Winter's Gate is the seventh studio album by 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."[ 5]
The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks[ 6] [ 7] despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics.[ 8] These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.[ 9]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen ; all music is composed by Ville Friman , Markus Vanhala & Sevänen
Title 1. "Winter's Gate"
"Part 1" (Slaughter Moon)
"Part 2" (The Golden Wolf, Part I)
"Part 3" (The Golden Wolf, Part II)
"Part 4" (At the Gates of Winter)
"Part 5" (The Gate Opens, Part I)
"Part 6" (The Gate Opens, Part II)
"Part 7" (The Final Stand / Into the Sleep) " 40:02
6:14
6:37
5:51
5:26
4:20
5:13
6:19
Credits
Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[ 10]
Insomnium
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 and artwork
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
Teemu Tähkänen – artwork
Jussi Ratilainen – photography
Nora Dirkling – layout
Tuomas Puumalainen – translation
Studios
SF Sound Studio – recording (drums)
Scoring Helsinki – recording (keyboard)
Studio Korkeakoski – recording (guitar, bass, vocals)
Unisound – mixing, mastering
Charts
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 .
↑ 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 .
↑ "Winter's Gate by Insomnium on Apple Music" . iTunes . Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
↑ "Winter's Gate" . Spotify . Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
↑ "INSOMNIUM LYRICS – "Winter's Gate" (2016) album" . Dark Lyrics . Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
↑ "Insomnium – Winter's Gate (Vinyl, LP, Album, Album) at Discogs" . Discogs . Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
↑ "Credits". Winter's Gate (booklet). Insomnium . Century Media Records . 2016. 88985348272. {{cite AV media notes }}
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↑ "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 .{{cite web }}
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↑ "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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