Insomnium is a paragon of constancy, in terms of album releases, music (which never really strays from the sound the band has built for themselves), and quality. Said constancy has been rewarded by a fanbase that grows with each new release. Repetition is a good way to “educate” the audience, after all. With their latest album, Shadows Of The Dying Sun, Insomnium prove they have truly found a winning formula. Even the introduction of a new guitar player, Markus Vanhala (Ville Vanni could no longer juggle the band and his career in the medical field), hasn’t altered their trademark melodic and melancholic death metal. On the contrary, injecting new blood into a band is often an inspirational booster.
We talked about all this with guitarist and main composer Ville Friman in the following interview. We tried, among other things, to understand the band’s relation to their own music, as well as its underlying Finnish melancholy.
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