Finland’s spearhead of melodic death metal, INSOMNIUM, will play a special worldwide live stream show on Friday May 29th, 2020, at 19.00 CEST . The band will perform their illustrious magnum opus, the 40 minutes song/album “Winter’s Gate” (2016), which, for example, has been chosen as one of the best albums of 2010’s by the revered Inferno magazine. Insomnium will also play a selection of songs from their other albums. After the show, the band will be available for a backstage chat with the fans, where comments and questions are welcome.
This live stream is going to be realized by the experts of keikalla.fi production team, who are also working with bands like Swallow the Sun, Lordi, and many Finnish mainstream artists. The stream is available for seven days afterwards. Ticket prize is 8,90 €.
Finnish melodic death metal heavy hitters INSOMNIUM and OMNIUM GATHERUM, in cooperation with East Coast Events, AK Sound & Music Service, livevideo.fi and Framenoir, announce a very special and exclusive live streaming event, taking place on Friday, April 10th, 2020, at 18.00 CEST.
Like many other bands Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum were forced to cancel their ongoing North American tour from one day to another, which brought them into an unforeseen miserable situation.
Markus Vanhala comments on behalf of both bands: “If someone had asked me to do a livestream with ticket sales two weeks ago, my answer would’ve been ‘hell no’. But the world changes, apparently really fast, when you’re in quarantine. Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum double trouble North American tour went pretty bad with the cancellation and the country (=WORLD!) shutting down right after we arrived at the airport to New York City… So this is what we can offer back for now, before this tour can be rescheduled sometime next year, hopefully. After staring two weeks on the wall inside four walls at home quarantine, I have discovered a hellish urge to go back on stage and play. Even if it would be an empty hall and pose for the camera eyes only, but to play with my booyas as live in concert as we can at the moment!
With this stream production we try to help the cultural field, concert promoting, our own crew, local entertainment companies and a bit also, our poor ourselves, as cancellation of the gigs and tours destroyed our income. Thanks for the huge support to our beloved fans!”
Both bands will be playing live on April 10th, the viewer is going to be able to comment and react on the performance in real time. This offers the opportunity for the fans to react and interact during the show. During the change over the band members of both bands are available for a live chat as well.
The ticket sale has started and available on the same platform. The recording will be available for 48 hours after the live stream. (Ticket price is: 8,90€.)
PREMIERE WORLDTIMES on April 10th:
Brisbane (AUS) – 02:00 AEST
Tokyo (JP) – 01:00 JST
Taipei (TW) – 00:00 CST
Dubai (UAE) – 20:00 GST
Helsinki (FI) – 19:00 EEST
Berlin (GER) – 18:00 CEST
London (UK) – 17:00 BST
New York (USA) – 12:00 EDT
Houston (USA) – 11:00 CDT
Calgary (CAN) – 10:00 MDT
Los Angeles (USA) – 09:00 PDT
For the fifth year in a row, The Alzheimer Association of Kanta-Hame’s (Finland) “Music Improves Brain Health” campaign is being held at International Brain Awareness Week (week 11). The purpose of the campaign is to reach out to different age groups and provide them with information about the health effects of music in the brain in a preventative and accessible style.
INSOMNIUM guitarist Markus Vanhala will represent the band in the campaign: –”My grandma – who passed away last year, so may her soul rest in peace – got a memory disease diagnosis at the end of her life and I watched her mind go during her last years. Grandma clearly began re-living the good old times, the late relatives and acquaintances made a comeback and lived with her and she talked about my father as if he was still a kid. So, some of the things she said were pretty wild. The weird thing was, of course, that she remembered me until the end even though I didn’t exist in her youth… Grandma seemed very happy during her last years and was clearly living in the good old days. It was very contradictory – one might even call it tragicomic. One’s own happiness is the most important thing, of course, in a way life is better that way than while being bedridden in some nursing home with a fully functional and active mind.”
The campaign highlights the importance of Music Testament in nursing, because it is extremely important to know the patient’s favorite music because it can be used in a positive and rehabilitative way in the patient’s daily life.
“High Hopes by Pink Floyd is my all-time favorite song and I hope it’ll be played in my funeral (having some high hopes, hehe.) So, that song and Type O’ Negative’s Love Me To Death, which me and my wife danced to in our wedding, will probably generate the biggest reactions in me forever even if my mind stops reacting to things otherwise. I must also mention the first song that struck me as a kid and determined the direction of my life, The Final Countdown by Europe. It will probably make me headbang even on my deathbed.” says Markus Vanhala.
Read the entire interview of Markus Vanhala, here.
With the second single Finnish melodic death metal masters INSOMNIUM are releasing the title track of their new masterpiece “Heart Like A Grave”, out October 4th, 2019 via Century Media Records. Watch the stunning video, filmed in the beautiful Finnish landscape of Koli national park, here:
The video was shot again by Vesa Ranta and Aapo Lahtela at Kaira Films, who filmed two videos in the same session with the band in the beginning of summer. You can watch the first video to the previously released single “Valediction” here:
INSOMNIUM comment:
”Heart Like a Grave is the title track of our 8th album, woven of sorrow and longing. It is looking back towards the golden days of youth, when things seemed brighter, and there was still hope of better days. A theme so predominant in the Finnish lyrics throughout the ages.
The music video was shot at the epic locations of Koli national park near our hometown Joensuu with directors Vesa Ranta and Aapo Lahtela and Kaira Films team. It continues the same story that began in Valediction video, so these two are bound together.”
INSOMNIUM will play a few selected shows in Finland to celebrate “Heart Like A Grave”
25.10. The Circus, Helsinki
26.10. Olympia, Tampere (SOLD OUT)
01.11. Lutakko, Jyväskylä (SOLD OUT)
02.11. Kerubi, Joensuu (SOLD OUT)
In November INSOMNIUM will embark on a European tour with Black Dahlia Murder to support the new album. See the exact dates below:
METAL HAMMER, EMP, BANDBOND, MUSIX and METAL.DE present:
TOUR LIKE A GRAVE 2019
INSOMNIUM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, STAM1NA (*)
12.11.2019 (FR) PARIS /Alhambra
13.11.2019 (FR) BORDEAUX / Barbey
14.11.2019 (ES) BARCELONA / Razzmatazz 2
15.11.2019 (ES) BILBAO / Santana 27
16.11.2019 (ES) MADRID / Cats
18.11.2019 (FR) LYON / Ninkasi Kao
19.11.2019 (CH) PRATTELN / Z7
20.11.2019 (AT) VIENNA / Arena
21.11.2019 (PL) CRACOW / Kwadrat
22.11.2019 (PL) WROCLAW / Pralnia
23.11.2019 (CS) ZLIN / Winter Masters of Rock
24.11.2019 (DE) DRESDEN / Reithalle
26.11.2019 (HU) BUDAPEST / Barba Negra
27.11.2019 (DE) MUNICH / Backstage Werk
28.11.2019 (DE) LUDWIGSBURG / Rockfabrik
29.11.2019 (DE) LINDAU / Club Vaudeville
30.11.2019 (SI) Winter Days Of Metal Festival
01.12.2019 (IT) ROME / Largo
02.12.2019 (IT) TREZZO SULL’ADDA (MILAN) / Live Club
04.12.2019 (DE) LEIPZIG / Felsenkeller
05.12.2019 (NL) LEEUWAARDEN / Neushoorn
06.12.2019 (DE) OBERHAUSEN / Ruhrpott Metal Meeting (*)
07.12.2019 (DE) GEISELWIND / Christmas Bash (*)
08.12.2019 (DE) BERLIN / Astra Kulturhaus
09.12.2019 (DE) FRANKFURT / Batschkapp
10.12.2019 (DE) HANNOVER / Capitol
11.12.2019 (DE) HAMBURG / Markthalle
12.12.2019 (LU) LUXEMBOURG / Den Atelier (*)
13.12.2019 (BE) ANTWERP / Trix (*)
(*) without STAM1NAA
Also, don’t miss INSOMNIUM on their US tour with Omnium Gatherum and Sevenspires in early 2020:
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2020
Mar 12 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
Mar 13 New York, NY – The Gramercy Theatre
Mar 14 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Mar 15 Montreal, QUE – FouFounes
Mar 16 Sherbrooke, QUE – Bar Le Magog
Mar 17 Quebec City, QUE – Le D’Auteuil
Mar 18 Toronto, ONT – MOD Club
Mar 20 Newport, KY – Thompson House
Mar 21 Milwaukee, WI – Club Garibaldi
Mar 22 Joliet, Il – The Forge
Mar 23 St Paul, MN – Amsterdam
Mar 24 Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
Mar 25 Regina, SK – The Exchange
Mar 26 Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
Mar 27 Calgary, AB – Dickens
Mar 28 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
Mar 29 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Mar 31 Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro Operahouse
Apr 01 West Hollywood, CA – Whiskey a Go Go
Apr 02 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
Apr 03 Santa Ana, CA – Malones
Apr 04 Tempe, AZ – Club Red
Apr 05 Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar and Billiards
Apr 06 Salt Lake City, UT – Liquid Joe’s
Apr 07 Denver, CO – Hermans Hideaway
Apr 09 Dallas, TX – Trees
Apr 10 Austin, TX – Come and Take it Live
Apr 11 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
Apr 13 Tampa, FL – Crowbar
Apr 14 Margate, FL – O’ Malleys
Apr 15 Orlando, FL – Soundbar
Apr 16 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Apr 17 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
Apr 18 Halethorpe, MD – Fish Head Cantina
On October 4th , 2019, Finnish melodic death metal masters INSOMNIUM are going to release their new album “HEART LIKE A GRAVE” via Century Media Records worldwide. To get a first glimpse of their new masterpiece, watch the video “Valediction”, here
The impressive video was shot by Vesa Ranta and Aapo Lahtela at Kaira Films, who shot two videos in the same session with the band in the beginning of summer. These two videos are bound together, so they form one longer story.
The band comments:
”When the album theme is to dive deep into the black waters of Finnish melancholy, then Vesa Ranta is truly the right man to visualize the story. Album booklet is crafted from Vesa’s epic landscape photos and these same themes continue in the two videos that we shot at Koli national park. Woods and lakes, sorrow and longing. That’s the heart of Insomnium.”
”Insomnium is one of those bands that have been inspiring us. We have wanted to work with them for long time.Valediction is the beginning that sets the mood and presents the characters. The story will unfold in the next music video that will be released later. And as the album theme demands this tale here is grim indeed” (RANTA & LAHTELA)
Pre – order your copy of “Heart Like A Grave” HERE.
INSOMNIUM will play a few selected Finnish shows to celebrate “Heart Like A Grave”
25.10. The Circus, Helsinki
26.10. Olympia, Tampere (SOLD OUT)
01.11. Lutakko, Jyväskylä
02.11. Kerubi, Joensuu
In November INSOMNIUM will embark on a European tour with Black Dahlia Murder to support the new album. See the exact dates below:
METAL HAMMER, EMP, BANDBOND, MUSIX and METAL.DE present:
TOUR LIKE A GRAVE 2019
INSOMNIUM THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER STAM1NA (*)
12.11.2019 (FR) PARIS /Alhambra
13.11.2019 (FR) BORDEAUX / Barbey
14.11.2019 (ES) BARCELONA / Razzmatazz 2
15.11.2019 (ES) BILBAO / Santana 27
16.11.2019 (ES) MADRID / Cats
18.11.2019 (FR) LYON / Ninkasi Kao
19.11.2019 (CH) PRATTELN / Z7
20.11.2019 (AT) VIENNA / Arena
21.11.2019 (PL) CRACOW / Kwadrat
22.11.2019 (PL) WROCLAW / Pralnia
23.11.2019 (CS) ZLIN / Winter Masters of Rock
24.11.2019 (DE) DRESDEN / Reithalle
26.11.2019 (HU) BUDAPEST / Barba Negra
27.11.2019 (DE) MUNICH / Backstage Werk
28.11.2019 (DE) LUDWIGSBURG / Rockfabrik
29.11.2019 (DE) LINDAU / Club Vaudeville
30.11.2019 (SI) Winter Days Of Metal Festival
01.12.2019 (IT) ROME / Largo
02.12.2019 (IT) TREZZO SULL’ADDA (MILAN) / Live Club
04.12.2019 (DE) LEIPZIG / Felsenkeller
05.12.2019 (NL) LEEUWAARDEN / Neushoorn
06.12.2019 (DE) OBERHAUSEN / Ruhrpott Metal Meeting (*)
07.12.2019 (DE) GEISELWIND / Christmas Bash (*)
08.12.2019 (DE) BERLIN / Astra Kulturhaus
09.12.2019 (DE) FRANKFURT / Batschkapp
10.12.2019 (DE) HANNOVER / Capitol
11.12.2019 (DE) HAMBURG / Markthalle
12.12.2019 (LU) LUXEMBOURG / Den Atelier (*)
13.12.2019 (BE) ANTWERP / Trix (*)
(*) without STAM1NAA
On October 4th, 2019, Finnish melodic death metal masters INSOMNIUM are going to release their new album “HEART LIKE A GRAVE” via Century Media Records worldwide.
”The concept of the album is to delve deep into the heart of the Finnish melancholy. We’ve been inspired by some of the bleakest and saddest songs, poems and tales that truly capture the essence of northern gloom. Land where the frost ravages the harvest and creeps inside the souls, summer ends before it even starts, wife leaves, little brother dies in snow on a Christmas morning, and the golden days of youth are forever gone. So there are echoes of Harmaja, Rautavaara, Vainio, Peltoniemen Hintriikka and of course our own petty, miserable lives.” – INSOMNIUM.
Consisting of ten songs and over an hour of music HEART LIKE A GRAVE evolved to be an epic tour de force of Finnish melancholy. With four composers in the band the sound of Insomnium is now richer and more versatile than ever before. In the name of Nordic collaboration the Swedish wizard Jens Bogren has been doing the mixing and mastering and made HEART LIKE A GRAVE to the best sounding Insomnium album ever.
HEART LIKE A GRAVE tracklisting
Wail of the North
Valediction
Neverlast
Pale Morning Star
And Bells They Toll
The Offering
Mute Is My Sorrow
Twilight Trails
Heart Like a Grave
Karelia
Furthermore INSOMNIUM welcome new guitarist Jani Liimatainen to join the band.
The band comments: ”In 2018 it became apparent that Ville could not combine the heavy touring anymore with his another career as a lecturer in York university. Hence, we decided that a third guitarist was needed to get the machinery running properly. We did not have to look far, since Jani Liimatainen had already been a live guitarist on several tours. And since this dude is amazing musician, vocalist, songwriter and all-round nice guy the decision was really a no-brainer. Now we are stronger than ever!”
Ville comments: “Since 2010 I’ve been combining touring and band life with my science career. However, couple of years ago it became clear that it has become impossible for me to put my 100% in both. This is partly because of more demanding role at the University of York but also because Insomnium has been growing steadily year by year leading to increasing amount of touring with every album. With Jani on board, we have secured a steady live line-up to keep delivering fierce live shows all around the world with me joining the band when time allows.”
Jani adds: “It is a great honour to join such an amazing band. I had already been touring with the guys on and off since 2015, filling in for Ville whenever needed, so when they asked me to officially join the band the answer was pretty much a no-brainer. I am looking forward to sharing many more metal moments with these guys who I am proud to call my friends.”
In November the band shall embark on a comprehensive European tour with the support from the US extreme metal kings THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and Finland’s fiercest quintet STAM1NA.
METAL HAMMER, EMP, BANDBOND, MUSIX and METAL.DE present:
TOUR LIKE A GRAVE 2019
INSOMNIUM
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
STAM1NA (*)
12.11.2019 (FR) PARIS / Alhambra
13.11.2019 (FR) BORDEAUX / Barbey
14.11.2019 (ES) BARCELONA / Razzmatazz 2
15.11.2019 (ES) BILBAO / Santana 27
16.11.2019 (ES) MADRID / Cats
18.11.2019 (FR) LYON / Ninkasi Kao
19.11.2019 (CH) PRATTELN / Z7
20.11.2019 (AT) VIENNA / Arena
21.11.2019 (PL) CRACOW / Kwadrat
22.11.2019 (PL) WROCLAW / Pralnia
23.11.2019 (CS) ZLIN / Winter Masters of Rock
24.11.2019 (DE) DRESDEN / Reithalle
26.11.2019 (HU) BUDAPEST / Barba Negra
27.11.2019 (DE) MUNICH / Backstage Werk
28.11.2019 (DE) LUDWIGSBURG / Rockfabrik
29.11.2019 (DE) LINDAU / Club Vaudeville
01.12.2019 (IT) ROME / Largo
02.12.2019 (IT) TREZZO SULL’ADDA (MILAN) / Live Club
04.12.2019 (DE) LEIPZIG / Felsenkeller
05.12.2019 (NL) LEEUWAARDEN / Neushoorn
06.12.2019 (DE) OBERHAUSEN / Ruhrpott Metal Meeting (*)
