KORPIKLAANI - Tervaskanto CD
Review by Mr. Wolf
I took this to work one time to play on Metal Monday Nights. Chris, who tends the bar, took a look at the back of the CD. Then he says, "Wow they have trailer parks in Finland." Yes KORPIKLAANI are from Finland and play Folk Metal. This is actually a great CD and people shouldn't consider the term "Folk Metal" as a joke since it's a growing genre in the Underground Metal scene. Besides where else would you find an accordion or a fiddle featured in a metal band as a credible instruments.
KORPIKLAANI, which translated means "The Forest Clan", have taken roots music from the Northern area of the homeland and injected it with some metal tinged mania. What you get is an insane mixture of drinking songs and tales of ancient Finnish culture played as fast as everyday Thrash Metal. But don't try to lump them into the same bill as bands like FINNTROLL or TURISAS. FINNTROLL might have started out as Folk influenced, they have moved more into the Black Metal Realm. And as far as TURISAS goes, those animal pelt, body painted, viking wannabes look more like refugees from a San Francisco Gay Pride parade. Plus they're a power metal band. What KORPIKLAANI do is in keeping with a traditional Finnish Folk format. And there's real guy vocals, albeit they sometimes sound drunk during the recording. Also while listening to this I hear similarities to other Scandinavian countries' folk music styles and sounds plus traditional Irish and Scottish music.
So if you want to hear some lively sounding music than this is it. The CD opens up with appropriate number to get you in the mood, "Let's Drink". That's the universal language to everyone. From there they move onto more traditional Finnish Folk themes about how man associates himself with nature. Most of this is sung in Finnish but who cares, it's the feeling that this CD gives off. It's upbeat good-time blasts and that's international. It's no wonder it works well when I play it at the bar.
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