Track Listing

1. Tapporauta [Killing Iron]
2. Metsämies [Lumberjack]
3. Keep on Galloping
4. Northern Fall
5. Shall We Take a Turn? [Instrumental]
6. Paljon on Koskessa Kiviä [The Rapids Has Many Rocks]
7. Ali Jäisten Vetten [Under the Icy Waters]
8. Gods on Fire
9. Nuolet Nomalan [Rabbit Arrows][*][Instrumental] - Korpiklaani
10. Kantaiso [Ancestor]
11. Kipumylly [Mill of Pain]
12. Suden Joiku [Yoik of the Wolf]
13. Runamoine
14. Syntykoski Syömmehessäin [Rapids of Birth from My Heart]
15. Korven Kuningas

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85850 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
Finnish Folk Metal with an emphasis on the Folk elements.

Customer Reviews

Yes, as good as previous
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!

Not many changes to the original folk metal formula... but that's not a bad thing at all
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.

awesome!!
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.