Tales Along This Road

General | Jun 2006

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2006-07-08
Uppity, raucous & fun combo of folk & metal. Kinda similar ot their country mates, Finntroll but more streamlined. Clean vocals all the way & lots of crazy tempo shifts. Drinking people’s metal for sure.
((((1)))) Jew’s harp, fiddle, folky-mosh. Ridiciously repetitive vocals but effective enough to make you into a “Happy Little Boozer”.
((((2)))) Slightly guttural vox, huge “stein hoisting” sound. Nice accordian solo.
((((((3)))))) Charging, nice interplay with guitar & accordian. You can even here their Finnish accented English. Square dance mosh?!?
((((4))) Jew’s harp, flute, (Swedish?) bagpipes. Slow & riffy.
(((((5))))) GREAT rollicking instrumental with fiddles & thrash riffs galore.
(((((6)))) Strummy ballad with catchy with nice flute breakdown. (“De trolling mon av dee lake”)
((((7))) Sounds like a frost giant could be singing this.
(((8))) Standard metal riffing with fantastic acoustic folk strummning & klezmer-like tempos. The chorus is a MUST listen.
((((9)))) Advanced speed reading set to Finnish folk metal. Clear chorus that emphasizes every syllable.
(((10))) Roustabout Ren-Faire style. Vocals aren’t always ‘on’ but listen to how he sings the chorus-there’s a lot of feeling beind it.

Recent airplay

Midsummer Night
happy little boozer
Rise
happy little boozer
Cognitive OverloadAug 10, 2006
happy little boozer
to heavy for titaniumAug 09, 2006
happy little boozer

Charting

2006-07-02 — 2006-09-03 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 13 3
Aug 6 1
Jul 30 1
Jul 23 1
Jul 16 2
Jul 9 1

Track listing

1. happy little boozer
2. Vakirauta
3. Midsummer Night
4. Tuli Kokko
5. Spring Dance
6. Under The Sun
7. Korpiklaani
8. Rise
9. Kirki
10. Hide Your Riches