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Korpiklaani
Background information
OriginLahti, Finland
GenresFolk metal
Years active2003–present
LabelsNuclear Blast
Napalm
MembersJonne Järvelä
Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi
Jarkko Aaltonen
Juho Kauppinen
Matti "Matson" Johansson
Tuomas Rounakari
Websitewww.korpiklaani.com

Korpiklaani (Finnish: Wilderness Clan) is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman.

Biography

While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal.[1] The roots of Korpiklaani can be traced back to a Sami folk music group under the name of Shamaani Duo,[2] an "in house restaurant band" created by Jonne Järvelä in 1993.[3] An album of folk music (Hunka Lunka) was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and formed a new band Shaman.[4] The folk metal act Shaman was based on the folk music of Shamaani Duo.[5] Two albums were released in 1999 and 2001 before Shaman changed their name to Korpiklaani.[4] The change in name was accompanied by a change in the music. The traditional yoik vocals and the use of the Sámi language were dropped while the synthesizer was replaced with real folk instruments.[6] Jonne Järvelä credits his work with Finntroll as the catalyst for the shift in emphasis from folk to metal.[7] Their song lyrics are often related to alcohol and partying.

According to Jonne Järvelä, Korpiklaani's music would be seen as "old people's music with heavy metal guitars"[8] in Finland.

There has been some collaboration between Korpiklaani and Finntroll, as Samu Ruotsalainen of Finntroll provided session drums for their debut album Spirit of the Forest and Järvelä provided the yoiking for the title track of Finntroll's album Jaktens Tid.

Juha Jyrkäs has written the Finnish lyrics to Korpiklaani and he using the Kalevala-metre. Jyrkäs has also played some kantele in two Korpiklaani songs, Kädet siipinä and Tuli kokko, under the pseudonym "Virva Holtiton". New Manala-album a large part of the lyrics wrote the poet Tuomas Keskimäki and he also uses lyrics from the Kalevala-metre.

Korpiklaani released a sixth studio album in the summer of 2009, titled Karkelo ("Party" in English).[9][10]

They released their new album Ukon Wacka in early February 2011.

The name Korpiklaani means "Forest Clan" in the Finnish language.[5] In spoken language "korpi" means dark old forest. In biology it refers to nutritious type of swamp which has trees.

In September 2011 Korpiklaani announced that Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty would be leaving the band due to personal health issues which made the constant touring and recording impossible. His replacement was violist Teemu Eerola. Korpiklaani's first concert with this new line-up since 2005 was on Baroeg Open Air 2011 in Rotterdam(NL). On December 7, 2011, Korpiklaani announced that Teemu would not be on the rest of the tour.[11] His last show on the tour was in Vancouver.[12]

Shaman

Shaman was a Finnish folk metal band formed in 1993 which is notable for the heavy use of original native Sámic music elements and lyrics in Sámi. The most widely used elements are the shamanic drum, yoik and humppa. Besides yoik, the vocals vary from clean to rather aggressive growling.

The musical style of Shaman is quite distinctive, especially in the slow songs, due to its entrancing atmosphere created by the monophonic, "narrow" synth sound making the deep contrast to the spacious sound of the acoustic guitar, the shamanic drum and yoik singing.

The first recording released under the name of Shaman was the demo single Ođđa máilbmi (New World in Sámi). The video clip shot for the song featured a wolf breaking free from its cage and running into the forest. Besides the single CD the song was included to the band's first full-length album Idja (Night in Sámi, 1999) as well.

In 2003 Jonne Järvelä disbanded Shaman, and formed Korpiklaani, with the music style to a more conventional folk metal with folk/thrash vocals instead of yoiking. The last album of Shaman Shamániac (2002) already featured much of the future Korpiklaani style. In fact, the song, "Vuola lávlla", has the same music as the Korpiklaani song, "Beer Beer".

Shaman had no permanent line up except the frontman Jonne Järvelä.

Line-up

Current members

Former members

  • Ali Määttä – percussion (pre-' only)
  • Arto Tissari – bass (pre-Tales Along This Road only)
  • Toni "Honka" Honkanen – guitars (pre-Tales Along This Road only)
  • Samu Ruotsalainen (of Finntroll) – drums (Spirit of the Forest only)
  • Hosse Latvala – percussion drums
  • Veera Muhli – keyboards
  • Toni Nãykki – electric guitar
  • Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali (as Henri Trollhorn Urpon poika Sorvali) – keyboards
  • Janne G`thaur – bass
  • Tero Piirainen – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Juke Eräkangas – drums, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ilkka Kilpeläinen – bass, backing vocals
  • Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty - violin, jouhikko, woodwinds
  • Teemu Eerola – violin

Discography

Albums

Shamaani Duo

  • Hunka Lunka (1996)

Shaman

Korpiklaani

Singles

  • "Ođđa máilbmi" (1998)
  • "Keep on Galloping" (2008)
  • "Vodka" (2009)
  • "Ukon Wacka" (2010)
  • "Tequila" (2011)
  • "Metsälle" (2011)

References

  1. ^ Dicks, Britton. "Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani". Metalcoven.com. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Van Horn, Jr., Ray. "Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani". Maelstrom.nu. Retrieved March 15, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "MusicMight Shama". MusicMight.com. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Ramos Jr, Octavio. "Voice Of The Forest". Soundchecks.co.uk. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Morton, Kenneth. "Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani". Highwiredaze.com. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  6. ^ Lehtinen, Arto. "Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani". Metal-rules.com. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  7. ^ Fjordi. "Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani". Tartareandesire.com. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  8. ^ Fruehauf, Stefan. "Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen and Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani". Dark-Festivals.de. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  9. ^ Korpiklaani Set "Karkelo" as Title for New Album: News @ smnnews.com
  10. ^ Ksenia , Artamonova. "Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen". Headbanger.ru. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  11. ^ https://www.facebook.com/korpiklaani
  12. ^ http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1265/23947/KORPIKLAANI-Puts-On-Heartwarming-Show
  13. ^ Korpiklaani - Announce New Album Title, Track Available For Download
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