Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. Although they are primarily a melodic death metal band, their tracks could be seen as reminiscent of doom metal and progressive metal.
On 9 September 2011 Insomnium released the music video "Through the Shadows" from their 2011 album, One for Sorrow.
In November, 2011 Insomnium embarked on their first headlining European tour with support from Before the Dawn and MyGRAIN. During April, 2012 Insomnium returned to tour the U.K. as the main support act for British gothic metal band, Paradise Lost. Vreid was also present on the tour as a supporting opening act.
On 19 September 2013 Insomnium released "Ephemeral," a single from their foreshadowed 2014 album, Shadows of the Dying Sun, via Century Media Records. It is the first track to feature new guitarist, Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum), who replaced Ville Vänni in 2011.
The wind gathers the clouds in the sky
empyrean cracks and roars
the calm before the storm grows now to thunder's song
gone are the singing birds, silently sigh only the trees.
Hear now the moment when the son of thunder speaks
The roar in crescendo, fills hte dark air and once more
The bringer of chaos makes the wind rise again
Watch him whirling, dancing in the step of time...
In the flash of lightning appears the majesty of skies
As the tempest sets world on to it's knees,
Still steady stands one man brave
Challenging alone the nature
Screaming fiercely ovet the gale
Filled with the anger are also phrases of storm
And easily from the ground apart is the man soon torn
Cold is their embrance, of iron their handshake both
Mortal facing undying and the warring of their powers
For thousand years last their struggle,
One teardrop shed for every year,still
Enough to bring forth the thousand lakes,
enough for thousand rivers to shape
and as the northwind rises again
and the heaven cracks and roars
once more two headstrong figures