Thurisaz began as a quartet in May 1997, with Peter on guitar and grunts, Mattias on guitar and screams, Pepijn on drums and Lars on bass. In 1999 they were joined by Kobe on synths, an event that defined the sound of Thurisaz in the stages to come. After several demo's, the band released it's first full-album “Scent of a Dream” in 2004. The album sums up the best Thurisaz has to offer: very variated, high standard avantgarde doom-metal with lots of emotion and depth. The reviews were really amazing and no one could really understand why this band hadn't been signed yet.


By that time their growing live reputation gained access across the borders, which finally resulted in a European tour with doomlegends Novembers Doom (US) and Saturnus (DK). Soon after the tour the band signed a labeldeal with Shiver Records, who will be releasing two albums.

In the winter of 2006 Thurisaz crashed the studio again to record their second masterpiece “Circadian Rhythm”, which was released by Shiver in april 2007. The album was critically well acclaimed throughout the metalpress and confirmed the bands status as an upcoming European metaltalent. Currently the band is promoting the album as much as they can, with as highlights the US-tour and a spot on the prestigious Graspop Metal Meeting.

In April 2008 they took part on the Ethereal Session Tour with Saturnus and Mar de Grises.