Across the Dark

Across the Dark
Studio album by
Insomnium
Released7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)
Recorded23 March – 22 May 2009
GenreMelodic death metal
Length45:40
LabelCandlelight
Producer
  • Samu Oittinen
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
Above the Weeping World
(2006) 		Across the Dark
(2009) 		One for Sorrow
(2011)

Across the Dark is the fourth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released on 7 September 2009 on Candlelight Records.[1] The album features Jules Näveri from Profane Omen and Enemy of the Sun as guest vocalist and Aleksi Munter from Swallow the Sun as guest keyboardist.[1][2] The album was chosen as "Album of the month September, 2009" by German online magazine Metal 1.[3]

The song "Weighed Down with Sorrow" is dedicated to Miika Tenkula.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Equivalence"Ville FrimanFriman3:18
2."Down with the Sun"Niilo Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
4:22
3."Where the Last Wave Broke"FrimanFriman5:03
4."The Harrowing Years"Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
6:39
5."Against the Stream"FrimanFriman6:11
6."The Lay of Autumn"Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
9:08
7."Into the Woods"Ville VänniFriman5:08
8."Weighed Down with Sorrow"FrimanFriman5:51
Total length:45:40
Special Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
9."The New Beginning"FrimanFriman7:15
10."Into the Evernight"SevänenSevänen5:28
Total length:58:23

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Sputnik Music[6]
MetalEaterA−[7]
Blistering.com[8]
Thrash Hits[9]
Metal 1[10]
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart 5[11]

Personnel

Insomnium
Additional Musicians

References

  1. ^ a b "Insomnium: new album title, release date revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Insomnium blog". Blogspot. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ^ Metal1.info Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine September 2009
  4. ^ "Insomnium Guitarist Ville Friman on the Inevitable Truths of Critique | Guitar World". www.guitarworld.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011.
  5. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Review: Across the Dark". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  6. ^ "link". Sputnikmusic.com. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. ^ Metaleater - www.metaleater.com. "Album Reviews – Insomnium – Across The Dark". Metaleater.Com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Review: Insomnium – Across the Dark". Blistering.com. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Album: Insomnium – Across The Dark". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  10. ^ "link". Metal1.info. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  11. ^ Suomen virallinen lista [dead link‍]


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