Korven Kuningas (King of the Woods) is the fifth studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on March 21, 2008 through Nuclear Blast Records[1]. A record deal was signed with the company in September 2007. The cover was painted on this album, unlike the last few album covers, which were created using Adobe Photoshop. It features the old man, Vaari, who was also present on the Tales Along This Road and Tervaskanto covers.
Korven Kuningas 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 Sami folk music group under the name of Shamaani Duo, an “in house restaurant band” created by Jonne Järvelä in 1993. An album of folk music was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and formed a new band Shaman. 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.Jonne Järvelä credits his work with Finntroll as the catalyst for the shift in emphasis from folk to metal.
According to Jonne Järvelä, Korpiklaani’s music would be seen as “old peoples music with heavy metal guitars” 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.
Country: Lahti, Finland
Released: 2003
Genre: folk metal band
Style: Goth Rock, Gothic doom, Heavy Metal
Track listing
“Tapporauta” (”Killing Iron”) - 4:12
“Metsämies” (”Forest Man”) - 3:00
“Keep on Galloping” - 4:09
“Northern Fall” - 3:04
“Shall We Take a Turn” - 3:27
“Paljon On Koskessa Kiviä” (”The Rapid Has Many Rocks”) - 3:44
“Ali Jäisten Vetten” (”Under the Icy Waters”) - 4:08
“Gods on Fire” - 3:48
“Kipakka” (Japanese bonus track) - 4:17
“Nuolet Nomalan” (”Rabbit Arrows”) (Digipack bonus track) - 3:02
“Kantaiso” (”Ancestor”) - 4:08
“Kipumylly” (”Mill of Pain”) - 3:50
“Suden Joiku” (”Yoik of the Wolf”) - 4:22
“Runamoine” - 4:03
“Syntykoski Syömmehessäin” (”Rapid of Birth From My Heart”) - 3:05
“Korven Kuningas” (”King of the Woods”) - 21:56*
*The title track ends at about 5:20. The remainder of the track is distant, droning percussion.
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