KORPIKLAANI's New Album Lands On German Chart
- Aug. 15, 2012
"Manala", the eighth studio album from Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 47, making it the best chart entry in the band's history.
Commented KORPIKLAANI accordionist Juho Kauppinen: "This is a great achievement for all of us. We are sincerely grateful to everyone who has bought the album!"
"Manala" was released on August 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork was created by Finnish artist Jan Yrlund.
The limited digipack edition of "Manala" comes 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.
KORPIKLAANI vocalist Jonne Järvelä previously stated about the band'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" marks the recording debut of the band's new fiddler, Tuomas Rounakari.
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