korpiklaani

A folk metal explosion!

Get your first taste of Korpiklaani's 10th studio album with this new single.

The fusing of heavy metal with traditional folk music, isn't necessarily a new thing, but there isn't anyone on the planet doing it better than Korpiklanni. The Finnish sextet's roots can be traced back to 1993 and a band called Shaman the would eventually evolve into Korpiklaani in 2…

Since 2003, Korpiklaani has been one of the most celebrated groups in the folk metal scene. The Finnish band's 2009 'Karkelo' album turned a lot of heads with its forward-thinking arrangements, exciting songwriting and exotic instrumentation...

"New York City! We're happy to be back here," Moonsorrow frontman Henri Sorvali said to the crowd at Gramercy Theater. The band was welcomed to the stage with a "Moon-sor-row!" chant. On April 8, when they played with Finntroll and Swallow the Sun, Sorvali ke…

German celtic metallers Suidakra have been making folk-infused, pagan metal for 14 years now. But unless you are immersed and enmeshed in the underground pagan scene, you've probably never crossed their path. Needless to say, staying together for nearly a decade and a half is nothing to scoff a…

The Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani released the album 'Korven Kuningas' in 2008, containing the single 'Keep on Galloping.' The premise of this video is very pro-environmental and centers around a logger being haunted by the members of the band...

Calling from a pub in Los Angeles, White Wizzard lead singer Wyatt Anderson seemed stoked to hear that one of his songs was played recently on BBC Radio 1. "Wow! That's news," Anderson said. "Excellent. We're going over to play our record label's Christmas …

"Being a metalhead at Berklee is not easy for sure," newly minted White Wizzard drummer Giovanni Durst -- who is no relation to Limp Bizkit's Fred, that's for sure -- told Noisecreep about being a metal musician at the prestigious Boston institution...

Who would win in a fight: Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair or All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte? We only ask because, over the weekend in Baltimore, the two New England metallers nearly threw down ... nearly. Instead, they aired their dirty laundry on Twitter, for all to see...