Heri Joensen (born February 21, 1973 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands to the parents Joen Anker Bruun Joensen and Anna Johild Joensen (born as Jacobsen), is the vocalist and guitarist for the Faroese viking metal band Týr.
Týr's guitar section is composed of Heri Joensen along with Terji Skibenæs, the other members are Gunnar Thomsen (bass) and Kári Streymoy (drums). Heri Joensen is also Týr's main composer and lyricist, often using material from Faroese ballads in his native language.
At the age of fourteen, Heri Joensen saw a guitar in a shop window in Tórshavn. A few weeks later he bought it, and with it an amplifier. Both were of very low quality, and his only former experience with musical instruments was the obligatory flute classes at school.
Heri Joensen's first band was called Cruiser, in which Gunnar H. Thomsen (bass), also played. Cruiser played two gigs, had some change of line-up, and continued, with some success, as Wolfgang. Here Heri Joensen and Gunnar Thomsen got to meet Kári Streymoy (drums). Wolfgang went on as a rock entertainment band and could be seen touring the Faroes as late as the summer of 2000.
In the fall of 1997 Heri Joensen moved to Denmark to study music. One evening in January 1998 Heri Joensen met his old bandmate Kári Streymoy at a ball in central Copenhagen, with whom he formed the band Týr. Heri Joensen finished his musical studies at D.A.R.K. Copenhagen in January, 2003, majoring in guitar and music theory.
Heri was featured on the special edition of Ensiferum's 2009 album From Afar in which he performs vocals on the Nordman cover "Vandraren".
Heri Joensen speaks Faroese, Icelandic, English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and some German[1].
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