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TýR
CURRENT NAME	Týr
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Denmark
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1998
LABEL	Napalm Records
GENRE	Power metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2006-02-08, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2009-07-14, 09:30

Band biography

This story begins one evening in January 1998, when Heri Joensen met his old bandmate, Kári Streymoy, at a ball in central Copenhagen, and shouted at him in a raspy drunken voice through the noise and smoke, "You know, we should jam someday". Kári shook his head in hopelessness and replied. "No way man, I haven't held a drumstick in two years".

However sad and hopeless this situation may seem, it escalated, and the plot thickened with the joining of another old bandmate, Gunnar H. Thomsen, making the duo a trio.

Before they could say "Hey, let's make a band!", they found themselves making music heavily inspired by Faroese traditional music, Black Sabbath, old Norse mythology, Dream Theater and classical music.

The years passed, line-ups changed, and time took it's toll on these guys, grinding the band down to it's hard core, which lists as follows:

Heri Joensen - Vocals & Guitar
Terji Skibenæs - Guitar
Gunnar H. Thomsen - Bass
Kári Streymoy - Drums

These characters all originate from an inconspicuously small group of windy islands in the north Atlantic, named the Faeroes (Føroyar in Faeroese) by Grímur Kamban. It means "sheep islands" in old Norse. People from these very islands frequently travel to Denmark for educational purposes, driven by their curious nature.

A thousand years ago these people believed in other gods, as did the neighbouring kingdoms across the sea. Amongst these gods were Tórur, Óðin and Loki. Another one was named Týr, the god of war. He was the bravest of the gods, and in time he was privileged to give name to the band at the peak of music evolution.

In early February 2006 the band signed a contract with the Austrian label Napalm Records.

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Current members Add - Fetch
Kári Streymoy	1998-	Drums
Gunnar H.	1998-	Bass
Terji Skibenæs	2001-	Guitars
Heri Joensen	1998-	Guitars, vocals

Former members Add - Fetch
Allan Streymoy	-2002-	Vocals
Pól Arni	-2000-2002-	Vocals
Jón Joensen	-2000-	Guitars, vocals

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Unknown / none

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Official releases Add
2000	[demo]	No label
2002	How Far To Asgaard	Tutl
2002	Ólavur Riddararós (CDs)	Tutl
2003	Eric The Red	Tutl

Videos

Song: Hold The Heathen Hammer High

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