Korpiklaani

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Country	Finland
Years active	2003-present
Genres	Folk metal
Labels	Napalm Records
Members	Jonne Järvelä Kalle Savijärvi Jarkko Aaltonen Juho Kauppinen Matti "Matson" Johansson Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty

Korpiklaani (Forest Clan in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Finland. Korpiklaani is the new name of the band previously called Shaman, that was formed by Jonne Järvelä who still remains the mastermind of Korpiklaani. In contrast to Shaman which recorded songs in the original Sami language, Korpiklaani record mostly in English, but also in Finnish. The musical style is a more conventional folk/thrash metal.

The music of Korpiklaani ranges from the violin-and-guitar paean to the Finnish god of fermentation Pellonpekko, to the "typical" trollish metal "Wooden Pints", to "Crows Bring The Spring".

There has been some amount of collaboration between Korpiklaani and Finntroll, as Järvelä provided the yoiking for the title track of their album Jaktens Tid.

Contents 1 Band members 2 Discography 2.1 Videos 3 See also 4 External links 4.1 Videos

[edit] Band members

Jonne Järvelä - (vocals / guitar)
Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi - (guitar)
Jarkko Aaltonen - (bass)
Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty - (violin)
Juho "JuhoKusti" Kauppinen - (accordion)
Matti "Matson" Johansson - (drums)

[edit] Discography

• Spirit of the Forest (2003)
• Voice of Wilderness (2005)
• Tales Along This Road (2006)
• Tervaskanto (2007)

[edit] Videos

• "Wooden Pints" (2003)
• "Hunting Song" (2005)
• "Kädet Siipinä" (2005)
• "Beer Beer" (2005)
• "Happy Little Boozer" (2006)

[edit] See also

• Shaman

[edit] External links

• Korpiklaani/Shaman Official website
• Korpiklaani Myspace
• Korpiklaani at Napalm Records
• Jarkko Aaltonen interviewed by Highwire Daze (2006)

[edit] Videos

• "Hunting Song" (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
• "Kädet Siipinä" (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
• "Beer Beer" (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
• "Happy Little Boozer" (2006) at Napalm Records (WMV)