![]() Even in Finland, this turned into a witchhunt (=noitavaino) every now and then. Only later Christianity changed the word to mean something negative since those people were considered rivals by the church. ![]() They were very respected members of the society. "Finnish Noita had the ability to heal, just like their North American counterparts. Noita is someone that you turn to when you need help of some kind. "Native American medicine man is pretty much the same thing or actually all the different types of Shamans of the primitive peoples are the same thing. ![]() These people were often also referred to as Tietäjä, exactly means someone with wider knowledge and understanding of pretty much everything. "'Noita' is a person with wider knowledge and understanding of the nature and who also was believed to possess paranormal or unnatural abilities. The cover artwork for "Noita" was created by Jan Yrlund from Darkgrove Design, who has created all the KORPIKLAANI covers in recent yearsĬommented KORPIKLAANI bass player Jarkko Aaltonen: " 'Noita', in the traditional Finnish meaning, is different than what people associate it with nowadays. Recorded at Petrax Studio with Aksu Hanttu producing, recording and mixing again, it is the band's first CD to feature new accordion player Sami Perttula, who played a very active role in the folk arrangements along with fiddler Tuomas Rounakari. Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI will release their new album, "Noita", on May 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast.
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