Estonian heavy folk metal band Metsatöll in Belgium as part of Ensiferum European Tour
10.10.2009
Metsatöll, together with its northern neighbours Ensiferum and Tracedawn, is about to go on an European tour, which includes a concert in Belgium in Vosselaar on October 10th.
"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. http://www.ensiferum.com/e_html/e_tourinfo.htm http://www.metsatoll.ee/et/mouramised/index.html
