KORPIKLAANI: 'Manala' Track-By-Track Breakdown Part 1 (Video)
- Aug. 3, 2012
The first part of a track-by-track breakdown of "Manala", the eighth studio album from Finnish traditional folk metal pioneers KORPIKLAANI, can be seen below. The CD will be released on August 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork was created by Finnish artist Jan Yrlund.
Commented KORPIKLAANI vocalist Jonne Järvelä: "On the album cover, our band mascot Vaari represents Väinämöinen, who is one of the main characters in the Finnish national epic 'Kalevala'.
"As most of the lyrics on 'Manala' are based on the 'Kalevala', Jan Yrlund decided to draw his inspiration for the cover artwork from the beautiful but yet brutal depiction of the underworld in Finnish mythology."
The limited digipack edition of "Manala" will come with a bonus CD containing the entire album with English lyrics.
01. Honor 02. At The Huts Of The Underworld 03. The Steel 04. Soil Of The Corpse 05. Predator's Saliva 06. Dark Side 07. Ieva's Polka 08. Husky-Sledge 09. Dolorous 10. Dream 11. Off To The Hunt
The "Rauta" (English-language title: "The Steel") Markku Kirves-directed video can be seen below.
Jonne Järvelä previously stated about KORPIKLAANI's new album, "'Manala' is the realm of the dead — the underworld in Finnish mythology. Tuonela, Tuoni, Manala and Mana are used synonymously. This place is best known for its appearance in the Finnish national epic Kalevala, on which many of our new songs are based. In the 16th poem of Kalevala, Väinämöinen, a shamanistic hero travels to Manala to seek for knowledge about the dead. On the journey he meets the ferrywoman (similar to Charon), a girl, Tuonen tytti, or Tuonen piika (Death's maid), who takes him across the river of Tuoni. However, on the isle of Tuoni he is not given the spells he was originally looking for and he barely manages to escape the place. After his return he curses anyone trying to enter the place alive."
"Manala" will mark the recording debut of the band's new fiddler, Tuomas Rounakari.
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