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Tarja Turunen - New Musical Group


The singer has announced her participation in a new project named Harus.

Here is the official statement from her official website:

"There is an old Finnish tradition when it comes to newborns - the baby is not to be named until the baptism ceremony, when he or she is presented to the family with the chosen name.
A few years ago, in 2006, a new project from Tarja was born and, following the same tradition, the time has come to baptize it, to make the presentations to the family and to give it a name - Harus.

Harus is a rather peculiar, uncommon Finnish word that describes the four tensors that keep a tent together or the tensor that keeps the mast from falling in a sailing boat.

Both of the meanings apply to this musicians line up: four members, four equals, four different backgrounds to tie together exquisite classical music developed strongly and in a very stable way, with a taste of experimental, modern feel.

The ever-changing waters Harus sails on promise a unique feeling and combination for each program.

Harus are:

Tarja Turunen: Vocals
Kalevi Kiviniemi: Organ
Marzi Nyman: Guitar
Markku Krohn: Percussion

Let's give Harus a warm welcome and expect further news very soon!"

Source: tarjaturunen.com
Band profile: Tarja
Posted: 16.08.2011 by Sjuk


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Comments: 23   [ 1 ignored ]   Visited by: 238 users
16.08.2011 - 12:50
Elodie Artour
Slania
All right, I'm interested. Let's see how that turns out.
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16.08.2011 - 13:12
Windrider
Raureif
Sounds somehow cheesy to me...
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16.08.2011 - 13:13
Franchu

The "classical music" and "modern feel" things are quite subtle ways to say "right guys, here comes Nightwish 2.0".

Looking forward to listening to it...:P
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16.08.2011 - 14:07
CyberSymphony
Ollie
This sounds quite promising.
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16.08.2011 - 14:25
seafood

Actually I don't expect anything metal from this, which isn't a bad thing after all, we don't need another female-fronted-symphonic-superepic-omgitstarja group, that's been done too many times already.. but I fear I might be wrong.
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16.08.2011 - 14:31
Adrameleh

Does that mean, she stops her solo project? Or it's just a second band
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16.08.2011 - 14:33
Milena
gloom cookie
I think this actually sounds interesting. I'm not a very big fan of Nightwish, nor of Tarja, but I think she's gonna be the 'winner' of their break-up in the end. This is, maybe, one of the ways she's gonna do it... 'cause none of the old fans hate her by now (unlike at least half of the old Nightwish fans) and this may be an attempt to cater a bit better to all of their tastes. She realizes her audience has evolved, unlike Tuomas, who still writes about his poor old poet self and the 'suffering' he endures. Not just writing, he's making a goddamned movie about it.
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16.08.2011 - 15:07
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Sounds really good. Looking forward to it.
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16.08.2011 - 15:07
Carl Berg
Carl Berg
Written by Windrider on 16.08.2011 at 13:12

Sounds somehow cheesy to me...


Reaaaaaly?
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16.08.2011 - 15:21
Yavanna

Can't wait for that... I still preffer Tarja than Anete
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16.08.2011 - 15:31
Jiri

No bass player?
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16.08.2011 - 16:10
Windrider
Raureif
Written by Carl Berg on 16.08.2011 at 15:07

Written by Windrider on 16.08.2011 at 13:12

Sounds somehow cheesy to me...


Reaaaaaly?


Reaaaaaly!
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16.08.2011 - 16:45
Hugoj33

Love her
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16.08.2011 - 17:48
Dinesen

Do some thrash metal
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16.08.2011 - 17:51
Enissa

Sounds this might be cool...
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16.08.2011 - 21:17
Void Eater
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Written by Dinesen on 16.08.2011 at 17:48

Do some thrash metal

Tarja should do a operatic cover of Darkness Descends.
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16.08.2011 - 21:57
Lonniehaskel

I was thinking Onslaught - Shock and Awe.
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17.08.2011 - 08:49
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
Written by Guest on 16.08.2011 at 21:17

Written by Dinesen on 16.08.2011 at 17:48

Do some thrash metal

Tarja should do a operatic cover of Darkness Descends.


Some people should die in the coldest corner of the universe...
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18.08.2011 - 01:04
Void Eater
Account deleted
Written by Daggon on 17.08.2011 at 08:49

Written by Guest on 16.08.2011 at 21:17

Written by Dinesen on 16.08.2011 at 17:48

Do some thrash metal

Tarja should do a operatic cover of Darkness Descends.


Some people should die in the coldest corner of the universe...

You mean like your mom? What? Snap!

"OOOOOOOOH!"
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18.08.2011 - 19:28
SymphAlchemist

Interesting indeed.

Let's just hope that Cabuli doesn't spoil it all nor Tarja tries to take up all the space in the "project". =.=

Eager to listen to something...


Written by Irritable Ted on 16.08.2011 at 21:12

Don't really see the point of this. Its just giving her solo band a name. Will be the same inferior Nightwish wannabe.


I don't think so. It doesn't seem it will be metal as her solo stuff.
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20.08.2011 - 00:27
BrightNight

No bass player?.....No metal!
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21.08.2011 - 09:17
Daggon
Underpaid M.D.
Written by Guest on 18.08.2011 at 01:04

Written by Daggon on 17.08.2011 at 08:49

Written by Guest on 16.08.2011 at 21:17

Written by Dinesen on 16.08.2011 at 17:48

Do some thrash metal

Tarja should do a operatic cover of Darkness Descends.


Some people should die in the coldest corner of the universe...

You mean like your mom? What? Snap!

"OOOOOOOOH!"


YES, finally someone who understands
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23.08.2011 - 20:28
Spanishkiller

Written by seafood on 16.08.2011 at 14:25

Actually I don't expect anything metal from this, which isn't a bad thing after all, we don't need another female-fronted-symphonic-superepic-omgitstarja group, that's been done too many times already.. but I fear I might be wrong.


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