{"id":45617,"date":"2016-09-23T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=45617"},"modified":"2019-02-19T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:40:03","slug":"news-insomnium-release-seventh-studio-album-winters-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-insomnium-release-seventh-studio-album-winters-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"INSOMNIUM Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Winter\u2019s Gate\u2019 (September 23rd, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

INSOMNIUM Release Seventh Studio Album \u2018Winter\u2019s Gate\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 23rd, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joensuu, Finland-based melodic death metal group Insomnium issued seventh full-length studio album Winter\u2019s Gate<\/em> on September 23rd, 2016 through Century Media Records.<\/p>\n

Winter\u2019s Gate<\/em> consists of one \u201cepic\u201d 40-minute track, the effort built around a short story of the same name (Finnish translation: \u2018Talven Portti\u2019). Written by vocalist and bassist Niilo Sev\u00e4nen, the short story in question concerns a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite a treacherous winter drawing near.<\/p>\n

The story itself was issued in conjunction with the album as a book with translations in English, Finnish and German, the book additionally including illustrations by Teemu T\u00e4hk\u00e4nen.<\/p>\n

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Winter\u2019s Gate<\/em> was recorded during March and April 2016 at various studios in Finland and produced by Insomnium, while mixing and mastering duties fell to Dan Swan\u00f6 at Unisound AB in Finsp\u00e5ng, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by Teemu T\u00e4hk\u00e4nen.<\/p>\n

Insomnium’s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Niilo Sev\u00e4nen (vocals and bass)
\nVille Friman (guitar and vocals)
\nMarkus Vanhala (guitar)
\nMarkus Hirvonen (drums)<\/p>\n

A series of four video trailers were released for Winter\u2019s Gate<\/em>, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Sixth studio record Shadows Of The Dying Sun<\/em><\/a> was released<\/a> in April 2014.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Jussi Ratilainen.<\/em><\/p>\n