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〕 Progressive metal〔 Viking metal | years_active = 1998–present | label = Napalm Records Tutl Metal Blade Records 2012-Present | associated_acts = Heljareyga, Dark Rune | website = http://www.tyr.fo/ | current_members = Heri Joensen Terji Skibenæs Gunnar H. Thomsen Amon Djurhuus | past_members = Jón Joensen Pól Arni Holm Allan Streymoy Ottó P. Arnarson Kári Streymoy }} Týr () is a Faroese heavy metal band. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around Viking lore, mythology, and history,〔''Færøsk Rock: Rock on the rocks'' Jyllands-Posten | 01.05.2001 | Kunst_og_Kultur | Side 10 | 1212 ord (portrait of the band)〕 taking their name from the Norse god of law and justice. They signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while signed to the Faroese record label Tutl. In September of 2012, they signed a three album deal with Metal Blade Records. ==History== Before Týr, Heri Joensen and Gunnar H. Thomsen formed their first band, Cruiser, at the age of seventeen. Streymoy also played with them for a short while. They later changed their name to Wolfgang. Although neither band released any albums, Wolfgang, who are still active, recorded an undisclosed amount of songs that, according to Joensen, are "pretty much ready to release.〔Pre-Týr info is discussed in this (Deadtide Interview )〕 " Týr formed in January 1998. Heri Joensen met his old bandmate, Kári Streymoy, at a party in Copenhagen, Denmark. Joensen suggested to Streymoy that they should meet up and jam. Streymoy initially declined, but later took him up on his offer. They were soon joined by another former bandmate, bassist Gunnar H. Thomsen, expanding the duo into a trio. And in 2001 guitarist Terji Skibenæs joined the band. They began making music which was heavily inspired by Norse mythology, Faroese traditional music, and heavy metal music in general. According to the band's frontman Heri Joensen:
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