Talk:Korpiklaani

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[edit] Merger proposal

Contrary to what is stated on the Shaman article, there's no evidence that Shaman was disbanded. During interviews, the band members consistently describes Korpiklaani and Shaman as the same band only with a change in name and musical direction. The website for Korpiklaani lists the two Shaman albums as the first two Korpiklaani albums. I'm leaning towards merging but I do not really have a strong position one way or the other and so I'm wondering what others think. To merge or not to merge, that is the question. --Bardin (talk) 09:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I say merge it, just ensure the article states the difference in musical direction, instead of leading people to believe that the band was just renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.111.122 (talk) 23:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree as well, as long as it's clear that the band wasn't just renamed, but took another direction as well, it'd be good to put them together. 71.177.3.132 (talk) 20:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Disagree. These are two different bands, having only one musician in common, with different musical and lyrical styles. Merging them is something like merging Fight and Halford or Megadeth and MD.45. -- Serguei Trouchelle (talk) 09:11, 5 May 2008 (UTC)