Voice of Wilderness

Korpiklaani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B0006Z1ZNK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Finland

Editorial Reviews

Korpiklaani captures the essence of Finnish life and embeds it in their music. Their second album, Voice of Wilderness, brings the listener into the Finnish woodsmen’s traditional world. Korpiklaani deliver quality Folk Metal that tells ancient tales and praises beer. The coarse romance of this album turns any peaceful evening before the fireplace into a roaring celebration. Finntroll fans delight!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely jaw-dropping., March 28, 2006

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k93 - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Voice of Wilderness (Audio CD)

This is the second review I'm writing for these guys, the first review having been a quick one for Spirit of the Forest, based on my first impressions. On many further listens, I maintain that this music is positively stunning. This album is every bit as perfect as Spirit. I know a lot of people refer to this as some happy - party - drunken type music, and to some extent this is true, but for me this music really touches the nature spirit, it makes me yearn for dark forests and native wisdom like nothing else! It is powerful, emotional, so full of energy, and touches my soul to the core.

Maybe this is just my reaction, I don't know, but for anyone else who feels it, Korpiklaani has 2 other albums under the name Shaman that also have this amazing nature energy, and I recommend them wholeheartedly. Over the few months that I've been listening to them, those 4 albums put together are rapidly becoming my most cherished among *hundreds* of CDs! Straight-up metalheads beware though, the Shaman albums are not that heavy at all, and emphasize the folk part even more - including a lot of really amazing native chanting... of course it's not in English, but this does not matter to me, the music and chanting are Magickal without having to be understood in a literal sense...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finns rule!!, January 24, 2006

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Analog "Evil_Spud_Boy" (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of Wilderness (Audio CD)

At first I did not like this album as much as their last, but after listening to it over and over, I now consider it equal. It is, as some stated before, a lot heavier and faster and the vocals aren't sung much, they're a lot grittier. The melodies are still here, which is the most important part. I don't think Korpiklaani sound that much like Finntroll, they're a lot more melody oriented and use traditional instrumentation in favor of cheesy sounding keyboards, and they don't have that whole black metal sound going for them. Every song is unique, and full of traditional sounding Finnish folk blended with melodic metal touches. Don't listen to the person who said all the songs are written in the same key, they're not. Korpiklaani are one of the most original and innovative bands around in today's metal scene, and this album is very good. I would recommend this to fans of anything from Frigg to Finntroll, people into medieval music will probably enjoy this also.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Korpiklaani Rocks!, March 17, 2008

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

This review is from: Voice of Wilderness (Audio CD)

I can't say how much I enjoy this band. I listen, deep listen to tons of metal. Metal is my life. I can hear creativity, passion, energy, brilliance in music even if it isn't my favorite genre. This however is..and i think Korpiklaani are exceptional musicians.