Insomnium
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Joensuu, Finland |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | www |
Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. Although they are primarily a melodic death metal band, their tracks could be seen as reminiscent of doom metal and progressive metal.
History
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On 9 September 2011 Insomnium released the music video "Through the Shadows" from their 2011 album, One for Sorrow.[1]
In November, 2011 Insomnium embarked on their first headlining European tour with support from Before the Dawn and MyGRAIN.[2] During April, 2012 Insomnium returned to tour the U.K. as the main support act for British gothic metal band, Paradise Lost. Vreid was also present on the tour as a supporting opening act.
On 19 September 2013 Insomnium released "Ephemeral," a single from their foreshadowed 2014 album, Shadows of the Dying Sun, via Century Media Records. It is the first track to feature new guitarist, Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum), who replaced Ville Vänni in 2011.[3]
On 29 April 2014 Insomnium released their sixth studio album, Shadows of the Dying Sun. On 30 April 2014 they made a guest appearance on Epica's CD release show at 013 in the Netherlands.
On 19 May 2016, Insomnium announced their seventh studio album, Winter's Gate to be released on 23 September. It is a concept album consisting of a single epic 40-minute track, and it is said to be about “a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite the treacherous winter drawing near.”[4]
Members
- Current members
- Niilo Sevänen − lead vocals, bass (1997−present)
- Ville Friman − guitars (1997−present), clean vocals (2011−present)
- Markus Hirvonen − drums (1997−present)
- Markus Vanhala − guitars (2011−present)
- Former members
- Tapani Pesonen − drums, guitars (1997−1998)
- Timo Partanen − guitars (1998−2001)
- Ville Vänni − guitars (2001−2011)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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| FIN [5] |
AUT [6] |
BEL (FL) [7] |
BEL (WA) [8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
JPN [11] |
SWI [12] | ||||||
| In the Halls of Awaiting |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Since the Day It All Came Down |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Above the Weeping World |
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9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Across the Dark |
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5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| One for Sorrow |
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6 | — | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | ||||
| Shadows of the Dying Sun |
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2 | 38 | — | — | 178 | 18 | 287 | 23 | ||||
| Winter's Gate |
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1 | 27 | 124 | 92 | 184 | 19 | — | 17 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Singles
| Year | Single details |
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| 2009 | "Where the Last Wave Broke"
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| 2011 | "Weather the Storm"[13]
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| 2013 | "Ephemeral"[14]
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| 2014 | "While We Sleep"[15]
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Demos
- Demo 1999 (1999)
- Underneath the Moonlit Waves (2000)
References
- ^ "New Video - Insomnium- Through The Shadows". Metal CallOut. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20111210194817/http://www.insomnium.net/news/113/56/Album-release-dates-and-European-headline-tour. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Insomnium: New Song 'Ephemeral' Released". Blabbermouth.net. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "INSOMNIUM To Release 'Winter's Gate' Album, Book In September". Blabbermouth.net. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Discography Insomnium". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Discographie Insomnium". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Discografie Insomnium". ultratop.be (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Discographie Insomnium". ultratop.be (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Discographie At The Gates". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline". www.musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "インソムニウムのアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Discographie Insomnium". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Insomnium - Weather the Storm (Digital Single)". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Insomnium - Ephemeral (Digital single)". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Insomnium - While We Sleep". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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