Line up: Jonne Järvelä | vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, violafon Tuomas Rounakari | fiddle Cane | guitar, backing vocals Jarkko Aaltonen | bass Sami Perttula | accordion Matson Johansson | drums After 3 years since the last album, Finnish Folk Metal Superstars KORPIKLAANI offer their 10thalbum titled »Kulkija« (“Wanderer”), set for a September 7th, 2018 release. Concluding 14 (!) tracks, »Kulkija« is their longest album, but also their most natural sounding one to date. “That’s what you can clearly hear. It’s closer to how we sound on stage, and we’ll be able to play all new songs live, that’s for sure,”explains Jonne. For tracking, the band members mostly used their current tour rig. And the result was definitely worth the waiting. From the first to the last tone, a unique atmosphere guides the listeners through a long journey. “It’s not just a collection of songs, it’s a ‘real’ album,” states Sami. Adds Jonne, “It needed many songs to create this atmosphere, and the record’s flow is really good too. You should definitely listen to »Kulkija« as a whole. The more you listen to the record, the more details you can find.” SamiPerttula explains further, “We really took our time and recorded it piece by piece. All songs were also well prepared in advance and nothing needed to be arranged in the studio like sometimes before.” Also, instrumentally, the band continues the way they had already started from »Manala« (2012) to »Noita« (2015). “The characters of all