Shaman (band) 2614345 225607188 2008-07-14T15:06:30Z Bardin 5398155 removing merge proposal; result was no consensus :''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] [[Category:Heavy metal musical groups]] [[Category:Folk metal musical groups]] [[Category:Finnish musical groups]] [[Category:Finnish heavy metal musical groups]] [[Category:Sami music]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1993]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003]] [[fr:Shaman (groupe Finlandais)]] [[pt:Shaman]] [[sv:Shaman (musikgrupp)]]