Heart Like a Grave

Heart Like a Grave
Heart Like a Grave
Studio album by Insomnium
Released	4 October 2019
Recorded	February 2019 – April 2019
Studio	SF Sound Studio (Helsinki, Finland); Teemu Aalto Music Productions (Kotka, Finland)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	60:56
Label	Century Media
Producer	Teemu Aalto; Insomnium;
Insomnium chronology
Singles from Heart Like a Grave
	"Valediction"; Released: 23 August 2019; "Heart Like a Grave"; Released: 13 September 2019; "Pale Morning Star"; Released: 27 September 2019;

Last updated September 09, 2025

Heart Like a Grave is the eighth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, released on 4 October 2019 via Century Media.^[5]^[6] It is the first album to feature guitarist Jani Liimatainen. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.^[7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen, except "Valediction" written by Sevänen and Ville Friman.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Wail of the North"	Sevänen Markus Vanhala	3:05
2.	"Valediction"	Friman	5:05
3.	"Neverlast"	Vanhala Jani Liimatainen	4:46
4.	"Pale Morning Star"	Vanhala	8:58
5.	"And Bells They Toll"	Vanhala	6:01
6.	"The Offering"	Vanhala	4:59
7.	"Mute Is My Sorrow"	Liimatainen	6:02
8.	"Twilight Trails"	Sevänen Liimatainen	7:06
9.	"Heart Like a Grave"	Vanhala	7:05
10.	"Karelia" (instrumental)	Sevänen	7:49
Total length:			60:56

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"The True Morning Star" (instrumental)	Vanhala	3:06
12.	"Karelia 2049" (instrumental)	Sevänen	6:43
Total length:			70:45

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[8]

Insomnium

Niilo Sevänen – bass, lead vocals
Ville Friman – guitars, clean vocals
Markus Vanhala – guitars
Jani Liimatainen – guitars, clean vocals
Markus Hirvonen – drums

Additional musician

Teemu Aalto – backing vocals

Arrangements

Insomnium – arrangements
Teemu Aalto – arrangements
Aleksi Munter – keyboards arrangements

Production and design

Insomnium – production
Teemu Aalto – production, recording (guitars, bass, vocals), mixing (bonus tracks), mastering (bonus tracks)
Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums)
Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboards)
Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
Simo Heikkinen – artwork
Vesa Ranta – artwork, photography (bootlet)
Nora Dirkling – layout
Jussi Ratilainen – photography (band)

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)^[9]	28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[10]	23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[11]	154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[12]	115
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[13]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[14]	178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[15]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	15

References

↑ "INSOMNIUM Begins Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net . 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ "Insomnum: Release Single & Video to "Valediction"". Century Media Records . 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ "INSOMNIUM Release Their Beautiful Single "Heart Like A Grave" With An Epic Video". Metal Injection. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ "INSOMNIUM Release Lyric Video For New Single "Pale Morning Star"". Bravewords. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ Hartmann, Graham (16 July 2019). "Insomnium Announce New Album 'Heart Like a Grave". Loudwire . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ "Insomnium: Reveal Details About New Album "Heart Like a Grave" Weclome Jani Liimatainen as Additional Guitarist". Century Media Records . 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
↑ "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire . Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
↑ "Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
↑ "Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

Heart Like a Grave at AllMusic
Heart Like a Grave Archived 19 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Century Media Records

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[1] "INSOMNIUM Begins Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net . 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] "Insomnum: Release Single & Video to "Valediction"". Century Media Records . 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[3] "INSOMNIUM Release Their Beautiful Single "Heart Like A Grave" With An Epic Video". Metal Injection. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[4] "INSOMNIUM Release Lyric Video For New Single "Pale Morning Star"". Bravewords. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[5] Hartmann, Graham (16 July 2019). "Insomnium Announce New Album 'Heart Like a Grave". Loudwire . Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[6] "Insomnium: Reveal Details About New Album "Heart Like a Grave" Weclome Jani Liimatainen as Additional Guitarist". Century Media Records . 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[Ltop5019-7] "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire . Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[8] "Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[9] "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[ac_Austria_Insomnium-10] "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[ac_Flanders_Insomnium-11] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Wallonia_Insomnium-12] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Finland_Insomnium-13] "Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[14] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[ac_Germany_Insomnium-15] "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Insomnium-16] "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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v t e Insomnium
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