Shadows of the Dying Sun

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Shadows of the Dying Sun
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)
Genre Melodic death metal
Length56:43
Label Century Media
Producer
  • Teemu Aalto
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
One for Sorrow
(2011)
Shadows of the Dying Sun
(2014)
Winter's Gate
(2016)
Singles from Shadows of the Dying Sun
  1. "While We Sleep"
    Released: April 15, 2014
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Shadows of the Dying Sun is the sixth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released in North America on April 29, 2014 via Century Media Records, and on April 25 in Finland, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the rest of Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand on April 28. It is their first album with new guitarist Markus Vanhala after previous long-time guitarist Ville Vänni departed in 2011.

Contents

The song "Revelation", in the form of a lyric video, was released on March 21, 2014. [5] A music video was made for the song and single "While We Sleep", which was released on April 7, 2014. [6] [7] The last song, "Black Heart Rebellion" was released on April 22, 2014. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Primeval Dark" Ville Friman Friman3:17
2."While We Sleep"FrimanFriman6:20
3."Revelation" Niilo Sevänen Markus Vanhala5:15
4."Black Heart Rebellion"FrimanFriman7:03
5."Lose to Night"FrimanFriman4:59
6."Collapsing Words"FrimanFriman4:38
7."The River"Sevänen
  • Sevänen
  • Vanhala
7:57
8."Ephemeral" (Album version)FrimanFriman4:01
9."The Promethean Song"SevänenVanhala6:41
10."Shadows of the Dying Sun"FrimanFriman6:32
Total length:56:43
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Out to the Sea"Friman
  • Friman
  • Vanhala
5:17
12."The Emergence"InstrumentalFriman1:46
13."The Swarm"InstrumentalFriman2:54
14."The Descent"InstrumentalFriman3:11
Total length:1:10:08

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 178
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 18
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] 287
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 33
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [15] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 44
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [17] 17
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 5

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