''Winter's Gate'' is the seventh studio album by the Finnish

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Insomnium Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. They are primarily a melodic death metal band with occasional elements of doom metal and ...

. It was released worldwide on September 23, 2016 via

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. 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.” The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics. These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.

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Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. ;Insomnium *

Niilo Sevänen Niilo Sevänen (born 19 August 1979) is a musician from Joensuu, Finland. He is best known as the current lead vocalist/bassist for the melodic death metal band, Insomnium. Background Sevänen grew up on the coast of Finland in the town of Tur ...

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Ville Friman Dr. Ville Friman (born April 30, 1980) is a Finnish musician. He is one of the founders, main composer, and guitarist of the melodic death metal band Insomnium. Although Insomnium is his main band, he also plays guitar for the dark/thrash/black-me ...

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* Markus Vanhala – guitars * Markus Hirvonen –

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;Additional musicians * Teemu Aalto –

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;Arrangements and compositions * Insomnium –

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* Teemu Aalto – arrangements * Aleksi Munter –

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, keyboard arrangements * Ville Friman – keyboard composition * Markus Vanhala – keyboard composition * Niilo Sevänen – keyboard composition ;Production and artwork * Insomnium –

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* Teemu Aalto – production,

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(guitar, bass, vocals) * Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums) * Hannu Honkonen – recording (keyboard) * Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboard) *

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– mixing, mastering * Teemu Tähkänen –

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* Jussi Ratilainen –

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* Nora Dirkling –

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* Tuomas Puumalainen –

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;Studios * SF Sound Studio – recording (drums) * Scoring Helsinki – recording (keyboard) * Studio Korkeakoski – recording (guitar, bass, vocals) * Unisound – mixing, mastering

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