KORPIKLAANI
Jylhä
NUCLEAR BLAST
Finnish folk metal hedonists turn to a darker brew
Korpiklaani has been so slight, we barely clocked it was taking place. The Finns’ debut, 2003’s , earned them a reputation as perennial boozers, known for putting on shows that resembled a folk metal Oktoberfest. For years, subsequent albums suggested the band had little inclination to deviate stylistically from that template, while songs like and insinuated they were
