Winter's Gate is the seventh studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released worldwide on September 23, 2016 via Century Media Records. It is a concept album said to be about “a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite the treacherous winter drawing near.”[5]
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| Studio album by Insomnium | ||||
| Released | September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) | |||
| Recorded | March - April 2016 | |||
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| Length | 40:02 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[1] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.2/5[2] |
| Metal Injection | 9/10[3] |
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The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks[6][7] despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics.[8] These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.[9]
All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen; all music is composed by Ville Friman, Markus Vanhala & Sevänen.
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| 1. | "Winter's Gate"
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Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[10]
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] | 27 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 186 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 92 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] | 1 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[15] | 104 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] | 19 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] | 27 |
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