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2016 studio album by Insomnium
Winter's Gate
Studio album by Insomnium
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
RecordedMarch – April 2016
Studio
  • SF Sound Studio
  • Scoring Helsinki
  • Studio Korkeakoski
Genre
Length40:02
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Teemu Aalto
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
Shadows of the Dying Sun
(2014) 		Winter's Gate
(2016) 		Heart Like a Grave
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!8/10
Sputnikmusic3.2/5
Metal Injection9/10
Loud Online

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

All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen; all music is composed by Ville Friman, Markus Vanhala & Sevänen

No.TitleLength
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.

    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

    Chart (2016) Peak
    position
    Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 27
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 186
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 92
    Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 1
    French Albums (SNEP) 104
    German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 19
    Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 27

    References

    1. Nizam, Adam (September 21, 2016). "Insomnium Winter's Gate". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
    2. Ward, Kyle (September 12, 2016). "Insomnium – Winter's Gate (album review 2)". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
    3. Franco, Nicholas (October 7, 2016). "Album Review: INSOMNIUM Winter's Gate". www.metalinjection.net. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
    4. Giffin, Brian (October 4, 2016). "INSOMNIUM: WINTER'S GATE". www.loudmag.com.au. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
    5. "INSOMNIUM To Release 'Winter's Gate' Album, Book In September". Blabbermouth.net. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
    6. "Winter's Gate by Insomnium on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
    7. "Winter's Gate". Spotify. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
    8. "INSOMNIUM LYRICS – "Winter's Gate" (2016) album". Dark Lyrics. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
    9. "Insomnium – Winter's Gate (Vinyl, LP, Album, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
    10. "Credits". Winter's Gate (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2016. 88985348272.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
    11. "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
    12. "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
    13. "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
    14. "Insomnium: Winter's Gate" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
    15. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
    16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
    17. "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Winter's Gate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

    External links

    Insomnium
    • Niilo Sevänen
    • Ville Friman
    • Markus Hirvonen
    • Markus Vanhala
    Studio albums
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