Winter's Gate

Winter's Gate
Winter's Gate
Studio album by Insomnium
Released	September 23, 2016
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

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ Nizam, Adam (September 21, 2016). "Insomnium Winter's Gate". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
^ Ward, Kyle (September 12, 2016). "Insomnium – Winter's Gate (album review 2)". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
^ Franco, Nicholas (October 7, 2016). "Album Review: INSOMNIUM Winter's Gate". www.metalinjection.net. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
^ Giffin, Brian (October 4, 2016). "INSOMNIUM: WINTER'S GATE". www.loudmag.com.au. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
^ "INSOMNIUM To Release 'Winter's Gate' Album, Book In September". Blabbermouth.net. May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ "Winter's Gate by Insomnium on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Winter's Gate". Spotify. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "INSOMNIUM LYRICS – "Winter's Gate" (2016) album". Dark Lyrics. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Insomnium – Winter's Gate (Vinyl, LP, Album, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Credits". Winter's Gate (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2016. 88985348272.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ "Insomnium: Winter's Gate" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Winter's Gate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

External links[edit]

[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.

[DarkLyrics-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.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Austria_Insomnium-11] "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

[ac_Flanders_Insomnium-12] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[ac_Wallonia_Insomnium-13] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[ac_Finland_Insomnium-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.

[ac_Germany4_Insomnium-16] "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Winter's Gate" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[ac_Switzerland_Insomnium-17] "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Winter's Gate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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v t e Insomnium
Niilo Sevänen Ville Friman Markus Hirvonen Markus Vanhala Tapani Pesonen Timo Partanen Ville Vänni Jani Liimatainen
Studio albums	In the Halls of Awaiting (2002) Since the Day It All Came Down (2004) Above the Weeping World (2006) Across the Dark (2009) One for Sorrow (2011) Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014) Winter's Gate (2016) Heart Like a Grave (2019) Anno 1696 (2023)