BOXLP, Kapela - TURISAS

Left to right: Horma, Wickström, Nygard, Skog, Vänskä, Lehtonen. Formed under the name Köyliö in 1997, the band's name was changed to Turisas between 1998 and 1999. Turisas (Iku-Turso) is the name of a sea monster in Finnish mythlogy, sometimes considered a god of war. In July 2004, Georg Laakso was stabbed six times in the back after getting in a fight with a stranger, but suffered no serious ...