the drummer Marko Atso says. “A tour together with them is equal to three or four years of promotional work done locally from Estonia.” Altogether there will be 32 gigs in 11 countries including UK, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

Metsatöll began as an epic heavy metal trio in 1999. The ancient Estonian dialect word “metsatöll” is a euphemism for the wolf. Having performed in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium and Germany, Metsatöll have more than a 170 gigs under their belts. Various albums have sold more than 25 000 copies in all. In the year 2006, Metsatöll initiated a cooperation project with Estonia’s National Male Choir, staging “Raua needmine” (“Curse Upon Iron”), the magnum opus of Veljo Tormis. Later, DVDs of the performance in the ruins of the medieval Pirita cloister were released in Estonia and Germany.

Gigs in the UK:

6.10. 20:00  London, Scala
http://www.scala-london.co.uk/scala/event.php?id=1115
  
7.10. 20:00  Nottingham , Rescue Rooms
http://www.rescuerooms.com/index.php?option=com_dhpevents&Itemid=71&eventid=127
 
8.10. 20:00  Glasgow, Cathouse
http://www.triplegmusic.com/?option=com_gigcal&task=details&gigcal_gigs_id=409&Itemid=32
 
9.10. 20:00  Dudley, JB's
http://www.jbsdudley.co.uk/  

See also:

www.metsatoll.ee 
www.myspace.com/metsatoll 
www.ensiferum.com 
www.myspace.com/ensiferum 
www.tracedawn.com 
www.myspace.com/tracedawn 

Additional info: Marko Atso, e-mail atso@metsatoll.ee, phone +372 56 906 662