"Harmaja" had me excited about the possibility of a middle-aged Korpiklaani album; the morose, acoustic single suggested with its downtrodden sulk that some purer traditional pieces might be found on Kulkija. In part, the album follows through...

You'll be shocked to learn that Noita sounds like all Korpiklaani. It's almost as though they've been doing the same thing for the last? always.

Korpiklaani are one of the bands most notorious for churning out album after meaningless album with seemingly little thought or care. It is with some surprise then that Manala, even still conforming to the one-album-per-year rule, is actually quite alright....

No one is a stranger to Korpiklaani these days with the popularity of the folk metal genre. Korpiklaani are perhaps the most productive band album-wise, as the band have released an album each consecutive year from 2005 onwards. This means that for the...