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Post by Tommy on Nov 20, 2005 12:56:18 GMT 2
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Post by riderofthelastday on Jan 2, 2006 21:48:33 GMT 2
I have translated the following review concerning ’Voice of the Wilderness’ from the Romanian site www.metalfan.ro (direct link www.metalfan.ro/cronici_nr33.html): ‘Imagine countless devils dancing around the fire, fiddling about, nudging each other and causing an uproar that is hard to describe, everything against the background of demented music, which subjugates your body and soul by making you dance whether you like it or not. As a matter of fact, if the music was played by Korpiklaani and the devils were some thirsty Vikings (Beer Beer) nothing would seem hilarious anymore, but even rather close to reality, I’d say. Hardly could I ever imagine so much energy emanating from a sole album, as happens in the case of Voice of Wilderness, the album of the Finns whose name is almost impossible to pronounce. Translated into English, its meaning would be something like Forest Clan, and, if you look at the pictures presenting the members of the band, some would make pretty good candidates for a woodman’s role. Built around Jonne Järvelä, from former band Shaman, Korpiklaani plays a kind of extraordinary folk-metal, brimming with vigour and energy. Although metal has the decisive role in most of the songs, the interweaving of hard sonorities with those which are full of expressiveness, from the Finnish folk area, is mastered with great craft, the result consisting in the so-called humppa metal. (Humppa is a Finnish dance, resembling the Brazilian samba, but with a much swifter rhythm.) Personally, I place the band somewhere between In Extremo (for the guttural voice and the metallic part) and Skyclad (for the folk parts and especially for the devilish rhythm), but only in order to provide you with an idea of what one can hear on the album. Jonne has also played in Finntroll at some point, so we have another guide mark in this band as well, there clearly being certain similarities between Finntroll and Korpiklaani. Generally, the songs are very rhythmical, from a medium tempo to a very high one, the flute, violin and accordion making themselves fully conspicuous. What I like best about this band is the manner in which they have transposed traditional music into metal, the perfect symbiosis in which this joining has resulted. Metal represents the foundation for each song, but the folk insertions are clearly audible in the case of each tune, without reducing the execution speed or the hardness of the piece of music ( Cottages & saunas , Hunting song ). Another very good song is the lay Pine woods, instrumental, emanating both sadness and joy at the same time, pulling you up to your feet for a dance after the first strains. Korpiklaani represents a pleasant surprise to me and I’d die to see them live, I reckon the amount of emanated energy would be overwhelming. A very good band and an album worthy of the big time. SkyDanceR’ (The reviewer rated the album 4.5 out of 5)
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