Voice of Wilderness [ENHANCED]

Korpiklaani

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2005)
• Original Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B0006Z1ZNK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,728 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Cottages & Saunas

2. Journey Man

3. Fields in Flames

4. Pine Woods

5. Spirit of the Forest

6. Native Land

7. Hunting Song

8. Ryyppäjäiset

9. Beer Beer

10. Old Tale

11. Kädet Siipinä (Hunting Song)

12. Hunting Song [Multimedia Track]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

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

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	A Kat Person (Bay Area) - See all my reviews

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 25, 2006

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

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:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Finntroll, Still Good, June 19, 2005

By	Lumazu "a die hard sabbath fan" (California) - See all my reviews

Korpiklaani and Finntroll may both be playing Finnish folk metal, but the styles are completely different. Finntroll is much more akin to black metal, while Korpiklaani sounds like the Flogging Molly of metal. They have an actual folk singer, and that seems to be the main difference.

For you Finntroll fans out there, I recommend you take a look at Mithotyn and Suidakra before checking this out. Mithotyn is more akin to Finntroll than this, and Suidakra sounds the most like Mithotyn if you like their style.

For those of you who think a folk singer might sound good singing along to a heavy metal accompaniment (and a fiddle, don't forget the fiddle), then this is proof that you are right. Somehow, Korpiklaani make this arrangement work and work well. This is an improvement upon their first album, Spirit of the Forest, so hopefully when/if they release another one, it will be even better than this.

Highlights on this album include "Spirit of the Forest", "Old Tale", and "Kaedet Siipinae", which is a beautiful way to end this album. Unfortunately, a few mediocre songs are thrown in as well, warranting this a four-star rating, but it's still worth a look.