Above the Weeping World

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Sea of Tranquillity	^[2]
CoC	^[3]

Above the Weeping World is the third studio album by Insomnium. It was released on August 9, 2006 in Europe and on October 17, 2006 elsewhere by Candlelight Records. A music video was made for "Mortal Share".

During its first week the album peaked at #9 on the Finnish album charts (week 39/2006).

The album's lyrics have been influenced (and occasionally taken) from classic poets like Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe and Finnish classic Eino Leino. The last track of the album, "In the Groves of Death" lasts about ten minutes, and its main theme is heavily inspired by Leino's poem Tumma, the ending poem of his saga Helkavirsiä. The entire poem "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" by English poet Francis William Bourdillon is used as a chorus in the album's third track "Drawn to Black". Above the Weeping World has received extraordinary reviews both in Finland (e.g. SUE magazine 10/10))^[4] and abroad (e.g. Kerrang! 5/5),^[4] and the album debuted on the Finnish album charts at the 9th position^[5] (week 39/2006), which is a remarkable achievement for a melodic death metal band. At the same time Insomnium embarked on their first full European tour, playing 36 gigs in six weeks (5.9 - 15.10), in 15 countries.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Gale"	Ville Friman	2:41
2.	"Mortal Share"	Friman, Niilo Sevänen	4:00
3.	"Drawn to Black"	Friman, Sevänen; chorus lyrics taken from a poem by Bourdillon	6:00
4.	"Change of Heart"	Friman, Sevänen	4:31
5.	"At the Gates of Sleep"	Sevänen	7:05
6.	"The Killjoy"	Friman, Sevänen	5:23
7.	"Last Statement"	Sevänen	7:32
8.	"Devoid of Caring"	Friman, Ville Vänni	5:40
9.	"In the Groves of Death"	Friman, Sevänen, Vänni	10:08
Total length:			53:00

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Vicious Circle Complete"	5:12
11.	"Unmourned"	4:49
12.	"Numen Divinum"	5:30

These tracks are taken from Demo '99:

Personnel

Insomnium

Niilo Sevänen − vocals, bass guitar
Ville Friman − guitar
Ville Vänni − guitar
Markus Hirvonen − drums

Additional Musicians

Keyboard Arrangements By Aleksi Munter; keyboard parts composed by Aleksi Munter, Ville Friman & Niilo Sevänen
Antti Haapanen: Additional Vocals on tracks 6 & 9

Production

Arranged and Produced by Insomnium
Engineered & Mixed By Samu Oittinen (between April 7-May 14, 2006)
Mastered By Minerva Pappi (June 5, 2006 at Finnvox Studios)

Other

Band photos by Ville Kaisla and Jussi Särkilahti
Art direction by Ville Kaisla and assisted by Olli-Pekka Saloniemi

Release history

Country	Release Date
Europe	August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)
Worldwide	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)

External links

Insomnium official site

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "Sea of Tranquillity review". Seaoftranquility.org. 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
^ "CoC review". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
^ ^a ^b http://www.insomnium.net/articles.html I N S O M N I U M // official homesite
^ http://www.insomnium.net/ I N S O M N I U M // official homesite

[1] Allmusic review

[2] "Sea of Tranquillity review". Seaoftranquility.org. 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-09.

[3] "CoC review". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2011-09-09.

[insomnium1-4] ttp://www.insomnium.net/articles.html I N S O M N I U M // official homesite

[insomnium2-5] ttp://www.insomnium.net/ I N S O M N I U M // official homesite

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v t e Insomnium
Niilo Sevänen Ville Friman Markus Hirvonen Markus Vanhala Tapani Pesonen Timo Partanen Ville Vänni Jani Liimatainen
Studio albums	In the Halls of Awaiting (2002) Since the Day It All Came Down (2004) Above the Weeping World (2006) Across the Dark (2009) One for Sorrow (2011) Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014) Winter's Gate (2016) Heart Like a Grave (2019) Anno 1696 (2023)