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Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI will release their new album, "Noita", on May 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast. Recorded at Petrax Studio with Aksu Hanttu producing,Emre Can Jersey, recording and mixing again,jerseys china, it is the band's first CD to feature new accordion player Sami Perttula,St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire Jersey, who played a very active role in the folk arrangements along with fiddler Tuomas Rounakari.The first "Noita" track-by-track-breakdown video can be seen below.The cover artwork for "Noita" was created by Jan Yrlund from Darkgrove Design,Marc-Andre Fleury Jersey, who has created all the KORPIKLAANI covers in recent years.Commented KORPIKLAANI bass player Jarkko Aaltonen: "'Noita', in the traditional Finnish meaning, is different than what people associate it with nowadays. "'Noita' is a person with wider knowledge and understanding of the nature and who also was believed to possess paranormal or unnatural abilities. These people were often also referred to as Tietäjä,Washington Nationals Ryan Zimmerman Jersey, [which] exactly means someone with wider knowledge and understanding of pretty much everything. "Native American medicine man is pretty much the same thing or actually all the different types of Shamans of the primitive peoples are the same thing. Noita is someone that you turn to when you need help of some kind. "Finnish Noita had the ability to heal, just like their North American counterparts. They were very respected members of the society. Only later Christianity changed the word to mean something negative since those people were considered rivals by the church. Even in Finland,Keith Magnuson Jersey, this turned into a witchhunt (=noitavaino) every now and then. "Anyway, most people using Google Translate or similar will find the word 'witch' and will probably get a bit wrong idea of the meaning,Marcus Allen Chiefs Jersey, since most will probably connect it with the black sabbaths,Roger Craig 49ers Jersey, devil marks and such,Gyasi Zardes Jersey, when a way more correct translation would probably be medicine man or Shaman."Added Pertulla: "Previously the KORPIKLAANI albums were played with a piano-accordion and now I play with a traditional button-accordion which was more widely used in Finland anyways. In the arrangements you can hear more tonal harmonies and folky accompaniments combined to the power-chords than before. It actually boosts up the uplifting feel of our music."KORPIKLAANI violinist Toumas Rounakari commented: "This album has more violin solos than ever before. Violin is more in the role of a lead-guitar now just as Jonne had originally intended it to be."KORPIKLAANI vocalist Jonne Järvelä concluded: "We have finally managed to create the balance between folk and metal in the way I've always dreamt it to be. Thanks to Sami's arrangements and Tuomas's crazy shredding of the violin." |
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