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As I am a huge fan of Dark Tranquillity, I am also a big fan of Insomnium, who also plays melodic death metal. They were formed in 1997 and released their first album in 2002, In the Halls of Awaiting. As Dark Tranquillity creates amazing melodies, so does these Finns from Insomnium. So far they've released five albums and album no. six will be released this april. For those who don't know them yet, I put six songs below to 'meet' them; from every album taken one. Starting with In the Halls of Awaiting of the same named album. It's the last song of the album and still one of their longest songs yet. That melody starting at 7:07 till the end gets me every time and is imo one of the most beautiful melodies they've ever created. But the whole song is great though. NqEYKnHxesM Insomnium second album, Since the Day It All Came Down, was released two years later. Their sound didn't really change so far; this album has also eleven song with beautiful melodies, but the most wonderful song of this album for me is Daughter of the Moon. The melody, the lyrics but also the whispering voice in the pre-chorus and the acoustic guitar... XTUvYutNkFg With Above the Weeping World, the third album, released in 2006, they started to become a bit more popular. Mortal Share is still a classic song, played often by them and was also the first song they made video about. e5IpHczLeV8 Across the Dark is together with Fiction maybe my favorite album ever. And One For Sorrow is also a big favorite of mine. It's really hard to pick the best song from this album, since they're all really awesome. I'll definitely recommend to everyone to check this album out! But since this should be also a introduction for those who don't know them yet, I chose Down With The Sun. Since that song has one of the most amazing melodies ever which can get stuck in your head. And also, it's one of their most populair songs. K003TNG40P8 Their fifth, and so far latest album, is called One For Sorrow. This album futered the first clean singing by the band self (on Across the Dark did someone else) and is a pretty diverse record. Some parts of this album will let you dream away (ending Song of the Blackest Bird, Decoherence) and other songs are really melancholic (Every Hour Wounds, One For Sorrow)...it's just a really beautiful album. For this one, I chose two songs that are put together by someone. It futures the intro of the album (Inertia), which will let you immediately in the right atmosphere and the last song on the album, One For Sorrow. One For Sorrow is a bit different than most of their songs, but it has an amazing build op to the end. utv4BBHPkgU For their upcoming release, Shadows of a Dying Sun, they've already released one track last year. It's called Ephemeral and sounds a bit different than al of their other songs, but it's still really good. I'll hope the next record will be as good as this song at least. 5DjmQXtZUx4

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Yeah, it's really their best so far. Songs like While We Sleep, The River and the closing song are just unbelievable. I received the boxset with a poster flag, a signed card and a t-shirt a few days back :D Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk

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Wow, an Insomnium thread hidden way back here in the death metal forum. 

This is one of the greatest bands out there today in my opinion. I own all of their albums except for One for Sorrow, which I accidentally bought on vinyl, and as I don't have a turntable I gifted to a friend. 

Anyway, I think Insomnium play that melodic emotional style of metal more effectively than nearly every other band, and their latest album Winter's Gate is simply a masterpiece. They were stunning live too and put on a real show. 

When I have time I might do a full list and ranking of their albums. Until then, anyone have anything to say about these melancholic Finns? 

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