Winter's Gate

Winter's Gate
Studio album by
Insomnium
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
RecordedMarch – April 2016
Studio
  • SF Sound Studio
  • Scoring Helsinki
  • Studio Korkeakoski
Genre
Length40:02
LabelCentury 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
SourceRating
Exclaim!8/10[1]
Sputnikmusic3.2/5[2]
Metal Injection9/10[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]

  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.