Description

Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover, booklet and the complete album on cd as bonus

Few bands bring together sounds of darkness, melody, and musicality like Finland’s Insomnium. With Anno 1696, the ninth installment in their sonic explorations that include masterworks like Shadows Of The Dying Sun (2014) or Winters Gate (2016), Insomnium continues to weave together bitter branches of sound that set the standard for nightmares to come. From the sweeping soundscapes and spare chords that open the record with the track 1696 to the sonic stormcloud and deathly snarl of White Christ, the haunting Godforsaken, the catchiness of Lilian to the album’s epic closer, The Rapids, Anno 1696 is a soundtrack of intensity and despair that pulls you in and never let’s go. Not a single note is wasted on this album. It has killer atmosphere and the guitarwork is top notch. This is a tour de force of Finnish melancholy and a must.

Track list:
1. 1696
2. White Christ – Insomnium feat. Sakis Tolis
3. Godforsaken – Insomnium feat. Johanna Kurkela
4. Lilian
5. Starless Paths
6. The Witch Hunter
7. The Unrest
8. The Rapids