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Insomnium are one of my favourite bands - Across the Dark is a record of unadulterated genius, one of the best I own - and their previous three offerings somehow manage to reach similar levels of excellence. Weather the Storm is absolutely no exception. It's a screamer of a song that will not disappoint fans of the band. It won't do much for people who didn't like the Insomnium's style but these people are crazy and their opinions do not matter. The video is filmed from a live show, and is well produced, helping to energise the song even more, as if that was needed. A highlight of the song is the collaboration of Michael Stanne, of Dark Tranquility fame. His really unique style of cookie monster growl (there is nothing more terrifying on God's earth) is a brilliant addition to the song, an it's great to see two such great bands collaborating.
This got me thinking about Insomnium and DT, and how similar they are in many ways. Neither have changed much since their inception (unlike some bands *cough* In Flames *cough*) but still managed to remain fresh and different. Lyrically, the bands are also similar in that their lyrics don't just make sense (which is more than a lot of Death Metal bands can't attest to), but are often thought provoking, or at the least pretty clever - with Stanne this is especially apparently; some of his lyrical work puts most English-speaking POETS to shame, never mind songwriters (Cannot fail if you never start, how predictable/I want to know where did it end for madness to start/Always the skeptic, never be part/Introvertive, indescriptive, it matters not).
In any case, tangents aside, I really can't wait to add another Insomnium CD to the collection, and if this single is representative, it might even top Across the Dark.
You can check it out on YouTube and buy in iTunes. Have a listen!
I feel like DT has changed a lot over the decades.
ReplyDeleteAside from Mind's I, nothing they've done has come close to sounding anything like The Gallery. After Gallery, Skydancer, and Mind's I, they've changed their style in every album. Projector was lighter, with more piano and clean vocals. Haven utilized a lot of keyboard and heavier riffs, Damage Done and Character got even heavier. Then they got lighter, adding female vocals again in fiction. We are the void went back to heavy, but adopted a sort of surreal feel to it. They've been all over the place.