Turisas, one of the most notable Finnish metal acts and pioneers of folk/Viking metal, have premiered the video for their new song "Ten More Miles." Off their just-released album "Turisas2013", "Ten More Miles" is a perfect return to form. Turisas came onto the Finnish metal scene in 2004, dressed as war-painted, fur-wearing Vikings, toting an album with the in-your-face title of "Battle Metal". The masterful homage to battling, drinking, and other Viking activities was followed three years later by "The Varangian Way", a musical tale of epic adventure by Varangians (the Greek name of for "Viking") through Eastern Europe. Their third album, 2011's "Stand Up and Fight", saw not only a deviation with their musical style, but overall look. The armor and fur were (to the dismay of many fans) gone, replaced with a style fit for a Mad Max movie set. "Turisas2013", which was released this week by Century Media, further continues the musical evolution (or "devoluton", according to some fans) of Turisas, with most of the tracks barely resembling their previous folk-laden anthems and epic overtures. "Ten More Miles", however, isn't one of these, and is rife with horns, epic choruses, and incredibly catchy verses that build perfectly. Despite only being released a few hours ago, the debate has already started about what the video means. In the video, the band members play a group of marauders, lead by lead singer Warlord Nygård, who march into a village and mercilessly rid it of its poor inhabitants. This is cross-cut with a present-day Nygård, who sits bored in a meeting full of suits and just as many iThings. After the helpless villagers are taken care of, Nygård is presented with an armored, axe-wielding foe. He raises his sword in challenge. In the 21st-century office, Nygård raises the same sword against the businessmen. With equal strokes, his sword does what it was made to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhgsqSBHA6M Some fans wonder why Turisas would release a video of their Viking-guised selves slaughtering innocent villagers, for they have always had a fun side to their music and imagery. Those disturbed by this need only to look at other fans, who've already begun to look deeper into the meaning of the video (you gotta love die-hards). In their theory, the present-day businessmen are comparable to the raiders of yesteryear, who mercilessly pick on the disenfranchised, poor, and unprotected. Current-day Nygård, sitting in his meeting, thinking back on all this, redeems his 11th century, civilian-slaying self and uses the same exact sword to bring justice (in an unconventional way) to the modern world. (In the midst of all these theories, I'm just wondering why the sixth member of the band isn't showing his face. Was he not there when they filmed? Where was he? What was he doing?) No matter what the video means, it is nice to see Turisas back in their armor and fur, if only just for this video. Check it out for yourself and tell us what you think!