Tales Along This Road
Encyclopedia
Tales Along This Road is the third full-length album by the Finnish
folk metal
band Korpiklaani
. It was released on 21 April 2006 by Napalm Records
.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
band Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman.-Biography:While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal...
. It was released on 21 April 2006 by Napalm Records
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....
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Track listing
- "Happy Little Boozer" – 3:35
- "Väkirauta" ("Magical Iron/Sword") – 3:44
- "Midsummer Night" – 3:27
- "Tuli kokko" ("Came the Eagle") – 5:25
- "Spring Dance" – 3:05
- "Under the Sun" – 4:12
- "Korpiklaani" ("Forest Clan") – 4:39
- "Rise" – 5:20
- "Kirki" ("Rutting Season") – 4:23
- "Hide Your Riches" – 4:39
- "Free Like an Eagle (Japanese/Limited edition bonus track)" – 3:26
Personnel
- Jonne JärveläJonne JärveläJonne Järvelä is the vocalist/guitarist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani and of former project Shaman. He is known in the Verga folk metal scene for his yoiking and contributed the yoik on the Finntroll album, Jaktens Tid. He once was a member of the Sami music group Angelin tytöt.- See also...
- lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, mandolin - Jaakko "Hittavainen" Lemmetty - acoustic and electric violin, jouhikko, tin-whistle, recorder, torupill (bagpipe), mandolin, mouth harp
- Juho Kauppinen - accordion, backing vocals, guitars
- Jarkko Aaltonen - bass
- Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi - guitars, backing vocals
- Matti "Matson" Johansson - drums, backing vocals