Insomnium

Insomnium is a Finnish melodic daith metal baund frae Joensuu, Finland. They are influenced bi doom metal, playin sangs aboot sorrow, daith, loss, an mournin. They also incorporate elements o nordic / norse fowk muisic an symphonic muisic intae their soond. Their name refers tae a category o nightmares/visions in Medieval Europe.

Insomnium hae steadily evolvit their style o muisic. Their melodies are hichtlie melancholic, an their oweraw soond is much daurker. The baund's leerics tend tae be influenced (an occasionally taken) frae classic poets like Friedrich Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe, Finnish classic Eino Leino an ither literatur.

Baund members
Current members
 Niilo Sevänen − vocals, bass (Watch Me Fall) (1997−present)
 Ville Friman − backin vocals, guitar (Arrival, Enter My Silence) (1997−present)
 Markus Vanhala - guitar (Omnium Gatherum) (2011-present)
 Markus Hirvonen − drums (1997−present)

Umwhile members
 Ville Vänni − guitar (Watch Me Fall, ex-Hateform) (2001−2011)
 Tapani Pesonen − drums, guitar (1997−1998)
 Timo Partanen − guitar (1998−2001)

Guest muisickers
 Varpu Vahtera − keybuirds on In the Halls of Awaiting (Watch Me Fall)
 Jone Väänänen − keybuirds
 Aleksi Munter − keybuirds
 Laura Naire − cello
 Jules Näveri (Profane Omen) - Clean vocals on Across the Dark
 Mikael Stanne - Guest vocals on "Weather the Storm"

Discography
 Demo '99 (demo) (1999)
 Underneath the Moonlit Waves (demo) (2000)
 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)

External links


 Insomnium at Last.fm

Category:Finnish melodic daith metal muisical groups
Category:Muisical groups established in 1997