“The Torsåker witch trials were a horrible source of nightmarish inspiration. All that talk about 70 women beheaded in this small Swedish parish? It’s real stuff from history! And as if that weren’t enough, there are also some very dark tales of cannibalism and child murder from the years of the great famine.” ~ Niilo
Having reached the nirvana of their aspirations with the critically acclaimed album “Heart Like A Grave” in October 2019 and finding themselves at the top of the Finnish album charts as well as in the German top #10, Insomnium could have been forgiven for thinking that they would spend at least the next 18 months
Like so many, Finnish Melodic Death Metal masters Insomnium suffered being unable to tour during the Global Pandemic but it hit them harder than most as in October 2019 they had unveiled the critically acclaimed “Heart Like a Grave“. A commercial success, entering the German Top #10 and #1 in Finland, they had big plans
The surprise of a new single in “The Conjurer” from Insomnium last week has perhaps prompted Riley McShane of Allegaeon to host guitarist Markus Vanhala in the latest episode of the long running Metal Blade Live Series. The Finnish Death Metal band had released their eighth studio album in “Heart Like A Grave” a few
Finnish Melodic Death Metallers Insomnium will follow up a November and December European Tour with The Black Dahlia Murder and start 2020 with a bang upon our shores in January! Nearly 3 years after the critically acclaimed “Winters Gate” they’ve returned with “Heart Like A Grave” via Century Media. 17th Birmingham, O2 Academy 2 18th
