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Post by Jonne on Oct 25, 2004 16:11:57 GMT 2
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Post by Jonne on May 8, 2005 7:38:31 GMT 2
Here is a post from Nathan, U.S.:
'“I get sent all sorts of weird shit from all over the world, and here is what I recommend. First up is the new Korpikilaani record, Voice of Wilderness. Get this – Finnish polka metal. Sounds goofy, but this is intense folky type shit, like DROPKICK MURPHYS style. They live in the swamps and have no venues, so these metal hilljacks bounce back and forth doing tribal hippie stuff. Just get it, trust me” – Real Detroit Weekly
“Smartly continuing where they left off, Korpiklaani mix high-strung, traditional heavy metal with Finnish folk, the host of unconventional instruments (fiddle, jouhikko, bagpipes, etc.) imbuing the unit with a unique and vital energy. It is the clarity and purity of purpose that comes across in spades here, the production providing guitar heft while allowing the atypical instruments to share centre stage. That and the ability to write quality material that never wavers places Korpliklaani in the upper echelon of new metal entities…The best album of the very young year to date” – Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles [9/10 rating]
“Plenty of foot tapping and head bobbing will ensue when you drop this into the CD player…I f**king love this record - I suspect fans of FINNTROLL, MOONSORROW, SKYCLAD and the other forest folk metal bands will as well” – Deadtide.com
“These fine young Finns have an incredible way of fusing folk with metal and making the compositions sound refreshing and entertaining. What I like is that the guys have a way of taking something like folk, which many people aren't into, and making them fans out of it because it's used so well in metal. I was never a fan of it in my early days, but once I heard bands like AMORPHIS use it time and time again, I became a fan of the genre and now people like FALKENBACH and Korpiklanni have made me a fan of it for life. If you want something different and enticing with a twist then I highly recommend this release without any hesitation. Fantastic job by everyone” – Metal Observer Webzine [10/10 rating]
“Korpiklaani are the epitome of good time, happy Finnish beer hall metal…The opening duo of “Cottages & Saunas” and the brilliant violin based rocker “Journey Man”, (one of the most fun metal tracks I’ve ever heard) will having you spilling ale all over your house with humpa moshing” – Digitalmetal.com
“Voice of the Wilderness is very much a product of this Finnish folk metal scene. Actually, they're probably one of the finer products. Certain tracks are just as boisterous as FINNTROLL, but not nearly as reliant on that blasted accordion…So like I was trying to say, Beer and Finland. It's not brutal, or grim, or riff-laden. But, it is fun. The songs are well developed and full of a vibrancy that comes not only from passionate performances but a suitable production….if you're looking for something slightly more lighthearted to add to your collection, then you can't go wrong with Korpiklaani” – MetalReview.com “Sometimes, you run into a piece of music that has that little special making you instantly fall in love with it…Voice of Wilderness is a fine example of this…an outstanding opus the woodmen have carved for us directly from their native forests. This music smells and breathes nature. The combination of folkloric elements has never melted together so well with the harsher metallic components…I’ve heard many folk metal bands before, but none has ever been able to come up with such a brilliant album. Voice of Wilderness is the best folk metal recording ever” – HarmUS Webzine [9.5/10 rating]
“Korpiklaani has come to show others how the folk-metal style is done…fans of OTYG, GJALLARHORN, or SKYCLAD will eat this stuff up, and I recommend anyone with even a passing interest in the style to pick this album up, as its truly a unique take on the style and has a lot to offer” – Into Obscurity Webzine
“Fans of bands such as FINNTROLL and IN EXTREMO are sure to enjoy…an exciting brand of Finnish folk metal…one feels as though he’s been transported to a whole different place and time” – Highwire Daze
“Again fueling the metal scene with a pulse of defiant originality. How many metal albums do you know that kick off with fiddle-type strings instruments?...Rather than the folkishness being a spice for the music, Korpiklaani places traditional music at the core of its metal enthusiasm. Terrific” – Fishcomcollective.net
“This is by far one of the strongest releases in the folk metal realm I've heard in along time. It has a very MOTORHEAD or later AMORPHIS vibe about it…Maybe if they can get this on MTV’s Headbangers Ball here in the US or Fuse’s Uranium a band like this could very much thrive and grow. I see this as more than just music for pagans. It's a very pure music coming from one’s true beliefs, and that shows in every note on this stellar release” – Absolute Zero
“The name translates into ‘Forest Clan’ in Finnish, but for us it means one thing: great music!...both cathartic and joyous at the same time, something not easily achieved and thus most rare. Even with all of the folk influences, these guys ROCK, so down a pint of good beer and bang your heads a while...once you hear this album, you will not want to stop. Easily one of the best of the decade” – Utter Trash Webzine
“Just when I thought I couldn’t like this band much more than I already did….BAM!!! Voice Of Wilderness stampedes off of the mountain and out of the woods to blow my mind with an even more aggressive version of their folk-styled heavy metal hillbilly attack…Korpiklaani has us tilting back and enjoying. I am soooo going to drink beer to this CD! I have never felt like doing a jig so strongly in my entire life! It is insane! If Neo-Zine had an album of the year award, this would be at the top of the list so far” – Neo-Zine
“Brace yourselves and prepare for a new sound in extreme music. Unlike bands like FINNTROLL and WINDIR, which use folk music to bolster their approach to black metal, Korpiklaani takes a separate path, using facets of power metal to add a fresh twist to folk music…Fans of extreme metal may not find much to 'bang' to on Voice Of Wilderness. But if you like the hummpa sound found in bands like FINNTROLL, SKYCLAD, and older MOONSORROW and would like to hear the folk-music elements out front, then this CD is for you” – Soundchecks.co.uk
“If you can imagine KANSAS or CHARLIE DANIELS locked in a room for three days and listening to the most extreme bands, or DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS on some form of acid. One of those ‘you'll like it or you'll hate it’ releases but also fun to play when unexpected company drops in on you” – Quintessence Webzine
“Keeping still is not an option while listening to this, not unless you don't know how to feel the music. In which case you must be dead” – Live4Metal.com
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Post by Jonne on Mar 18, 2005 17:45:58 GMT 2
Another one, Dutch this time retecoolIn translation: Korpiklaani - Voice of Wilderness I have a weak spot for Finnish metalfolks. Not just because it is literally and figuratively spoken an übercool people, but also because they unashamedly mix anything with metal music. In this case the Lapp folk music of Korpiklaani (motto: we eat iron and we shit the chain). Shaman metal. But without spells and charms, those were replaced by party music. And booze, Gallons of booze. Beer, Vodka and blackcurrant gin drips off the disc. How this sounds? A man with a voice as a vacuum cleaner sings about drinking on the beats of Lapp folk metal. This is really partying! I can advice to look in the north-eastern direction instead of always to Ireland for folkish stamp pogo and drinking songs. There has to be done a lot of drinking over there! PS: can someone book these guys in the Netherlands? Sounds as: 15 ferries filled with drunken Finnish guys who are discovering their roots
If you love: musical drinkingDon't know about this reviewer, maybe he was drunk ;D. But his enthousiasm seems sincere quote: PS: can someone book these guys in the Netherlands?To that I agree! Still trying... *sigh* I think this was cool review The reviewer concentrated on essential, in other words to the booze.
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Post by Jonne on Jan 28, 2005 14:34:50 GMT 2
Thank you for the translation Humppis !!!
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Post by Jonne on Jan 23, 2005 17:16:07 GMT 2
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Post by Jonne on Jan 23, 2005 0:17:02 GMT 2
I was very lonely tonight, so I could do the translation right away. Here it is: The typical scandinavian folk metal basis of most bands using this genre consists of Black/ Death Metal passages, improved with folkloristic elements. Additional to this will be used typical humppa rhythms, which make the music sound happy and invide you for partying. But in comparison to typical folk-metal-representative-bands like finnish band Finntroll, Korpiklaani use not that much black-metal-like parts in the music. The singing of singer and guitarist Jonne Järvela is not really clear, but therefor much more melodic than what we know from other bands. And the folk parts are much more dominating (mainly traditional finnish melodies, played with flute, violine and akkordeon). But some parts of the record contain some thrash metal elements. (tracklist….) The band members (who by the way live inside the finnish forests) are inspired by their natural environment. That`s where songtitles like “Spirit of the forest”, “Native land” or “Old tale” come from. A good example for the mentioned humppa rhythms we´ll find already in the song “Cottages and saunas”. There are a lot of violin sounds following that Polka-like rhythm in a fast tempo, and if you thought, that`s fast, then you`ll get even more exited by hearing the even faster “Journey man”. Here you find many happy violins in furious speed, mixed with the rough singing of Jonne. But therefor the following songs are more slow, and “Pine woods” is the first all-instrumental track. You hear a nice flute solo in the beginning, being followed by interesting guitar sounds later on. There`s also a percussion solo after the first part of the song, followed by more guitar melodies, leading to the final. “Native land” is a musical masterpiece with a very melancholic but very strange singing, who really sometimes sounds opposite to the rest of the music and really hurts the ears sometimes. But the pain will be sothed by a a nice instrumental part with accordeon sounds. The crowning of the CD is the very calm finnish ballad “Kadet Siipinä” with a lot of gentle flute sounds and lulling singing. At the end stays a very good impression of the whole CD. By the instrumental pieces “Pine woods” and “Ryyppäjäiset” and the ballad “Kadet Siipinä” the album gets a lot of variety and the strong humppa-folk-metal-tracks will not get to mighty. All in all a good CD of an independend band, who doesn`t let the success of other comparable bands influence them to change their music into the same direction, but who only do it, how THEY are doing it best. (P.S. "Polka" is a german style of folk-music... for those who didn`t know it.) Thanks ! You are very nice and diligent.
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Post by Jonne on Jan 22, 2005 18:08:07 GMT 2
Take your time, take your time
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Post by Jonne on Jan 22, 2005 11:07:03 GMT 2
Oh well... you know, who you must say a word to, when you need a translation! a word
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Post by Jonne on Jan 22, 2005 11:04:57 GMT 2
@band members Do you know if a promo was sent to Terrorizer magazine in the UK? It's about the only music magazine in this country whose reviewers I trust.... Yes it is
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Post by Jonne on Jan 5, 2005 1:44:15 GMT 2
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Post by Jonne on Dec 23, 2004 9:55:17 GMT 2
Thank you for the translation Twi !
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Post by Jonne on Dec 22, 2004 13:28:35 GMT 2
Shall I help you with translating?? Just say a word... a word
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Post by Jonne on Dec 21, 2004 23:35:45 GMT 2
Where do they have the album from? Can you already buy it in Germany?? *wanna haaaaave* Promos sent last week.
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Post by Jonne on Dec 21, 2004 22:12:53 GMT 2
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Post by Jonne on Aug 21, 2006 19:30:49 GMT 2
I`m school boy also now. Just started one week ago and I should be a music technologist after three years.
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