CD REVIEW — KORPIKLAANI Manala

Now, I’ll admit that polka-influenced folk metal isn’t for everyone. Complaints about the genre vary, ranging from derision of the unmetal instruments and arrangements, to nitpicking remarks about some flute wrecking an entire song, to outright dismissal of the genre as “gimmicky.” It’s true that folk metal just doesn’t appeal to some metal fans. Also ...

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