Insomnium: new album title, release date revealed

Finnish metal band Insomnium will release its fourth album, "Across The Dark", on September 7 via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded at Fantom studio (where the group recorded its 2006 Lp, "Above the Weeping World") and it features guest clean vocals by Jules Näveri (Profane Omen, Enemy Of The Sun).

An e-card for "Across The Dark", which contains audio samples of three new songs - "Equivalence", "Down With The Sun" and "Where The Last Wave Broke" - is available at this location.

Guitarist Ville Friman previously described the new songs as follows: "One is really epic one with clock ticking almost over 10 minutes. Great song with vibe of last two Amorphis albums with more heavier edge and Insomnium style of lead work. The second new song turned out to be quite long one as well but in my opinion this one holds more 'hit' potential in it, mainly because of simple arrangement and catchy melodies. Could be maybe described as being somewhere between 'Bereavement' and 'Last Statement'?!? Or what the hell I know; sounds good though. Third song sounds bit like a tribute to Sentenced because the melodies bear similarity to the melancholy heard in 'Amok' or 'Down' albums. Otherwise the song is pretty slow, depressing and quite doomy. Just the way we like it. Fourth song ready is bit faster and riff-orientated. Composed partly in the last North American tour. Potentially a good live song. We'll see."

Fan-filmed video footage of Insomnium's November 18, 2007 performance at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be viewed below (courtesy of "mellipossu").