Although INSOMNIUM's work is heavily imbued with the aesthetic of doom metal, and the Joensuu five-piece like to deal with themes of darkness, sadness, loss, pain and nature, there is something incredibly appealing and uplifting about their music.
With a wistful and unmistakably melancholic sound, the melodeath six-piece artfully balance the scales of infectious hitiness to the point of kitsch, while being a creative band that is passionate about making music with a strong emotional charge. It doesn't alternate, but mixes anger and sadness, melancholy and euphoria, so that their brooding tracks with guitar-driven, heart-stopping melodies will literally touch your innermost places. With their expressiveness and imaginativeness, they simply can move even the stoniest of hearts.
Now they bring you their ninth studio concept album "Anno 1696". The band describes it as follows: "(the album) tells us a tale based on a short story by Niilo Sevänen (bass/vocals), woven with sorrow and the last crumbling vestiges of hope, plus wrath and morbid lullabies. Welcome to 1696. Welcome to hell. This is an age of unrest. The age of great famine in the North. The witch hunt is in full swing all across Europe and the gruesome witch trials have even reached the remote and majestic landscapes of Finland and Sweden."
