Winter's Gate
| Winter's Gate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Insomnium | ||||
| Released | September 23, 2016 | |||
| Studio | (see Studios) | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal, progressive black metal, doom metal | |||
| Length | 40:00 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Insomnium, Teemu Aalto | |||
| Insomnium chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[1] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.2/5[2] |
| Metalfans.be | 8/10[3] |
| Metal Injection | 9/10[4] |
| Loud Online |   [5] |
Winter's Gate is the seventh studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released worldwide on September 23, 2016 via Century Media Records. It is a concept album 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.”[6] The album consists of a single 40-minute track, but it was split into seven separate tracks for the digital download and streaming version.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Sevänen; all music composed by Friman, Vanhala, Sevänen.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Winter's Gate"
| 40:00
|
Credits
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]
Personnel
Insomnium
- Niilo Sevänen – bass, vocals
- Ville Friman – guitar, vocals
- Markus Vanhala – guitar
- Markus Hirvonen – drums
Additional musicians
- Teemu Aalto – backing vocals
Arrangements and compositions
- Insomnium – arrangements
- Teemu Aalto – arrangements
- Aleksi Munter – keyboard composition, keyboard arrangements
- Ville Friman – keyboard composition
- Markus Vanhala – keyboard composition
- Niilo Sevänen – keyboard composition
Production
- Insomnium – production
- Teemu Aalto – production, recording (guitar, bass, vocals)
- Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums)
- Hannu Honkonen – recording (keyboard)
- Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboard)
- Dan Swanö – mixing, mastering
Visual art
- Teemu Tähkänen – artwork
- Jussi Ratilainen – photography
- Nora Dirkling – layout
Additional credits
- Tuomas Puumalainen – translation
Studios
- SF Sound Studio – recording (drums)
- Scoring Helsinki – recording (keyboard)
- Studio Korkeakoski – recording (guitar, bass, vocals)
- Unisound – mixing, mastering
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 27 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 186 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 92 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] | 1 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 104 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 19 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 27 |
References
- ↑ Nizam, Adam (September 21, 2016). "Insomnium Winter's Gate". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Ward, Kyle (September 12, 2016). "Insomnium - Winter's Gate (album review 2)". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Dominicus, Joep (October 26, 2016). "Insomnium Winter's Gate". metalfans.be. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ↑ Franco, Nicholas (October 7, 2016). "Album Review: INSOMNIUM Winter's Gate". www.metalinjection.net. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ↑ Giffin, Brian (October 4, 2016). "INSOMNIUM: WINTER'S GATE". www.loudmag.com.au. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ "INSOMNIUM To Release 'Winter's Gate' Album, Book In September". Blabbermouth.net. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Credits". Winter's Gate (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2016. 88985348272.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Insomnium: Winter's Gate" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Winter's Gate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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