Shaman (band)
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:''This article is about the Finnish band Shaman. For the Brazilian band Shaaman (Shaman), see [[Shaaman]].''
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:odda mailbmi shot.jpg|thumb|250px|Lead man [[Jonne Järvelä]], in A shot from the "Ođđa máilbmi" video, off the ''[[Idja]]'' album. ]] -->'''Shaman''' was a Finnish [[folk metal]] band formed in [[1993]] which is notable for the heavy use of original native [[Sami people|Sámic]] music elements and lyrics in [[Sami language|Sámi]]. The most widely used elements are the [[shamanism|shamanic drum]], [[yoik]] and [[humppa]]. Besides [[yoik]], the vocals vary from clean to rather aggressive [[death grunt|growling]].
The musical style of Shaman is quite distinctive, especially in the slow songs, due to its entrancing atmosphere created by the monophonic, "narrow" [[synthesizer|synth]] sound making the deep contrast to the spacious sound of the acoustic guitar, the [[shamanism|shamanic drum]] and [[yoik]] singing.
The first recording released under the name of Shaman was the demo single ''Ođđa máilbmi'' (''New World'' in [[Sami language|Sámi]]). The [[music video|video clip]] shot for the song featured a greatly emotional scene of a [[wolf]] breaking free from its cage and running into the forest. Besides the single CD the song was included to the band's first full-length album ''[[Idja]]'' (''Night'' in [[Sami language|Sámi]], 1999) as well.
In 2003 Jonne Jarvela disbanded Shaman, and formed [[Korpiklaani]], with the music style to a more conventional [[folk metal]] with [[Folk metal|folk]]/[[Thrash metal|thrash]] vocals instead of [[yoik]]ing. The last album of Shaman ''[[Shamániac]]'' (2002) already featured much of the future [[Korpiklaani]] style. In fact, the song, "Vuola lávlla," has the same music as the Korpiklaani song, "Beer Beer."
Shaman had no permanent line up except the frontman Jonne Järvelä.
== Members ==
* [[Jonne Järvelä]] - vocals, [[yoik]], [[electric guitar|electric]] and [[Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[shamanism|shamanic drum]], percussions
* Samu Ruotsalainen - [[drum]]s and additional [[bass guitar|bass]]
* Hosse Latvala - [[percussion]] drums
* Veera Muhli - [[synthesizer|keyboards]]
* Toni Nãykki - [[electric guitar]]
* [[Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali]] (as Henri Trollhorn Urpon poika Sorvali) - [[synthesizer|keyboards]]
* Janne G`thaur - [[bass guitar|bass]]
* Tero Piirainen - [[guitar]]s, [[synthesizer|keyboards]], backing vocals
* Juke Eräkangas - [[drum]]s, [[synthesizer|keyboards]], backing vocals
* Ilkka Kilpeläinen - [[bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
== Discography ==
*''Ođđa mailbmi'' demo single (1998)
*''[[Idja]]'' (1999)
*''[[Shamániac]]'' (2002)
== See also ==
[[Korpiklaani]]
==External links==
*[http://www.korpiklaani.com Korpiklaani/Shaman Official Site]
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