KORPIKLAANI are set to release their new album Noita on May 4th in the UK (5th in North America), via Nuclear Blast. This will be the band’s ninth full length studio album and to give fans an idea of what to expect, they are releasing a series of album trailers detailing the making of their new offering. Today sees the release of the second album trailer in which Jonne and Cane discuss the album title:
Listen to the first single from the album titled ‘Lempo’:
Noita was recorded at Petrax Studio with musician and producer Aksu Hanttu and the band recently released the first album trailer, which was filmed at Petrax. Watch as the band reveal what it was like recording the new material, here:
The forthcoming album is the first KORPIKLAANI release to feature new accordion player Sami Perttula. Perttula’s joining the band has added another dimension in the band’s folk arrangements alongside Fiddler Tuomas Rounakari. Jan Yrlund (MANOWAR, SIRENIA etc), of Darkgrove Design, created the artwork. Yrlund has created all of the KORPIKLAANI artwork in recent years and once again has come up with another masterpiece.
Noita is available to pre-order on a variety of formats below:
HAND SIGNED CD OR VINYL FROM RECORDSTORE:
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