Insomnium
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| Insomnium | |
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| Country | Finland |
| Years active | 1997—present |
| Genres | Melodic death metal |
| Labels | Candlelight Records |
| Members | Ville Friman Markus Hirvonen Niilo Sevänen Ville Vänni |
| Past members | Timo Partanen Tapani Pesonen |
Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Finland, influenced by doom metal, playing songs about sorrow, death, and loss. They also incorporate symphonic elements into their sound.
Insomnium's sound has grown into even slower and more progressive death metal during the years, with occasional doom metal influences. The original hallmarks of the band's scandinavian melodic death metal are very scarce, as the band has turned into more epic approach. The melodies are highly melancholic, and the overall sound is much darker. 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.
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[edit] Line-up
- Ville Friman — Guitar (Arrival, Enter My Silence)
- Markus Hirvonen — Drums
- Niilo Sevänen — Vocals, Bass (Watch Me Fall)
- Ville Vänni — Guitar (Watch Me Fall, Hateform)
[edit] Former members
- Timo Partanen — Guitar (1998-2001)
- Tapani Pesonen — Drums (1997-1998)
[edit] Guest musicians
- Varpu Vahtera — Keyboards on In the Halls of Awaiting (Watch Me Fall)
- Jone Väänänen — Keyboards
- Aleksi Munter — Keyboards
- Laura Naire — Cellos
[edit] Discography
- In the Halls of Awaiting (2002)
- Since the Day It All Came Down (2004)
- Above the Weeping World (2006)
[edit] See also
Related genres:
Similar bands:
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