Insomnium
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| Insomnium | |
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 Insomnium performing live on September 19, 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Joensuu, Finland |
| Genre(s) | Melodic death metal |
| Years active | 1997−present |
| Label(s) | Candlelight |
| Associated acts | Watch Me Fall |
| Website | www.insomnium.net |
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| Niilo Sevänen Ville Friman Ville Vänni Markus Hirvonen |
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| Former members | |
| Timo Partanen Tapani Pesonen |
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Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Joensuu. They are influenced by doom metal, playing songs about sorrow, death and loss. They also incorporate elements of northern folk music and symphonic music into their sound.
Since their inception, Insomnium have steadily evolved their style of music. Their melodies are highly melancholic, and their overall sound is much darker. The band's lyrics tend to be influenced (and occasionally taken) from classic poets like Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe, Finnish classic Eino Leino and other literature.
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[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Niilo Sevänen − vocals, bass (Watch Me Fall) (1997−present)
- Ville Friman − guitar (Arrival, Enter My Silence) (1997−present)
- Ville Vänni − guitar (Watch Me Fall, ex-Hateform) (2001−present)
- Marcus Hirvonen − drums (1997−present)
[edit] Former members
- Tapani Pesonen − drums, guitar (1997−1998)
- Timo Partanen − guitar (1998−2001)
[edit] Guest musicians
- Varpu Vahtera − keyboards on In the Halls of Awaiting (Watch Me Fall)
- Jone Väänänen − keyboards
- Aleksi Munter − keyboards
- Laura Naire − cello
[edit] Discography
- Demo '99 (demo) (1999)
- Underneath the Moonlit Waves (demo) (2000)
- In the Halls of Awaiting (2002)
- Since the Day it All Came Down (2004)
- Above the Weeping World (2006)
- Across the Dark (Autumn 2009)
[edit] External links
- Insomnium - official website.
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