Korpiklaani

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Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani performing at the 2006 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
Korpiklaani performing at the 2006 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
Background information
Origin Lahti, Finland
Genre(s) Folk metal
Years active 2003– present
Label(s) Nuclear Blast
Napalm
Website www.korpiklaani.com/
Members
Jonne Järvelä
Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi
Jarkko Aaltonen
Juho Kauppinen
Matti "Matson" Johansson
Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty

Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland, formerly known as Shaman. The name Korpiklaani means Woodsclan in the Finnish language.[1]

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[edit] Biography

While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal.[2] The roots of Korpiklaani can be traced back to a Sami folk music group under the name of Shamaani Duo,[3] an "in house restaurant band" created by Jonne Järvelä in 1993.[4] An album of folk music was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and formed a new band Shaman.[5] The folk metal act Shaman was based on the folk music of Shamaani Duo.[1] Two albums were released in 1999 and 2001 before Shaman changed their name to Korpiklaani.[5] 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]

There has been some amount of 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.

[edit] Band members

[edit] Former members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

[edit] Videos

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Morton, Kenneth. Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani. Highwiredaze.com. Retrieved on MAy 12, 2008.
  2. ^ Dicks, Britton. Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani. Metalcoven.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
  3. ^ Van Horn, Jr., Ray. Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani. Maelstrom.nu. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
  4. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. Rockdetector Shaman. Rockdetector.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Ramos Jr, Octavio. Voice Of The Forest. Soundchecks.co.uk. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
  6. ^ Lehtinen, Arto. Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani. Metal-rules.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
  7. ^ Fjordi. Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani. Tartareandesire.com. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.

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Korpiklaani
Jonne Järvelä | Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi | Jarkko Aaltonen | Juho Kauppinen | Matti "Matson" Johansson | Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty
Arto | Honka | Samu Ruotsalainen
Discography
Studio Albums: Spirit of the Forest | Voice of Wilderness | Tales Along This Road | Tervaskanto | Korven Kuningas
Videos: Wooden Pints | Hunting Song | Kädet Siipinä | Beer Beer | Happy Little Boozer | Tervaskanto | Metsämies | Keep on Galloping