Across the Dark is the fourth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released on 7 September 2009 on Candlelight Records.[1] The album features Jules Näveri from Profane Omen and Enemy of the Sun as guest vocalist and Aleksi Munter from Swallow the Sun as guest keyboardist.[1][2] The album was chosen as "Album of the month September, 2009" by German online magazine Metal 1.[3]

Across the Dark
Studio album by
Released7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)
Recorded23 March – 22 May 2009
GenreMelodic death metal
Length45:40
LabelCandlelight
Producer
  • Samu Oittinen
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
Above the Weeping World
(2006)
Across the Dark
(2009)
One for Sorrow
(2011)

The song "Weighed Down with Sorrow" is dedicated to Miika Tenkula.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Equivalence"Ville FrimanFriman3:18
2."Down with the Sun"Niilo Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
4:22
3."Where the Last Wave Broke"FrimanFriman5:03
4."The Harrowing Years"Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
6:39
5."Against the Stream"FrimanFriman6:11
6."The Lay of Autumn"Sevänen
  • Friman
  • Sevänen
9:08
7."Into the Woods"Ville VänniFriman5:08
8."Weighed Down with Sorrow"FrimanFriman5:51
Total length:45:40
Special Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
9."The New Beginning"FrimanFriman7:15
10."Into the Evernight"SevänenSevänen5:28
Total length:58:23

Charts

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [5]
Sputnik Music     [6]
MetalEaterA−[7]
Blistering.com          [8]
Thrash Hits      [9]
Metal 1          [10]
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart 5[11]

Personnel

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Insomnium
Additional Musicians

References

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  1. ^ a b "Insomnium: new album title, release date revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Insomnium blog". Blogspot. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ^ Metal1.info Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine September 2009
  4. ^ "Insomnium Guitarist Ville Friman on the Inevitable Truths of Critique | Guitar World". www.guitarworld.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011.
  5. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Review: Across the Dark". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  6. ^ "link". Sputnikmusic.com. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. ^ Metaleater - www.metaleater.com. "Album Reviews – Insomnium – Across The Dark". Metaleater.Com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Review: Insomnium – Across the Dark". Blistering.com. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Album: Insomnium – Across The Dark". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  10. ^ "link". Metal1.info. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  11. ^ Suomen virallinen lista [dead link]