The Dean Ween Group Theatre of Living Arts Theatre of the Living Arts March 30

Korpiklaani (The Theatre of Living Arts (TLA), Philadelphia, PA, Nov 25, 2018)

Nov 25, 2018 by Paul Debraski

[ATTENDED: November 25, 2018] Korpiklaani

I'm not even sure now what inspired me to go encounter Korpiklaani.  I know I'd never heard of them before this calendar month.  But I somehow saw their proper noun and t heir genre and heard that their shows were just inspired lunacy.  The fact that they were from Republic of finland made it fifty-fifty more interesting and exotic.  I watched a video or two and decided I'd like to run across them.  And so, lo and behold they were playing in Philly in like two weeks.

And so I rearranged my schedule and got a ticket.

The crowd at TLA was relatively modest, just it was incredibly intense.  Nigh everyone there knew the band actually well.  Some were in kilts, there were lots of beards.  And that small crowd fifty-fifty got a raging mosh pit going.

Some people experience that they are not really heavy metallic, and I can see that.  Even singer Jonne Järvelä, said "Korpiklaani's music would be seen as "sometime people's music with heavy metal guitars" in Republic of finland.

I actually had no idea what to wait, and then I was delighted when the band came out as a kind of Nordic Folk Hamlet People.

Tuomas Rounakari on violin was dressed head to toe in white including a white top hat.
Sami Perttula on accordion (yes this is a heavy metal band) had one incredibly long dreadlock out of the dorsum of his otherwise shaved head also every bit a small goatee with a braided longer function.
Jarkko Aaltonen on bass had a huge beard, blank feet and was wearing a kilt.
Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi on guitar was dressed more or less like a cowboy, with a cowboy chapeau and a very Western-looking shirt.
Matti "Matson" Johansson on drums was pretty much invisible for nearly of the show just he had on shorts and tanktop, like a drummer should.
And and then there was lead vocalist Jonne Järvelä–long dreadlocks, a leather jacket and nothing but smiles.

This was a band looking to have a skilful time.

They opened with Neito, a heavy song that showcases how important the accordion is for their overall audio.  And from at that place they ran through 12 of the 14 songs on their new album Kulkija.

And throughout the prove, every musician was unbound by their position on the stage.  Each guy moved effectually, continuing in front of us and then moving to the other side.  It was so much fun to not watch the same person for the whole testify.  Even if Tuomas was a ton of fun.  Considering it was awesome watching how fast Sami's fingers were.

I was also really impressed past bassist Jarkko.  He didn't do annihilation fancy but his bass was so low and powerful, information technology was a like an unstoppable train.

In addition to having fun singing, they too had fun messing effectually a scrap, like when Jonne bowed Tuomas' violin.

What'southward and then interesting to be nearly this whole genre is that for the most function the guitar is a rhythm instrument and all of the solos are performed by violin of squeeze box of (not in this band, just in others) wind instruments.  So, there was a time when both Sami and Tuomas exchanged solos like a double atomic number 82 guitar attack.  And some of Tuomas' solos were really intense.

They played new songs throughout the prove, although most were in the early section of the concert.  By the middle, they were playing a few older songs, which seemed to become the crowd really going.

Many of the songs were in Finnish, indeed, since 2011 most lyrics were written by poet Tuomas Keskimäki, who writes lyrics in the old Finnish "kalevalametre".  Just that's not to say that Jonne is unfamiliar with English.  Earlier songs were in English and of course he spoke to u.s.a. in English throughout the nighttime, mostly trying to go usa roused upward.  Although I enjoyed when he introduced a couple of songs like the ass-kicking Sillanrakentaja with it'south great heavy metallic riff.

His voice was pretty rough, and I don't know if that's how he sings or if he was a picayune worn downward by the tour.  Either way it sounded cool, even in the pretty carol.

They played one instrumental and it was awesome.  A great metallic riff with some excellent jamming from the whole band.  But for the most role I loved the fashion the folk and the metal shared a stage.  In some ways it reminded me of Gogol Bordello as well.

The highlight of the night for me was when the band pulled a fan on phase to sing "Wooden Pints."  The guys was excited, the crowd went basics and it was so much fun seeing them run all effectually the stage in drunken carousal.

And then yes even though many songs were in Finnish, there were a few older ones in English.  Like the encore, Beer beer, in which he showered the audience with love.  But beer wasn't difficult enough for them so they needed to play "Vodka" likewise. And human being, the crowd went berserk for both of these songs.  And why not, the chant of "vodka! vodka!" was a lot of fun.

The ended with "Crows Bring the Leap" and when they started it, the guy behind me went out of his mind.  He couldn't believe they were playing this song.  And that made it all the more fun.

The band left the stage and it seemed like it was all over but the Tuomas and drummer Matti came out and did a trivial mail service-show celebration for us.

My goodness this show was a lot of fun.

SETLIST (This setlist is taken from another show, but I noticed that the setlists were laminated and roadies weren't allowed to manus them out, so information technology seem similar that our evidence was the aforementioned.

1. Neitoℜ
2. Korpikuusen kyynelℜ
3. Aallon Allaℜ
4. Erämaan Ärjyt ⊗
5. A Man With A Plan√
6. Juomamaaℜ
7. Kallon maljaℜ
8. Pellervoinenℜ
9. Harmajaℜ
10. Ievan PolkkaΨ
11. Sahtiℵ
12. Sillanrakentajaℜ

13. Kotikonnutℜ

14. Henkselipoikaℜ

15. Petoeläimen kuolaΨ

16. RuumiinmultaaΨ

17. Korppikalliotaℜ

18. Kuin korpi nukkuvaℜ

19. Metsämiesℑ

20. Lempoℵ

21. Kultanainen⊗

22. Pilli on pajusta tehtyℵ

23. Wooden Pints§

24. encore
25. Beer Beer∇
26. Vodka⊗
27. Crows Bring the Spring§

ℜ = Kulkija (2018)
√ = Live Masters of Stone (2017)
ℵ = Noita (2015)
Ψ = Manela (2012)
⊗ = Karkelo (2009)
ℑ = Korven Kuningas (2008)
∇ = Voice of Wilderness (2005)
§ = Spirit of the Woods (2003)

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