KORPIKLAANI Announce New Album

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12/15/23 • 585 Views • 0 Share • Published in Metal

Reveal Extensive Touring Plans!

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Finnish folk metal superstars KORPIKLAANI have announced the name and release date of their upcoming new studio album, Rankarumpu, which is due to be released on April 5th, 2024. In addition, KORPIKLAANI have revealed their massive touring plans for 2024, starting with an extensive UK tour with Alestorm and Heidevolk in February and March, two album release shows in Mexico on April 5th and 6th, followed by a North Amercan tour with Visions Of Atlantis & Illumishade (feat. members of Eluveitie) in April and May, a good number of big European Summer festivals and a European tour towards the end of the year. Scroll down for all confirmed dates.KORPIKLAANI's twelfth studio album, Rankarumpu, is once again full of tasty folk metal and its different flavors, but it also offers new spices. Perhaps the ancient gods of joyful music have decided to bless their own sons with some new miraculous extracts? "Whenever I start writing something new, the material always finds its own path without any forcing - that stuff just comes from somewhere deep inside me, completely naturally", states Jonne Järvelä. "Anyway, when I started to come up with the material for Rankarumpu, I set myself a goal. A couple of previous records, especially Kulkija (2018), were a bit slower as a whole, so this time I wanted to benefit from a bit faster tempos - a bit like the old Korpiklaani." This is exactly what Rankarumpu is all about. Of course, KORPIKLAANI sometimes slows down and gets seriously emotional, but for the most part Rankarumpu - as a whole, probably the band's catchiest album to date - rushes forward at a faster pace.One of the most wonderful features of Rankarumpu is related to the folk instruments. Although KORPIKLAANI has done one or maybe even a couple of unforgettable things in the realm of folk metal, this time new permanent member Olli Vänskä's violin and Sami Perttula's accordion may surprise even die-hard fans. Rankarumpu, like the two previous records, was executed with recording / mixing engineer and producer Janne Saksa. It seems that the collaboration between the band and Saksa has reached a whole new level with Rankarumpu.

KORPIKLAANI LIVE IN 2024UK AND IRELAND TOUR 2024 w/ Alestorm & Heidevolk 21.02. UK London - O2 Forum Kentish Town22.02. UK Norwich - LCR UEA23.02. UK Nottingham - Rock City24.02. UK Bournemouth - O2 Academy25.02. UK Bristol - O2 Academy27.02. UK Belfast - Limelight28.02. UK Dublin - Academy29.02. UK Cardiff - SU01.03. UK Birmingham - O2 Academy02.03. UK Oxford - O2 Academy03.03. UK Glasgow - O2 Academy05.03. UK Manchester - O2 Victoria Warehouse06.03. UK Liverpool - O2 Academy07.03. UK Leeds - O2 Academy08.03. UK Newcastle - NX09.03. UK London - O2 Forum Kentish TownRANKARUMPU ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS IN MEXICO 202405.04. MX Mexico City - Foro28 * Album Release Show06.04. MX Monterrey - Cafe Iguana

RANKARUMPU NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2024w/ Visions Of Atlantis & Illumishade08.04. US Reading - Reverb09.04. US New York City - Gramercy Theatre10.04. US Boston - Brighton Music Hall11.04. CA Montreal - La Tulipe12.04. CA Ottawa - Brass Monkey13.04. CA Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre 14.04. US Pontiac - The Crofoot15.04. US Milwaukee - Turner Hall17.04. US Minneapolis - Skyway Theatre18.04. CA Winnipeg - Park Theatre19.04. CA Regina - The Exchange20.04. CA Edmonton - Starlite Room21.04. CA Calgary - Dickens 23.04. CA Vancouver - Rickshaw Theatre24.04. US Seattle - El Corazon25.04. US Portland - BossaNova Ballroom26.04. US San Francisco - DNA Lounge27.04. US Los Angeles - 172028.04. US San Diego - Brick By Brick29.04. US Phoenix - The Nile01.05. US Denver - Gothic Theatre02.05. US Lincoln - The Bourbon Theater03.05. US Joliet - The Forge04.05. US Pittsburgh - Mr Smalls Theatre05.05. US Baltimore - Baltimore SoundstageTICKETS: https://linktr.ee/rankarumpu_america_2024CONFIRMED SUMMER FESTIVALS 202427.-30.06. FR Clisson - Hellfest12.07. FR Laundresse - La Guerre Du Son28.07.-03.08. SI Velenje - MetalDays09.-11.08. FR Cercoux - Festival 66609.-11.08. UK Walton on Trent - Bloodstock Open Air09.-11.08. BE Kortrijk - Alcatraz Festival14.-17.08. DE Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze15.-17.08. CZ Zámek Moravský Krumlov - Rock Castle24.08. PT Pindelo dos Milagres - Milagre Metaleiro Open AirEUROPEAN WINTER TOUR 2024w/ In Extremo & Rauhbein15.11. DE Saarbrücken - Garage16.11. CH Pratteln - Z722.11. DE Rostock - Moya23.11. DE Dortmund - Phantastischer Lichter Weihnachtsmarkt29.11. DE Berlin - Columbiahalle30.11. DE Bremen - Pier 206.12. DE Nürnberg - KIA Metropol Arena07.12. AT Wien - Gasometer12.12. DE Bielefeld - Lokschuppen13.12. DE Hannover - Swiss Life Hall14.12. DE Dresden - Alter Schlachthof20.12. DE Leipzig - Haus Auensee21.12. DE Stuttgart - Porsche Arena27.12. DE München - Zenith28.12. DE Wiesbaden - Schlachthof29.12. DE Erfurt - Messehalle30.12. DE Köln - Palladium... more dates to be announced soon