Taken
from the band's latest release, Ukon
Wacka, Korpiklaani
attempted to 'do a Lordi' with this single, by submitting it for the
Eurovision Song
Contest. Although they were ultimately
unsuccessful in their bid, the song attracted plenty of attention
and this was one
reason for the decision to release it as a single. The song
describes a hunt scene from the Kalevala,
the national epic of Finland, where the character Lemminkäinen
“puts
on his charmed skis and takes off for a prolonged hunt through
forests and meadows, marshlands and woodlands, rapids and rivers”.
American
one-man-band Swordbearer
have announced
the release of new album Honor,
due for release this Thursday, December 22nd
exclusively through iTunes. A new song from the album, 'Where
Mountains Meet the Sky', has also been released on YouTube.
Dutch
band Chain
of Dogs,
named after Steven Erikson's Malazan
Book of the Fallen series of fantasy books, are set to begin
recording their next EP, the follow up to their 2010 LP Gebroake,
Gehange en Gewroake.
Following
on from last
week's announcement, Eluveitie
have released further details about their upcoming album, Helvetios.
In a teaser
video released on YouTube, frontman Chigrel Glanzmann has
revealed that the new album will be a concept alum about the Helvetii
tribe that inhabited most of what is now Switzerland during the 1st
Century BC, who warred with the advancing Roman army of Julius
Caesar.
Another band who have released teaser material this week are Slough Feg, who have posted a 15-minute preview of their upcoming live release Made in Poland on YouTube. Consisting of excerpts from all 13 tracks the appear on the 70-minute CD, due for release on December 20th through Polish store Megadisc.
Meanwhile,
Finntroll
side project The Iniquity Descent, featuring Mathias 'Vreth' Lillmåns
on vocals, have signed
with Massacre Records.
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