Tarujen Saari is a Finnish folk-rock group. They are known for playing songs (for example The Three Ravens

The Three Ravens

"The Three Ravens" is an English folk ballad, printed in the song book Melismata compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611, but it is perhaps older than that. More recent versions were recorded right up through the 19th century. Francis James Child recorded several versions in his...

) from a variety of European folk traditions (often Celtic

Celtic music

Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

, Viking

Viking

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 and associated sub-genres), as well as original compositions. Tarujen Saari employs a wide variety of instruments, many of which are traditional or Renaissance

Renaissance music

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-era. Their lyrics are entirely in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

, with many songs being translated from the original language. Tarujen Saari have more being Hard rock

Hard rock

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 influences in their music and some "Heroic" Viking

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

 style lyrics that some people categorize them by Viking metal

Viking metal

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 or "Viking rock". The name of the band, Tarujen Saari (The Island of Sagas), refers to Ireland

Ireland

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. The band's female vocalist Kaisa Saari was featured on Ensiferum's album Iron on the song "Tears."

Albums

Tarujen Saari has released four full albums:

• Helmiä ja kuparikolikoita (Pearls and Copper Coins) (1998)
• Hepsankeikka (Flibbertygibbet) (2000)
• Tarujen Saari (The Island of Sagas) (2001)
• Levoton hauta (The Unquiet Grave) (2002)
• Sota kirottu! (Damned War!) (2004)
• Susien yö - Delirium Lupus (Night of the Wolves) (2006)