Artist
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani is a folk metal artist from Lahti, Finland formed in 2003. 37 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk Metal · Lahti, Finland · Best folk metal albums
- 37
- Releases
- 2003–2025
- Active years
- 2003
- Formed
Artist
Korpiklaani is a folk metal artist from Lahti, Finland formed in 2003. 37 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk Metal · Lahti, Finland · Best folk metal albums
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Jylhä
2021
A Man With a Plan
Single · 2016
Got The Time
Single · 2025
Sauna
Single · 2024
Gotta Go Home
Single · 2023
Krystallomantia
Single · 2022
Interrogativa Cantilena
Single · 2022
Mellanöl (Sweden)
Single · 2020
Sudenmorsian
Single · 2020
Pivo Pivo (Slovakia)
Single · 2020
Shai Shai (Siberia)
Single · 2020
Пиво Пиво (Russia)
Single · 2020
Bira Bira (Greece)
Single · 2020
Beer Kill Kill (USA)
Single · 2020
Bier Bier (Netherlands)
Single · 2020
Birra birra (Argentina)
Single · 2020
Øl Øl (Norway)
Single · 2019
Bír Bír (Czech Republic)
Single · 2019
Kaljaa (Finland)
Single · 2019
Beer Beer (Scotland)
Single · 2019
Jägermeister
Single · 2019
Bier Bier (Germany)
Single · 2019
Land of a Thousand Drinks
Single · 2019
Pivo Pivo (Croatia)
Single · 2019
Fc Lahti
Single · 2016
Korpiklaani (Finnish: Wilderness Clan) is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman. While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal. The roots of Korpiklaani can be traced back to a Sami folk music group under the name of "Shamaani Duo", an "in house restaurant band" created by Jonne Järvelä in 1993. An album of folk music (Hunka Lunka) was released under this name before Järvelä relocated and "Shamaani Duo" morphed into "Shaman". Shaman was the second incarnation of Korpiklaani, formed in 1996 which is notable for the heavy use of original native Sámic music elements and lyrics in Sámi. The band's music was based on the folk music of Shamaani Duo. The most widely used elements are the shamanic drum, yoik and humppa. Besides yoik, the vocals vary from clean to rather aggressive growling. The musical style of Shaman is quite distinctive, especially in the slow songs, due to its entrancing atmosphere created by the monophonic, "narrow" synth sound making the deep contrast to the spacious sound of the acoustic guitar, the shamanic drum and yoik singing. The first recording rel…
