Saturday, 30 April 2011

Insomnium - Weather the Storm (single) [2011]

Time passes unbelievably quickly and after last autumn’s new song – Weather the Storm and perfect 2009 record – Insomnium fans get a digital single with mentioned song and another one as a b-side. Not enough? Well, they also proved how awesome their fans are by making a Weather the Storm video presenting some of the September London gig action.

The single itself perfectly shows Insomnium's two faces. The first song with guestly appearance from Mikael Stanne - well known from Dark Tranquillity - is a pure fury but with certain dose of self-control - they might be totally pissed off, but they are definitely not going to give in to anybody. Well, in fact they clearly explain it in a moving lyrics. Musically the song is full of energy, great riffs and perfectly fitting drums- and acoustic-bridges. But hey, having Insomnium and two of the greatest growlers you couldn't complain even if it lacked some perfection;)

The b-siding Beyond the Horizon is a completely instrumental song with shared acoustic/electric guitars, stunning flat-drum rhythm and ambient-strings outro. Though it is an orthodox version of more melodic Insomnium it is totally charming, especially intro guitar melody and that remarkable rhythm that just makes you beat it on your chest/leg/wheel.

Seriously, if new album will have those songs and some more simillary good tracks - it may outshine all planned great releases of mighty, mighty 2011...
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9 comments:

  1. Veli Nyström2 May 2011 at 00:30

    Good review, and a great band too!

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  2. sammy4 July 2011 at 15:06

    The best part, apart from the music, is the album art. Can't keep my eyes of it :)

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  3. Shillenya6 July 2011 at 15:28

    Beautiful, isn't it? but I loved all since Above:D

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  4. sammy13 July 2011 at 15:06

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  5. sammy13 July 2011 at 15:07

    yes...even words can't express explain its beauty. I thought nothing could be better than Above... then they came out with their best Across The Dark...now this..! By the way, nice blog(would be an understatement)...i actually enjoyed a blog after a long time. luv ur site.

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  6. Shillenya21 July 2011 at 11:21

    Let's just wait for the whole record to overwhelm us=) thanks for your kind words, it's great to get that kind of support! I shall write more often now, been busy during last weeks..

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  7. sammy14 November 2011 at 09:32

    Insomnium's latest offering "One of Sorrow" is out. Would really like a post about it from you :).what do you think?

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  8. Shillenya14 November 2011 at 11:13

    I know, gave it a couple of listens and now I'm thinking about writing sth:) got 3 exams this week tho, so probably no sooner than around saturday..

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  9. sammy15 November 2011 at 13:10

    cool..wish u all the luck for that :)

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