Insomnium "Winter's Gate"

Winter's Gate is the seventh studio album by the 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.”

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


Arranged and produced by Insomnium and Teemu Aalto.

• Recorded during March - April 2016 at various studios:
　－Drums recorded at SF Sound Studio in Lehmo, Finland.
　－Bass, guitars and vocals recorded at Studio Korkeakoski in Kotka, Finland.
　－Keyboards recorded at Scoring Helsinki Studio, Helsinki, Finland.

• Mixed and mastered in May 2016 at Unisound AB in Örebro, Sweden.