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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Allmusic[2]
CoC[3]
Kerrang![4]
Metal Hammer[5]
Sea of Tranquility[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]
Ultimate Guitar9.4/10 [8]

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))[9] and abroad (e.g. Kerrang! 5/5),[9] and the album debuted on the Finnish album charts at the 9th position[10] (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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Gale"Ville Friman2:41
2."Mortal Share"Friman, Niilo Sevänen4:00
3."Drawn to Black"Friman, Sevänen; chorus lyrics taken from a poem by Bourdillon6:00
4."Change of Heart"Friman, Sevänen4:31
5."At the Gates of Sleep"Sevänen7:05
6."The Killjoy"Friman, Sevänen5:23
7."Last Statement"Sevänen7:32
8."Devoid of Caring"Friman, Ville Vänni5:40
9."In the Groves of Death"Friman, Sevänen, Vänni10:08
Total length:53:00
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Vicious Circle Complete"5:12
11."Unmourned"4:49
12."Numen Divinum"5:30

These tracks are taken from Demo '99:

Personnel

Release history

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

References

  1. ^ Bowar, Chad. "About.com review". About.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "CoC review". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  4. ^ Lawson, Dom (21 October 2006). "Kerrang review". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Milas, Alexander (21 October 2006). "Inomnium Metal Hammer review". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  6. ^ Batmaz, Murat (September 27, 2006). "Sea of Tranquillity review". Seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  7. ^ Ward, Kyle (September 18, 2007). "Sputnikmusic review". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  8. ^ UG Team (June 27, 2007). "Ultimate Guitar review". Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2007-12-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) I N S O M N I U M // official homesite
  10. ^ http://www.insomnium.net/ I N S O M N I U M // official homesite
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