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Kouvola, Finland (2002 – present)
Year 2002:
Two brothers from a small Finnish town called Kouvola, Finland, Antti (keyboard) and Joni Koskinen (guitar, growling vocals) decide that they have had enough of playing cover songs and end up writing their own songs. The most influential album that innovates their song writing and they both love and cherish is Moonsorrow’s ‘Voimasta ja kunniasta’ (Of Strength and Honour).
Year 2003:
While jamming at their home garage they write their first folk metal song. Joni writes the lyrics and the song is named “Viimeinen Peikkokuningas” (The Last of the Troll Kings). They wonder how to call their two-man project and finally decide to call it Kivimetsän Druidi (The Druid of the Stone Forest), because the lyrics are based on the fantasy novel, that Joni is writing. The novel tells a story ftom The Land of the Crystal Mountain and Stone Forest. Come the end of the year and Antti and Joni have written more songs. They record a homemade seven song demo and call it ‘Kristallivuoren Maa’ (The Land of the Crystal Mountain). The seven songs are 1. Hvel Efangon (prelude), 2. Viimeinen Peikkokuningas (The Last of the Troll Kings), 3. Kristallivuoden Maa (instrumental) (The Land of the Crystal Mountain), 4. Neljä Kansaa (Four Nations), 5. Tulitanssi (instrumental) (Fire Dance), 6. Scrunin Taru (Tale of Scrun), 7. Kotimatka (Outro) (Way Back Home).
Year 2004:
Two brothers from a small Finnish town called Kouvola, Finland, Antti (keyboard) and Joni Koskinen (guitar, growling vocals) decide that they have had enough of playing cover songs and end up writing their own songs. The most influential album that innovates their song writing and they both love and cherish is Moonsorrow’s ‘Voimasta ja kunniasta’ (Of Strength and Honour).
Year 2003:
While jamming at their home garage they write their first folk metal song. Joni writes the lyrics and the song is named “Viimeinen Peikkokuningas” (The Last of the Troll Kings). They wonder how to call their two-man project and finally decide to call it Kivimetsän Druidi (The Druid of the Stone Forest), because the lyrics are based on the fantasy novel, that Joni is writing. The novel tells a story ftom The Land of the Crystal Mountain and Stone Forest. Come the end of the year and Antti and Joni have written more songs. They record a homemade seven song demo and call it ‘Kristallivuoren Maa’ (The Land of the Crystal Mountain). The seven songs are 1. Hvel Efangon (prelude), 2. Viimeinen Peikkokuningas (The Last of the Troll Kings), 3. Kristallivuoden Maa (instrumental) (The Land of the Crystal Mountain), 4. Neljä Kansaa (Four Nations), 5. Tulitanssi (instrumental) (Fire Dance), 6. Scrunin Taru (Tale of Scrun), 7. Kotimatka (Outro) (Way Back Home).
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Taottu (promo EP)
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Halls of shadowheart
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Burden
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Mustan Valtikan Aika
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Northwind - prelude
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Korpin laulu
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Verivala
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Veljet
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Shoutbox
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larkrusnik wrote:
i like the female vocals, pretty and deep, almost elvish
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larkrusnik wrote:
they dont sing in english cuz theyre finnish duh
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Heigen wrote:
no, the female singer is really bad
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BlackSun88 wrote:
great
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ElvinWizard wrote:
@adelinadarkstar: Because they're Finnish. If your native language is something as lyrical as Suomi you have no need to sing in English ;p
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adelinadarkstar wrote:
Why don't they sing in English?
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ElvinWizard wrote:
Killerdwarf, you don't know what you're on about. All of Kivimetsan's singers have had wonderful voices.
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Killerdwarf wrote:
music = nice, but vocal = BAD !!! very bad the female voice!!!!
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ElvinWizard wrote:
Saw them last night, she's got a wonderful voice but the venue didn't have her mic loud enough. I was about a foot away from her though so it was fine. I'm just glad they came to the States, I didn't think they had a big enough following.
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lijemo wrote:
@tim_mulberry-- the sound problems the night that I saw them were definitely the venue's fault, not the band's. So I'm not surprised the sound was better when you heard them.
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ShatteredFlame wrote:
The vocals ruin this. Both the girl and the growls are pretty horrid.
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tim_mulberry wrote:
I saw these guys last night, the sound was actually really good. However they were the first band and no one was drunk so the crowd was kinda lame.
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lijemo wrote:
Loved seeing them live last night! Even though they were burned pretty bad by the sound quality problems the equipment at the venue was having.
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Lord_Asator wrote:
Yay very great music. Listen one time and buyed ^^ epic great
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DarkSymphony500 wrote:
just had listened to this band, awesome music
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PhAntOmEttA wrote:
oh coomon girl isnt so bad +)))))))))))) she has pretty good voice....
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metalegghead wrote:
-Chimera- speaks truth.
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-Chimera- wrote:
they'd sound much, much better without the girl...
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ElvinWizard wrote:
Wonderful! Can't wait to see them live this november.
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korg_ wrote:
great stuff
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Veljet full track | 4:14 |
News
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Kivimetsän Druidi's first North American tour starts next week as we will join Eluveitie, Belphegor, Alestorm and Vreid on Heathenfest America 2009! If you haven't already bought your tickets, do it n. …
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