Korven Kuningas

Korpiklaani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B0012E6R50
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,964 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Finnish Folk Metal with an emphasis on the Folk elements. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, as good as previous, April 5, 2008

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Metal Queen (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Korven Kuningas (Audio CD)

I agree with the first reviewer, Korpiklanni has the folk metal formula down. Very innovative and energetic folk metal. I personally could (and have) listened to all albums put out by them all day long. I don't know what is so appealing about this genre but they do it to perfection. Rock on Korpiklanni!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not many changes to the original folk metal formula... but that's not a bad thing at all, March 27, 2008

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N. Milchak - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Korven Kuningas (Audio CD)

I haven't listened to this album as many times as I should to properly review it, but after a couple of listens I can safely say that this is just as good as any of the previous Korpiklaani releases (but not quite as original as Spirit of the Forest, however). I noticed that the lead guitar was a little more prominent in a couple of the songs, but for the most part this is the good old Korpiklaani many of us have come to know.

My only gripe is that the 24 minute track really ends around 6 minutes; the rest is a unnecessarily long, repetitive drumbeat. It's good for atmoshphere, I suppose, but not the fabulously long epic that the length suggests.

Whether you are new to Korpiklaani or a longtime fan, I would definitely recommend this CD to you, but I would recommend that you pickup Spirit of the Forest first.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome!!, May 9, 2008

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J. L. Brown "lightning blade" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Korven Kuningas (Audio CD)

This CD is awesome! There are so many catchy songs its crazy! I love the accordian and the violin.

Theres only two bad things I can think of. It gets kinda redundant, which is kinda weird cause theres a ton of variety in the beats, the vocals, the tunes of the accordian. I don't know how to describe it, maybe they just use one key. . . Whatever it doesn't matter. . . The second thing though is that they have a 21 minute song that sounds like its going to become AWESOME, but it falls flat at 5:18 when it has a drum sound for the remains 15 minutes and thats it! Thats just ridiculous, who the hell wants to listen to that??? Oh well. . .

There are a lot of things that are awesome about this album. I'll just stream it all into a paragraph: One thing that is good is that all the songs have at least one interesting part, which is great, makes every song worth listening to. The vocals are pretty much the same in this album as in all the other albums, so no worse, which is good. I'd have to say that this CD is slower than their previous albums, buts thats just a generalization, and I actually like all the slow songs, which is amazing cause I love fast pace, intense, powerful intstrumentation. Theres plenty of more intense riffs, such as in Killing Iron, but I still think its a slower CD with a much more epic sound and all the songs flow together. The melody of each song is INCREDIBLY catchy, and I mean every song! even the stupid song that is 21 minutes long has a catchy first 5 minutes. . . I don't really know how else to commend this. . . So I'll leave it at that.

Favorite songs: Shall We Take a Turn, Under Icy Waters, with my absolute favorite song Yoik of the Wolf.