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''Karkelo'' is the sixth studio album by Finnish
folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...
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Korpiklaani Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman. History Shamaani Duo While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
. The title is the Finnish interpretation of the word "party", or otherwise meaning loosely "having fun" or "frolic".


Pre-release and production

The band started recording material on 15 February. The album was released on 26 June 2009. The songs had the drums recorded in Petrax studio located in
Hollola Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...
with the rest of the instruments recorded in Grooveland Recording Studio based in
Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...
. In support of the album's release, Korpiklaani underwent their first North American tour in April and May 2009.
Three versions of a single for the song "Vodka" were released in anticipation of this album in May 2009. The CD version of the single was released in Finland on 27 May 2009, and the digital single, along with the 7" picture vinyl, was released on 29 May 2009. The B-side of the single is "Juodaan Viinaa".


Track listing


Personnel

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Jonne Järvelä Korpiklaani ( Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman. History Shamaani Duo While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk m ...
- vocals, guitars, percussion, choirs *
Juho Kauppinen Juho Kauppinen (born 4 August 1986) is the former accordionist of the Finnish band Korpiklaani. He has also been in Falchion, which was a Finnish Death metal band, in which he was the vocalist and lead guitarist. Falchion Falchion was founded ...
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accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
, guitars on "Uniaika", choirs * Cane - guitars, choirs * Hittavainen -
fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...
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viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...
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mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...
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tin whistle The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, a class of instrument which also includes the recorder and Native American flute. A tin whistle player is called a whistl ...
* Jarkko Aaltonen - bass * Matti Johansson - drums, choirs


Guest musicians

* Aksu Hanttu - backing vocals


Production

* Svante Forsbäck - mastering * Jan "Örkki" Yrlund - artwork * Aksu Hanttu - producer, recording, mixing * Harri Hinkka - photography


References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Korpiklaani albums Nuclear Blast albums