Insomnium - Winter's Gate
| Release date: | 23 September 2016 |
| Style: | Melodic death metal |
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01. Winter's Gate
The Best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Album Of 2016
Top 20 albums of 2016: 1
The Best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Album Of 2016
Top 20 albums of 2016: 1
Review
Lyrics Cover art by Teemu Tähkänen.
Rating:
9.6
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Rating: 9.6 |
When Insomnium announced the release of an album called Winter's Gate, I thought this Finnish band would naturally have audible elements from the winter season; but when they explained the subject of the album in interviews, I wondered at what cost this change in content would come. The theme that Winter's Gate addresses is "a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite the treacherous winter drawing near." I concluded that I would then hear Viking metal that deals with the stereotypical stories of the Asgardians. But Winter's Gate was not at all like this… Read more ›› |
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1061 From: Finland  |
Written by qlacs on 02.12.2016 at 21:08 What kind of trivia? Quote: It's definitely a common initial impression and not an entirely unjustified one, as the original story itself is divided into six chapters. It does have theme recurrence which warrants the one song approach. The music here tends to leave a theme be for a good while, until it's revisited with a significantly different execution and atmosphere.
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| qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1225 From: Hungary  |
Written by Risto on 07.12.2016 at 21:05 Any kind, I'm the curious type  Sometimes ppl post interesting stuff in the comments section, not just appraise or negativity.Quote: I guess it may be a grower in the future but as of now it just doesn't cut for me.
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| Gurablashta Posts: 35 From: UK  |
It's a good album, no doubt about it. But it definitely doesn't deserve first spot for best album this year. Moonsorrow, Vektor and Be'lakor have made better albums frankly, certainly more progressive. Here, aside from the 1 album track it's pretty much an Insomnium album through and through, nothing really new to it. Still, warrants multiple listens, as I would never shit on Insomnium.
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| Overrwatcher Posts: 304 From: USA  |
I find myself going back to this a lot. One riff gets stuck into my head and I decide to replay the song, which is rather an entire 40-minute album. It's risen up in my books and is one of my favorite albums of the year. The "40 minute song" concept is executed very well, managing to sound like one song with returning riffs and choruses while keeping it fresh and giving a real sense of progression especially involving the conceptual plot. Not the best album of the year but it's a fantastic one in a fantastic year.
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