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2019 studio album by Insomnium
Heart Like a Grave
Studio album by Insomnium
Released4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)
RecordedFebruary 2019 – April 2019
StudioSF Sound Studio (Helsinki, Finland)
Teemu Aalto Music Productions (Kotka, Finland)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length60:56
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Teemu Aalto
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
Winter's Gate
(2016)
Heart Like a Grave
(2019)
Anno 1696
(2023)
Singles from Heart Like a Grave
  1. "Valediction"
    Released: 23 August 2019
  2. "Heart Like a Grave"
    Released: 13 September 2019
  3. "Pale Morning Star"
    Released: 27 September 2019

Heart Like a Grave is the eighth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, released on 4 October 2019 via Century Media. It is the first album to feature guitarist Jani Liimatainen. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen, except "Valediction" written by Sevänen and Ville Friman

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Wail of the North"
  • Sevänen
  • Markus Vanhala
3:05
2."Valediction"Friman5:05
3."Neverlast"4:46
4."Pale Morning Star"Vanhala8:58
5."And Bells They Toll"Vanhala6:01
6."The Offering"Vanhala4:59
7."Mute Is My Sorrow"Liimatainen6:02
8."Twilight Trails"
  • Sevänen
  • Liimatainen
7:06
9."Heart Like a Grave"Vanhala7:05
10."Karelia" (instrumental)Sevänen7:49
Total length:60:56
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
11."The True Morning Star" (instrumental)Vanhala3:06
12."Karelia 2049" (instrumental)Sevänen6:43
Total length:70:45

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Insomnium

Additional musician

  • Teemu Aalto – backing vocals

Arrangements

  • Insomnium – arrangements
  • Teemu Aalto – arrangements
  • Aleksi Munter – keyboards arrangements


Production and design

  • Insomnium – production
  • Teemu Aalto – production, recording (guitars, bass, vocals), mixing (bonus tracks), mastering (bonus tracks)
  • Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums)
  • Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboards)
  • Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
  • Simo Heikkinen – artwork
  • Vesa Ranta – artwork, photography (bootlet)
  • Nora Dirkling – layout
  • Jussi Ratilainen – photography (band)

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 115
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 1
French Albums (SNEP) 178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 15

References

  1. "INSOMNIUM Begins Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Insomnum: Release Single & Video to "Valediction"". Century Media Records. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. "INSOMNIUM Release Their Beautiful Single "Heart Like A Grave" With An Epic Video". Metal Injection. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  4. "INSOMNIUM Release Lyric Video For New Single "Pale Morning Star"". Bravewords. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. Hartmann, Graham (16 July 2019). "Insomnium Announce New Album 'Heart Like a Grave". Loudwire. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. "Insomnium: Reveal Details About New Album "Heart Like a Grave" Weclome Jani Liimatainen as Additional Guitarist". Century Media Records. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. "Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  13. "Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  16. "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

Insomnium
  • Niilo Sevänen
  • Ville Friman
  • Markus Hirvonen
  • Markus Vanhala
Studio albums


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