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“Richly flourishing soundscapes instead of party anthems - Lyrically, the album deals with the album’s title character, the wanderer. He ap- KORPIKLAANI deliver us depth on the highest level!” pears in every song and every single track represents one of his life situations. For ROCK IT! (D), Philipp Raabe example, ‘Neito’ deals with his woman. “The woman is the road, and as much as the wanderer loves being on the road, so much he loves his maiden,” explains “With its organic vibe and peaceful melodies, »Kulkija« invites Jonne (all roughly translated song titles can be found below). The album can even you to take a deep breath and to relax!” mostly be transferred to the band’s life on the road, far from home, which makes METALLIAN (F) it probably also KORPIKLAANI’s most personal and emotional album. But now onwards to KORPIKLAANI’s new music. “Your beloved and trusty KORPIKLAANI is back, yet more innovative than ever!” »Kulkija« begins with a band-typical opening trio in the form of ‘Neito’, ‘Kor- ROCK TRIBUNE (B), Vera Matthijssens pikuusen Kyynel’ and ‘Aallon Alla’, but then a beautiful acoustic ballad entitled ‘Harmaja’, gives the listener a first break to take breath. Continuing with ‘Ko- tikonnut’, also the first single, ‘Korppikalliota’ leads to ‘Kallon malja’, which is the album’s longest track with about 10 minutes. Track 8, the doomy ‘Sillanrakenta- KULKIJA WILL LET YOU FIND ja’, surprises with a children’s choir (feat. Cane’s and Jonne’s kids), before ‘Henk- selipoika’ takes over. This song could sound familiar to some people as it already EVERYTIME MORE premiered live on KORPIKLAANI’s extensive European tour with HEIDEVOLK, ARKONA and TROLLFEST in early 2018. The instrumental track ‘Pellervoinen’, GENIUS DETAILS written by fiddler Tuomas, opens up the last third of »Kulkija« with its charming folk arrangements, followed by ‘Riemu’ and ‘Kuin korpi nukkuva’, before another After 3 years since the last album, Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI high-paced track, ‘Juomamaa’, leads to the peaceful outro, ‘Tuttu on tie’. offer their 10th album titled »Kulkija« (“Wanderer”), set for a September 7th, 2018 release. The mastering skills of renowned engineer Svante Forsbäck (RAMMSTEIN a.o.), who already worked with the band on »Live at Masters of Rock« (2017), gave the Concluding 14 (!) tracks, »Kulkija« is their longest album, but also their most record its unique sound. “This record is so easy to listen to and interesting all the natural sounding one to date. “That’s what you can clearly hear. It’s closer to how time, the balance is simply perfect,” he states. “We’ve never been as satisfied with we sound on stage, and we’ll be able to play all new songs live, that’s for sure,” a final result as we are with »Kulkija«,” confirms Jonne. explains Jonne. For tracking, the band members mostly used their current tour rig. »Kulkija« was recorded in November 2017 at Petrax Studio (Hollola, Finland) And the result was definitely worth the waiting. From the first to the last tone, a and mixed at Sound Supreme Studio (Hämeenlinna, Finland) with producer/mix- unique atmosphere guides the listeners through a long journey. “It’s not just a ing engineer Janne Saksa and the final result presents the band as you’ve never collection of songs, it’s a ‘real’ album,” states Sami. Adds Jonne, “It needed many heard them before. The corresponding detailed cover artwork was designed by songs to create this atmosphere, and the record’s flow is really good too. You Jan Yrlund (BATTLE BEAST, MANOWAR a.o.), who has been designing their should definitely listen to »Kulkija« as a whole. The more you listen to the record, covers since their 3rd album, and shows a beautiful landscape, based on a real the more details you can find.” Sami Perttula explains further, “We really took photo taken by Jan at Huhtalan torppa, Kuhmoinen, Finland. our time and recorded it piece by piece. All songs were also well prepared in advance and nothing needed to be arranged in the studio like sometimes before.” After their foundation by frontman Jonne Järvelä in 2003, KORPIKLAANI was very productive and has already released an impressive amount of 9 studio al- Also, instrumentally, the band continues the way they had already started from bums (sometimes almost one album a year) plus a live DVD/Blu-ray (»Live at »Manala« (2012) to »Noita« (2015). “The characters of all instruments are more Masters of Rock«, 2017) in their only 15-year spanning career. balanced than ever before. For the first time, I had the chance to play such a wide range of emotions on a metal album, and didn’t only have to focus on playing everything hard or in a rock style. I could use more of my expressional skills,” comments fiddler Tuomas. www.korpiklaani.com · www.facebook.com/korpiklaani · www.nuclearblast.de/korpiklaani Style: Folk Metal

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»KULKIJA« - TRACK LISTING: uu Tracklists: CD: surrounded by fells and with a campfire flowing together with his 01. Neito 01. NEITO (“MAIDEN”) fiery, beautiful hair before him. He has got one eye from a horned 02. Korpikuusen kyynel The road is a wanderer’s bride, a maiden who he misses and who 03. Aallon alla he travels with. However, the real maiden is waiting for his return creature and one from a blazing sky. With these eyes he watches 04. Harmaja 05. Kotikonnut home. After a journey you may bury your carriage, but the wistful the snow going through a dead tree and the dark sky with the 06. Korppikalliota traveler’s songs and music will be carried where it lies. A traveler Northern lights dancing on it. The animals gathering around him 07. Kallon malja was born to wander. connect the narrator with wintry nature and make him part of the 08. Sillanrakentaja cycle. 09. Henkselipoika 02. KORPIKUUSEN KYYNEL (“MOONSHINE”) 10. Pellervoinen 11. Riemu The Finnish equivalent for moonshine, korpikuusen kyynel (”a tear 08. SILLANRAKENTAJA (“BRIDGE BUILDER”) 12. Kuin korpi nukkuva of the backwoods spruce”), refers to self-made hard liquor that was At Lake Pyhajarvi, located in the area of Eura and Sakyla, Finland, 13. Juomamaa secretly distilled and shed like tears in the middle of the forest. En- lies the end of Cape Hiittenkari. It is said to have been built by a 14. Tuttu on tie joying his carefree life, the moonshiner in the song sees the world giant, who wanted to build a bridge over the lake. While he was at around him from his hiding place. it, the lady of the house turned up, ridiculing the torn clothes of the LP (33RPM): Side A giant who worked hunched. Leaving his work unfinished, the giant 01. Neito 03. AALLON ALLA (“UNDER THE WAVE”) took offense and tried to cast a large stone at the mean woman. The 02. Korpikuusen kyynel A song of the drowning one. The lake and the sea are unpredicta- stone flew through the air and landed at the border of the Sakyla 03. Aallon alla ble. They are the oarsman’s grave. No wings or riches are of help and Kauttua villages, becoming a boundary mark. 04. Harmaja when the drowning man falls on the swinging waves. The oarsman Side B 01. Kotikonnut in the story cannot hear the cry of the drowning one, which could 09. HENKSELIPOIKA (“A BOY IN SUSPENDERS”) 02. Korppikalliota be heard by a deaf one. The waves can also be seen as safe: they The narrator in the song is a farmhand, who watches maids work 03. Kallon malja drift you silently towards eternity. while remaining lazy himself during a warm summer day. He would Side C like to have one of the maids as his partner, but is unable to decide 01. Sillanrakentaja 04. HARMAJA (“THE GREY”) 02. Henkselipoika who. Fond of parties and fun, the farmhand ponders whether the 03. Pellervoinen The blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), the bird in the song, has been un- maids have noticed him. 04. Riemu able to migrate south because of a broken wing. The song depicts Side D anxiety and the fading memory. . A Finnish poet Zachris Topelius 10. PELLERVOINEN 01. Kuin korpi nukkuva wrote in 1853 a poem titled “Sylvian joululaulu” about homesick- Instrumental 02. Juomamaa ness which is referred to by “laulu kaipauksen” (a song of yearning) 03. Tuttu on tie in the song. The song can also mean the “greyness” when a partner 11. RIEMU (“JOY”) of an old couple dies. In a joyous mood, a reveler goes to the party venue. He walks uu Line up: through mounds, a forest and a field, at times thinking about wheth- 05. KOTIKONNUT (“HOMESTEAD”) er he is wearing a veil of joy or madness defining his life. Jonne Järvelä | vocals, acoustic guitar, During his journey, a wanderer yearningly looks back on his home, mandolin, percussion, violafon Tuomas Rounakari | fiddle childhood and the beauty of everything. He remembers running 12. KUIN KORPI NUKKUVA (“LIKE A SLEEPING FOREST”) Cane | guitar, backing vocals with his girl on the meadow, believing it to last till the end of times. A wanderer dreams of an easy journey on an even road, with the Jarkko Aaltonen | bass Although his home is now the road and a carriage run on joy, he girl of his dreams beside him. Returning home, he feels that he does Sami Perttula | accordion will still always remember the happiness of his home and youth. At not belong anywhere. The wanderer does not want to wake, as life Matson Johansson | drums the time the moon was golden, shining everywhere at night, lighting is rife with fears and worries. At the end the dream the girl picks a up the otherwise dark countryside and the forest. The wanderer dead flower, he wakes up, he realizes that he must live for today eventually accepts that everything that comes, will one day fade and not for tomorrow. uu On Tour into a distant memory. 13. JUOMAMAA (“DRINKER’S LAND”) 06.07. ES Barcelona - 06. KORPPIKALLIOTA (“THE RAVEN’S ROCK”) Some were born as wanderers, some as drunkards, some as both. ROCK FEST 12.07. DE Neukirchen-Vluyn - A black raven has been considered the bird of the devil, even a This song depicts day- to-day drinking with friends and acquaint- DONG OPEN AIR bringer of death. It has been assembled from embers and burned ances. A drinker’s land is a place of enjoyment with no worries. 13.07. NL Amstelveen - wood. In ancient songs it was asked to carry a singer’s worries P60 (w/ MYRKVAR) and drown them into a fishless pond. The raven was believed to be 14. Tuttu on tie (“The Road Is Familiar”) 15.07. CZ Vizovice - capable of living hundreds of years. It was also believed to be so A wanderer’s home is a nostalgic road that he must walk from day MASTERS OF ROCK 03.08. DE Wacken - wise that it could dodge a bullet shot at it. Old and wise, the raven to day. On the road you have time to think about your longing and WACKEN OPEN AIR in the song sings at the top of a tall spruce, telling who has died at yearn for your lost love, yet being happy with what you have. The 15.08. PL Straszęcin - the root of the tree. wanderer knows the road inside out, like the palms of his hands. CZAD FESTIWAL He is accompanied by his friends: the sun and the moon. As the 18.08. DE Dinkelsbühl - 07. KALLON MALJA (“CHALICE OF THE SKULL”) SUMMER BREEZE night falls, he closes his eyes, feeling the soft hand of longing on 22.02. DE Wacken - The text, in first person, is set in the wintry wilderness of Lapland, his cheek. WACKEN WINTER NIGHTS

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