Insomnium

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Insomnium
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Insomnium is a Finnish melodic daith metal baund frae Joensuu, Finland. They are influenced bi doom metal, playin sangs aboot sorrow, daith, loss, an mournin. They also incorporate elements o nordic / norse fowk muisic an symphonic muisic intae their soond. Their name refers tae a category o nightmares/visions in Medieval Europe.

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Insomnium hae steadily evolvit their style o muisic. Their melodies are hichtlie melancholic, an their oweraw soond is much daurker. The baund's leerics tend tae be influenced (an occasionally taken) frae classic poets like Friedrich Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe, Finnish classic Eino Leino an ither literatur.

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Baund members

Current members

  • Niilo Sevänenvocals, bass (Watch Me Fall) (1997−present)
  • Ville Frimanbackin vocals, guitar (Arrival, Enter My Silence) (1997−present)
  • Markus Vanhala - guitar (Omnium Gatherum) (2011-present)
  • Markus Hirvonen − drums (1997−present)

Umwhile members

  • Ville Vänniguitar (Watch Me Fall, ex-Hateform) (2001−2011)
  • Tapani Pesonen − drums, guitar (1997−1998)
  • Timo Partanen − guitar (1998−2001)

Guest muisickers

  • Varpu Vahtera − keybuirds on In the Halls of Awaiting (Watch Me Fall)
  • Jone Väänänen − keybuirds
  • Aleksi Munter − keybuirds
  • Laura Naire − cello
  • Jules Näveri (Profane Omen) - Clean vocals on Across the Dark
  • Mikael Stanne - Guest vocals on "Weather the Storm"
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Discography

  • Demo '99 (demo) (1999)
  • Underneath the Moonlit Waves (demo) (2000)
  • In the Halls of Awaiting (2002)
  • Since the Day it All Came Down (2004)
  • Above the Weeping World (2006)
  • Across the Dark (2009)
  • One for Sorrow (2011)
  • Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014)
  • Winter’s Gate (2016)
  • Heart Like a Grave (2019)
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