Tag: Insomnium

Now twenty years and seven albums into a formidable career, all but vocalist Niilo Sevänen of the Finnish melo-death outfit Insomnium are sat backstage at The Kentish Town Forum, London, prior to their last show on the MTV Headbanger's Ball Tour 2017. While drummer Markus Hirvonen is sat quietly noodling on his phone, guitarists Ville Friman … Continue reading Interview: Ville Friman and Markus Vanhalla of Insomnium

Now in its second year of nostalgia revival, the heavy metal travelling circus that is MTV Headbangers Ball has brought us the likes of Iced Earth, Kataklysm, Ensiferum, Unearth and in its original incarnation, Anthrax, Exodus and Helloween. This time around we've got thrash/death/nu/tribal metal overlords Max and Iggor Cavalera playing their last booked "Return … Continue reading MTV Headbangers Ball 2017: Max and Iggor Cavalera Return To Roots / Overkill / Insomnium / Deserted Fear – Kentish Town Forum, London (12th December 2017)

Just over a week ago, I had the opportunity to catch up with the drummer of Insomnium at their show in London. After a brief catch up, we got talking about, amongst other things, Crimson by Edge of Sanity and cycling. Read on for all the details... How’s the tour been so far? It’s been really, really … Continue reading Interview: Markus Hirvonen of Insomnium (London, 2017)

Holy moly, what a lineup! For a melo-death fan such as myself, this list of bands was somewhat of a dream come true. Not only were Insomnium returning to our shores, but also they were bringing arguably two of the best bands to come out of Finland in recent years. First up on the stage were … Continue reading Insomnium / Barren Earth / Wolfheart – O2 Islington, London (18th January 2017)

Finnish melodic death masters, Insomnium, are about to embark on a European tour next week to perform their epic concept album Winter's Gate(review here), a 40 minutes long song, in its entirety! The first shows have already been sold out. The band will be ed by label mates Barren Earth and fellow Fins Wolfheart on this … Continue reading Insomnium’s Winter’s Gate tour starts next week!

A while ago, we were approached by Insomnium's PR for an interview relating to their album Winter's Gate (review here). Instead of doing the standard Skype or emailer, they instead asked us for some questions which would then be used in a unique video created for us. So, the video interview is shown below... however there … Continue reading Interview: Niilo Sevänen and Markus Vanhala of Insomnium