TÃR will be joining Children of Bodom on their Halo Of Blood Over North America tour in early 2014. The tour will embark on February 14th in Quebec City and wraps up on March 28th and 29th with back-to-back shows at Irving Plaza in New York City. Tickets are on sale NOW!
Vocalist/guitarist Heri Joensen shares his excitement for this tour: “Finally we get to announce this one. It’s been in the works for a long time and it’s probably the biggest tour we’ve ever been on. North America, we’re very excited to see you all again soon!”
TÃR‘s brand new album, Valkyrja, has debuted on charts worldwide! In the US, the album reached #15 on the Billboard Heatseeker’s Chart, #22 on Current Hard Music, #39 on Overall Hard Music, and #70 on the Independent albums chart! On iTunes on day of release, Valkyrja reached #4 on the metal chart. In Europe, the album entered at #45 on German Top 100 Album Charts, and #76 on Switzerland’s charts. And in Canada, the record reached #26 on the Metal chart. On iTunes Canada, the record peaked at #2 on the metal chart, #9 on the rock chart, and #73 on the top 200 albums chart!
Valkyrja is a concept album with a story line based loosely around a nameless Viking age warrior who leaves his woman and goes off to impress the Valkyrie on the battlefield so that she may bring him to Valhalla, or to Fólkvangr, the home of Freyja–the goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, sorcery, war, and death. One can say the album is also indirectly about women and how they affect men and what men will do to impress and obtain women. Front man and founder Heri Joensen goes on to explain; “the woman that the warrior leaves may represent the earthly women. Freyja, The Lady Of The Slain, may represent the perfection of Women, and the Valkyrie is the link between the two, taking men from earthly to godly women.”
TYR
w/ Children Of Bodom:
2/14/2014 Imperial – Quebec City, QC
2/15/2014 Metropolis – Montreal, QC
2/16/2014 Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
2/18/2014 Crocks – Thunder Bay, ON
2/20/2014 The Garrick – Winnipeg, MB
2/21/2014 Louis Pub – Saskatoon, SK
2/22/2014 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB
2/23/2014 Macewan Ballroom – Calgary, BC
2/25/2014 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
2/26/2014 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
2/28/2014 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
3/01/2014 House Of Blues – Los Angeles, CA
3/02/2014 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
3/03/2014 Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
3/05/2014 The Murray Theater- Salt Lake City, UT
3/06/2014 Summit Theater – Denver, CO
3/07/2014 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
3/08/2014 Tricky Falls- El Paso, TX
3/10/2014 Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX
3/11/2014 House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
3/12/2014 House Of Blues – Houston, TX
3/14/2014 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
3/15/2014 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3/16/2014 The Ritz Ybor – Tampa, FL
3/18/2014 Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
3/19/2014 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
3/21/2014 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MC
3/22/2014 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
3/23/2014 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH
3/24/2014 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
3/25/2014 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
3/27/2014 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
3/28/2014 Irving Plaza – New York, NY
3/29/2014 Irving Plaza – New York, NY
