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INSOMNIUM Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Anno 1696’
February 24th, 2023

Joensuu, Finland-based melodic death metal band Insomnium issued ninth full-length studio album Anno 1696 on February 24th, 2023 through Century Media Records.

Anno 1696 was mixed by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios in Woburn, Bedforshire, and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.

Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis guests on the track ‘White Christ’, while Johanna Kurkela guests on the song ‘Godforsaken’.

“The Torsåker witch trials were a horrible source of nightmarish inspiration,” commented frontman Niilo Sevänen, which transpired during 1696. “All that talk about 70 women beheaded in this small Swedish parish? It’s real stuff from history! And as if that weren’t enough, there are also some very dark tales of cannibalism and child murder from the years of the great famine.”

Cover artwork was designed by Sami Makkonen.

The track listing is as follows:

CD1 (standard edition)

Anno 1696

01. ‘1696’
02. ‘White Christ’ (feat. Sakis Tolis)
03. ‘Godforsaken’ (feat. Johanna Kurkela)
04. ‘Lilian’
05. ‘Starless Paths’
06. ‘The Witch Hunter’
07. ‘The Unrest’
08. ‘The Rapids’

CD2 (limited edition deluxe 2CD artwork version)

Songs Of The Dusk EP

01. ‘Flowers Of The Night’
02. ‘Stained In Red’
03. ‘Song Of The Dusk’

Insomnium’s line-up is as follows:

Niilo Sevänen (vocals and bass)
Ville Friman (guitar and vocals)
Jani Liimatainen (guitar and vocals)
Markus Vanhala (guitar)
Markus Hirvonen (drums)

Directed by Riivata Visuals, music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Lilian’, ‘White Christ’ and ‘Godforsaken’. In addition, a visualiser video was created for the song ‘The Witch Hunter’. All four clips can be viewed below.

Eighth studio record Heart Like A Grave was released in October 2019 via Century Media Records.

Promotional photograph by Terhi Ylimäinen.