INSOMNIUM – new single and video

Photo by Terhi Ylimäinen

INSOMNIUM release “Song of the Dusk”, taken From “Songs of the Dusk – EP”

Music, essentially, is a weapon to destroy the walls we built around us – and Finnish metal melancholists INSOMNIUM are amongst its strongest wielders. Their ninth masterpiece, “Anno 1696”, released in early 2023 led us deep into the dark and troublesome past of Northern Europe, a time of witches, of superstition, of bloodlust and frenzy. And of werewolves. In November, INSOMNIUM continue the epic story of “Anno 1696” on their addendum-like EP “Songs of the Dusk”, featuring 22 minutes of music and three more journeys into a dark and foggy past. “We simply had eleven great songs, and we thought that this material is too good to be ‘just’ bonus tracks,” Niilo Sevänen (bass, vocals) states. “They are part of the big story, so you can think of them as the director’s cut material that tells a little extra. For those who want to have more.”
Mixed by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Orgone Studios) and mastered by Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios), “Anno 1696” and the matching “Songs of the Dusk” are by far their most accomplished, emotionally rattling, soaring achievements.

Originally “Songs of the Dusk” was a part of the Ltd. Deluxe 2CD Artbook of “Anno 1696”, but it is now available separately as: Ltd. CD Digipak, LP with etching on side B and as Digital EP.
Choose your favourite vinyl colour:
black LP all outlets
Ltd. white LP (300x) from cmdistro.de & various other retailers  
Ltd. transp. light blue LP (300x) from the European bandshop
Ltd. transp. red LP (300x) from the North American bandshop and available on tour
Click here for preorders: https://insomnium.lnk.to/SongsOfTheDusk-EP
 
Today marks the release of the title track, “Song of the Dusk”, that is available on all digital platforms. Make sure to watch another majestic video from Riivata for the epic, almost 10 minute long saga here:

The band comments: “As the album would have been too long, we left these three tracks out on the initial version, yet they are part of the ‘Anno 1696’ story and complement it and some of the gaps are being filled. ‘Song Of The Dusk’ offers an alternative ending, so people can decide which kind of mood they prefer. This version is a bit more hopeful and less tragic, at least on a general Insomnium scale – everyone is dead… except the wolves.”
November cannot come soon enough when Finnish melodeath masters INSOMNIUM will present their news songs live on their extensive European headlining tour, after playing an exclusive show in Istanbul on September 8^th and their first-ever live appearance in Tel Aviv on September 9^th.

Contra Promotion & Feat First Management present
INSOMNIUM
w/ In Mourning & Kvaen
05.11.23 (UK) Manchester – Club Academy
06.11.23 (UK) London – O2 Academy Islington
07.11.23 (FR) Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
08.11.23 (BE) Sint Niklaas – De Casino
09.11.23 (NL) Tilburg – 013
10.11.23 (DE) Übach Palenberg – Rockfabrik
11.11.23 (DE) Bremen – Tower
12.11.23 (PL) Poznan – 2Progi
13.11.23 (PL) Krakow – Kamienna 12
15.11.23 (DE) Berlin – Hole 44
17.11.23 (HU) Budapest – Barba Negra
18.11.23 (CZ) Prague – Palac Akropolis
20.11.23 (DE) Bochum – Zeche
21.11.23 (DE) Leipzig – Hellraiser
22.11.23 (DE) Cologne – Kantine
23.11.23 (DE) Heidelberg – halle02
24.11.23 (DE) Frankfurt – Batschkapp
25.11.23 (IT) Milan – Legend Club
27.11.23 (ES) Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2
28.11.23 (ES) Madrid – Mon
29.11.23 (ES) Bilbao – Santana 27
30.11.23 (FR) Tououse – Le Rex
01.12.23 (FR) Grenoble – L‘Ilyade
02.12.23 (FR) Strasbourg – La Laiterie
03.12.23 (DE) Geiselwind – MusicHall
04.12.23 (AT) Vienna – Szene
05.12.23 (DE) Hirsch – Nuremberg
06.12.23 (DE) München – Backstage
07.12.23 (DE) Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
08.12.23 (DE) Cham – L.A. Cham
09.12.23 (DE) Trier – Mergener Hof
10.12.23 (DE) Hamburg – Gruenspan
www.insomnium.net/tour

INSOMNIUM are (left to right):
Markus Hirvonen: Drums
Ville Friman: Guitars
Markus Vanhala: Guitars and clean vocals
Niilo Sevänen: Bass and Vocals
Jani Liimatainen: Guitars and clean vocals
 
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