Few bands bring together sounds of darkness, melody, and musicality like Finland’s INSOMNIUM.
With ‘Anno 1696’, the ninth installment in their sonic explorations that include masterworks like ‘Shadows of the Dying Sun’ (2014) or ‘Winter’s Gate’ (2016), INSOMNIUM continues to weave together bitter branches of sound that set the standard for nightmares to come.
From the sweeping soundscapes and spare chords that open the record with the track ‘1696’ to the sonic stormcloud and deathly snarl of ‘White Christ’, the haunting ‘Godforsaken’, the catchiness of ‘Lilian’ to the album's epic closer, ‘The Rapids’, ‘Anno 1696’ is a soundtrack of intensity and despair that pulls you in and never lets go.
A tour de force of Finnish melancholy. ‘Anno 1696’ is available as: Ltd. Deluxe 2CD Artbook with 44-page booklet containing the story of "Anno 1696 in English and Finnish and including the "Songs Of the Dusk" EP.
"Anno 1696" was mixed and mastered by Jaime Gómez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Solstafir, Priomordial, Myrkur....).
Tracklist:
CD1: Anno 1696
1696
White Christ (feat. Sakis Tolis)
Godforsaken (feat. Johanna Kurkela)
Lilian
Starless Paths
The Witch Hunter
The Unrest
The Rapids
CD2: Songs of the Dusk (EP)
Flowers of the Night
Stained in Red
Song of the Dusk
