Winter's Gate

Winter's Gate
Studio album by Insomnium
Released	September 23, 2016 (2016-9-23)
Recorded	March – April 2016
Studio	SF Sound Studio Scoring Helsinki Studio Korkeakoski
Genre	Melodic death metal progressive metal
Length	40:02
Label	Century 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
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	8/10 [1]
Sputnikmusic	3.2/5 [2]
Metal Injection	9/10 [3]
Loud Online	[4]

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." ^[5]

The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks ^{[6] [7]} despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics. ^[8] These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4. ^[9]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
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. ^[10]

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

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) [11]	27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12]	186
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13]	92
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [14]	1
French Albums (SNEP) [15]	104
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17]	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.
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

• Winter's Gate at AllMusic
• Winter's Gate at Century Media Records