Korpiklaani

Infobox musical artist
Name = Korpiklaani

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Img_capt = Korpiklaani performing at the 2006 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
From left to right: Juho Kauppinen, Jarkko Aaltonen, Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty, Jonne Järvelä and Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi.
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Origin = Lahti, Finland
Genre = Folk metal
Years_active = 2003– present
Label = Nuclear Blast Napalm
URL = [http://www.korpiklaani.com/ www.korpiklaani.com]
Current_members = Jonne Järvelä Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi Jarkko Aaltonen Juho Kauppinen Matti "Matson" Johansson Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty
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Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who are formerly known as Shaman. The name Korpiklaani means "Forest Clan" in the Finnish language.cite web |author=Morton, Kenneth |title=Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani |url=http://www.highwiredaze.com/korpiklaani.htm |publisher=Highwiredaze.com |accessmonthday=MAy 12 |accessyear=2008]

Biography

While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal. [cite web |author=Dicks, Britton |title=Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani |url=http://www.metalcoven.com/interview_korp_britton.html |publisher=Metalcoven.com |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008] The roots of Korpiklaani can be traced back to a Sami folk music group under the name of Shamaani Duo, [cite web |author=Van Horn, Jr., Ray |title=Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen of Korpiklaani |url=http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/interview_iss37_193.php |publisher=Maelstrom.nu |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008] an "in house restaurant band" created by Jonne Järvelä in 1993. [cite web |author=Sharpe-Young, Garry |title=Rockdetector Shaman |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,34183.sm |publisher=Rockdetector.com |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008] An album of folk music was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and formed a new band Shaman.cite web |author=Ramos Jr, Octavio |title=Voice Of The Forest |publisher=Soundchecks.co.uk |url=http://www.soundchecks.co.uk/articles/korpikla.html |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008] The folk metal act Shaman was based on the folk music of Shamaani Duo. Two albums were released in 1999 and 2001 before Shaman changed their name to Korpiklaani. 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.cite web |author=Lehtinen, Arto |title=Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani |publisher=Metal-rules.com |url=http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/Korpiklaani-March2004.htm |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008] Jonne Järvelä credits his work with Finntroll as the catalyst for the shift in emphasis from folk to metal.cite web |author=Fjordi |title=Interview with Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani |publisher=Tartareandesire.com |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/korpiklaani.html |accessmonthday=March 15 |accessyear=2008]

According to Jonne Järvelä, Korpiklaani's music would be seen as "old peoples music with heavy metal guitars"cite web |author=Fruehauf, Stefan |title=Interview with Jarkko Aaltonen and Jonne Järvelä of Korpiklaani |url=http://www.dark-festivals.de/interviews/korpiklaani__interview_english_401.html |publisher=Dark-Festivals.de |accessmonthday=June 15 |accessyear=2008] in Finland.

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".

Band members

*Jonne Järvelä – vocals, guitar
*Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty – violin, jouhikko and woodwinds
*Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi – guitar ("Voice of Wilderness" and onwards)
*Matti "Matson" Johansson – drums ("Voice of Wilderness" and onwards)
*Jarkko Aaltonen – bass ("Tales Along This Road" and onwards)
*Juho Kauppinen – accordion ("Tales Along This Road" and onwards)

Former members

*Ali – percussion (pre-"Tales Along This Road" only)
*Arto – bass (pre-"Tales Along This Road" only)
*Honka – guitars (pre-"Tales Along This Road" only)
*Samu Ruotsalainen (of Finntroll) – drums ("Spirit of the Forest" only)

Discography

Albums

* "Spirit of the Forest" (2003)
* "Voice of Wilderness" (2005)
* "Tales Along This Road" (2006)
* "Tervaskanto" (2007)
* "Korven Kuningas" (2008)

ingles

* "Keep on Galloping" (2008)

Videos

*"Wooden Pints" (2003)
* [http://videos.napalmrecords.at/videos/huntingsong.wmv "Hunting Song"] (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
* [http://videos.napalmrecords.at/videos/korpi-kadetsiipina.wmv "Kädet Siipinä"] (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
* [http://videos.napalmrecords.at/videos/korpiklaani_beerbeer.wmv "Beer Beer"] (2005) at Napalm Records (WMV)
* [http://videos.napalmrecords.at/videos/korpi-happy.wmv "Happy Little Boozer"] (2006) at Napalm Records (WMV)
* [http://videos.napalmrecords.at/videos/korpi-tervaskanto.wmv "Tervaskanto"] (2007) at Napalm Records (WMV)
*"Metsämies" (2008)
*"Keep on Galloping" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.korpiklaani.com/ Official website]
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* [http://www.napalmrecords.com/promo/korpiklaanip.html Korpiklaani] at Napalm Records
* [http://musicametal.blogosfere.it/2008/07/korpiklaani-foto-e-video-dal-concerto-allevolution-festival-11072008.html Live Photos and Videos from a concert in Italy - July 11th 2008]