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Korpiklaani (
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: ) is a Finnish
folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
band from
Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
who was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.


History


Shamaani Duo

While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal. The roots of Korpiklaani can be traced back to a
Sámi The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Ru ...
folk music group under the name of "Shamaani Duo", an "in house restaurant band" created by
Jonne Järvelä Jonne Järvelä (born 3 June 1974 in Vesilahti) is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He is known in the folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, ''Jaktens Tid ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, ...
in 1993. An album of folk music (''
Hunka Lunka ''Hunka Lunka'' is the only studio album by the Finnish folk music band ''Shamaani Duo'', who later changed their name to ''Shaman'', and later to ''Korpiklaani''. This album featured the original lineup of the band, which consisted of guitarist/s ...
'') was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and "Shamaani Duo" morphed into "Shaman".


Shaman

Shaman was the second incarnation of Korpiklaani, formed in 1997 which is notable for the heavy use of original native Sámic music elements and lyrics in Northern Sámi. The band's music was based on the folk music of Shamaani Duo. The most widely used elements are the shamanic drum,
yoik A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named , , , or in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europ ...
and
humppa Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar ( or ). Typical speed is about 220 to 260 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. A ...
. Besides yoik, the vocals vary from clean to rather aggressive
growling Growling is a low, guttural vocalization produced by animals as an aggressive warning but can also be found in other contexts such as playful behaviors or mating. Different animals will use growling in specific contexts as a form of communicati ...
. The musical style of Shaman is quite distinctive, especially in the slow songs, due to its entrancing atmosphere created by the monophonic, "narrow"
synth A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
sound making the deep contrast to the spacious sound of the acoustic guitar, the shamanic drum and yoik singing. The first recording released under the name of Shaman was the demo single ''Ođđa máilbmi'' (''New World'' in Northern Sámi). The video clip shot for the song featured a wolf breaking free from its cage and running into the forest. Besides the single CD the song was included on the band's first full-length album ''
Idja ''Idja'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish folk metal band ''Shaman'', who later changed their name to ''Korpiklaani''. The album was produced by Roope Latvala, best known as the guitarist of the Finnish metal bands Children of Bodom and Si ...
'' (''Night'' in Northern Sámi, 1999) as well. The band released another album, ''
Shamániac ''Shamániac'' is the second and final studio album by the Finnish folk metal band ''Shaman'', before they changed their name to ''Korpiklaani''. The album has been produced by the Shaman frontman Jonne Järvelä and Samu Ruotsalainen, the drummer ...
'', in 2002.


Korpiklaani

The band underwent another evolution in 2003, and "Shaman" became "Korpiklaani" (with only Järvelä and drummer Samu Ruotsalainen remaining from the last "Shaman" lineup), with the music style to a more conventional
folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
with
folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fol ...
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vocals instead of
yoik A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named , , , or in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europ ...
ing. ''Shamániac'' had already featured a strong resemblance to the future Korpiklaani style. In fact, the song, "Vuola lávlla", has the same music as the Korpiklaani song, "Beer Beer". The change in name was accompanied by a change in the music. The traditional yoik vocals and the use of the
Northern Sámi language Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ...
were dropped while the synthesizer was replaced with real folk instruments. Jonne Järvelä credits his work with
Finntroll Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on ''Visor om slutet''. Finntroll's original singer, ...
as the catalyst for the shift in emphasis from folk to metal. Their song lyrics are often related to alcohol and partying. In their first three albums, most of their songs were in English and only a few in Finnish. However, in the following releases this changed, with most of the songs in their latest albums being sung in Finnish. According to Jonne Järvelä, Korpiklaani's music would be seen as "''old people's music with heavy metal guitars''" in Finland. There has been some collaboration between Korpiklaani and Finntroll, as Samu Ruotsalainen of Finntroll provided session drums for their debut album ''
Spirit of the Forest ''Spirit of the Forest'' is the debut studio album by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released in 2003 through Napalm Records. Track listing All songs written by Jonne Järvelä, except where noted. Personnel Members * Jonne J ...
'' and Järvelä provided the yoiking for the title track of Finntroll's album ''
Jaktens Tid ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, "Time of the Hunt") is the second studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll, released on 18 September 2001 through Spinefarm Records. Track listing *All lyrics are written by Katla (except track 9: traditional ...
''. Juha Jyrkäs has written some Finnish lyrics to Korpiklaani and from 2011 lyrics are written by poet Tuomas Keskimäki, who writes lyrics in the old Finnish "kalevalametre". The name Korpiklaani means "Backwoods Clan" in the
Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish ...
. In spoken language "korpi" means dark old forest. In biology it refers to
boreal forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, ...
appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce and a deep layer of moss as undergrowth. In September 2011 Korpiklaani announced that Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty would be leaving the band due to personal health issues which made the constant touring and recording impossible. First his replacement was violist Teemu Eerola and later, nowadays permanent member, Tuomas Rounakari. In 2013 accordion player Juho Kauppinen left Korpiklaani and the new accordion player is Sami Perttula.


Personnel


Members

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Jonne Järvelä Jonne Järvelä (born 3 June 1974 in Vesilahti) is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He is known in the folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, ''Jaktens Tid ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, ...
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;Current lineup *
Jonne Järvelä Jonne Järvelä (born 3 June 1974 in Vesilahti) is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He is known in the folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, ''Jaktens Tid ''Jaktens tid'' ( en, ...
– vocals, guitars (1993–present) * Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi – guitars (2003–present) * Jarkko Aaltonen – bass (2005–present) * Tuomas Rounakari – violin (2012–present) * Sami Perttula – accordion (2013–present) * Samuli Mikkonen – drums (2019–present) ;Former members * Maaren Aikio – vocals, percussion (1993–1997) * Juke Eräkangas – drums, keyboards, backing vocals (1999) * Ilkka Kilpeläinen – bass, backing vocals (1999) * Tero Piirainen – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (1999) * Samu Ruotsalainen – drums (2002–2003) * Janne G`thaur – bass (2002) * Hosse Latvala – drums, percussion (2002) * Veera Muhli – keyboards (2002) * Toni Näykki – guitars (2002) * Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali – keyboards (2002) * Matti "Matson" Johansson – drums (2003–2019) * Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty – violin, jouhikko, bagpipes, flute (2003–2011) * Toni "Honka" Honkanen – guitars (2003–2005) * Ali Määttä – percussion (2003–2005) * Arto Tissari – bass (2003–2005) *
Juho Kauppinen Juho Kauppinen (born 4 August 1986) is the former accordionist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He has also been in Falchion, which was a Finnish Death Metal band, in which he was the vocalist and lead guitarist. Falchion Falchion was founded i ...
– accordion (2004–2013) * Teemu Eerola – violin (2011)


Timeline


Discography


Studio albums

;as Shamaani Duo *''
Hunka Lunka ''Hunka Lunka'' is the only studio album by the Finnish folk music band ''Shamaani Duo'', who later changed their name to ''Shaman'', and later to ''Korpiklaani''. This album featured the original lineup of the band, which consisted of guitarist/s ...
'' (1996) ;as Shaman *''
Idja ''Idja'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish folk metal band ''Shaman'', who later changed their name to ''Korpiklaani''. The album was produced by Roope Latvala, best known as the guitarist of the Finnish metal bands Children of Bodom and Si ...
'' (1999) *''
Shamániac ''Shamániac'' is the second and final studio album by the Finnish folk metal band ''Shaman'', before they changed their name to ''Korpiklaani''. The album has been produced by the Shaman frontman Jonne Järvelä and Samu Ruotsalainen, the drummer ...
'' (2002) ;as Korpiklaani * ''
Spirit of the Forest ''Spirit of the Forest'' is the debut studio album by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released in 2003 through Napalm Records. Track listing All songs written by Jonne Järvelä, except where noted. Personnel Members * Jonne J ...
'' (2003) * ''
Voice of Wilderness ''Voice of Wilderness'' is the second studio album by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 1 February 2005 through Napalm Records. In 2019, fourteen alternative versions of the song "Beer Beer" were released as bonus tracks on ...
'' (2005) * ''
Tales Along This Road ''Tales Along This Road'' is the third studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 21 April 2006 by Napalm Records. Track listing All music composed by Jonne Järvelä. All lyrics written by Jonne Järvelä, except ...
'' (2006) * ''
Tervaskanto ''Tervaskanto'' is the fourth studio album by the Finland, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 26 June 2007 through Napalm Records. Track listing Personnel * Jonne Järvelä - vocals, guitars, mandolin * Cane - guitars, back ...
'' (2007) * ''
Korven Kuningas ''Korven Kuningas'' ''("King of the Woods")'' is the fifth studio album by the Finland, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 21 March 2008 through Nuclear Blast Records. A record deal was signed with the company in September 20 ...
'' (2008) * ''
Karkelo ''Karkelo'' is the sixth studio album by Finland, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. The title is the Finnish interpretation of the word "party", or otherwise meaning loosely "having fun" or to "frolic". Pre-release and production The band start ...
'' (2009) * ''
Ukon Wacka ''Ukon Wacka'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 4 February 2011 through Nuclear Blast. The title refers to an ancient pagan sacrificial feast, dedicated to Ukko. The album is sung in their nativ ...
'' (2011) * '' Manala'' (2012) * '' Noita'' (2015) * ''
Kulkija ''Kulkija '' (''"The Wanderer"'') is the tenth studio album by Finland, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. Released on 7 September 2018, it features themes like travelling, nostalgia and homesickness. It is the band's longest studio album at 71 ...
'' (2018) * ''
Jylhä ''Jylhä'' (roughly translated as "majestic", or "wild and rugged in a beautiful way") is the eleventh studio album by Finland, Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani, released on 5 February 2021. It is the band's first album with new drummer Samul ...
'' (2021)


References


External links


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Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later ...
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