Insomnium

Insomnium
Insomnium performin live on 19 September 2007
Background information
Oreigin	Joensuu, Finland
Genres	Melodic daith metal
Years active	1997−present
Labels	Candlelight, Century Media Records
Associate acts	Watch Me Fall, Omnium Gatherum
Wabsteid	www.insomnium.net
Members	Niilo Sevänen Ville Friman Markus Vanhala Markus Hirvonen
Past members	Ville Vänni Timo Partanen Tapani Pesonen

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
• Insomnium on Myspace
• Insomnium at Last.fm