Album: Above the Weeping World by Insomnium
Genre: melodic death metal

Description: Above the Weeping World is the third studio album by Insomnium. It was released on August 9, 2006 in Europe and on October 17, 2006 elsewhere by Candlelight Records. A music video was made for "Mortal Share". The album's lyrics have been influenced (and occasionally taken) from classic poets like Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe and Finnish classic Eino Leino. The last track of the album, "In the Groves of Death" lasts about ten minutes, and its main theme is heavily inspired by Leino's poem Tumma, the ending poem of his saga Helkavirsiä. The entire poem "The Night Has a Thousand <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Insomnium/Above+the+Weeping+World">Read more on Last.fm</a>.

Artist Background: Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. They are influenced by doom metal. Their lyrics often deal with subjects such as darkness, mourning, loss, pain, and nature. Insomnium began to take shape during the bleak spring of 1997. In a quiet town of Joensuu, located in the easternmost part of Finland, four young men were forming a fierce metal band. From the beginning it was clear that this band would make music that was brutal and yet melodic, full of contrasts and changi... Part of the Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Omnium Gatherum, Be'lakor, Dark Tranquillity, Wolfheart

Music Scene: Part of the Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: melodic death metal


Above the Weeping World is the third studio album by Insomnium. It was released on August 9, 2006 in Europe and on October 17, 2006 elsewhere by Candlelight Records. A music video was made for "Mortal Share". The album's lyrics have been influenced (and occasionally taken) from classic poets like Hölderlin, Edgar Allan Poe and Finnish classic Eino Leino. The last track of the album, "In the Groves of Death" lasts about ten minutes, and its main theme is heavily inspired by Leino's poem Tumma, the ending poem of his saga Helkavirsiä. The entire poem "The Night Has a Thousand…

Above the Weeping World

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