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."
The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics. These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.
Track listing
Credits Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Insomnium Niilo Sevänen – lead vocals, bass Ville Friman – guitars, clean vocals Markus Vanhala – guitars 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 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 Chart (2016) Peakposition French Albums (SNEP) 104
References
External links
Winter's Gate at Century Media Records