Comments on: Insomnium – One For Sorrow

By: Evil In U

Evil In U — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:19:30 +0000

Insomnium have yet to disappoint me. As far as I’m concerned they’re the reigning kings of this genre. Amorphis have been coasting since Silent Waters and I find the latest Omnium Gatherum to be a bit of a letdown after the excellent Red Shift.

By: Plasmaterial

Plasmaterial — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:48:09 +0000

Love this album. Took about 10 spins to grow on me, but it is a very rewarding album. So much melancholy, pain and emotion… Not so big on the weird, buzzing tuning of the guitar tone though.

I loved your write up of Across the Dark over at Metal Review too Erik.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:47:40 +0000

I stopped following these guys after their second album. This review inspired me to check out a few songs from this new one and I think they sound almost exactly the same as when I last heard them. Also, I never thought of this band as doom/death. They’re just gloomy melodeath, which I should love, but this isn’t doing it for me for some reason.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:08:39 +0000

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I try so hard to like this band, as I like/love most of their contemporaries in this style, but I have yet to make it past the third track on any of their albums without getting a powerful urge to skip to the next track.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:19:50 +0000

yeah far as this year’s releases go, the Finns stack up like this

Omnium Gatherum > Insomnium >Amorphis

By: Staylow

Staylow — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:00:51 +0000

I tried listening to this twice and just couldn’t get into it at all – which is strange, as what I heard sounds alot like the last one which I loved. Maybe I need to wait till I fall into another Amorphis or Omnium Gatherum binge and try again.

By: stiffy

stiffy — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:53:01 +0000

Love this album as expected.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:31:06 +0000

great write-up. this isn’t very different than the last one but it is excellent and seems a tad more aggressive overall.

I question the clean chorus on Through the Shadows, as it’s probably the ‘poppiest’ one they’ve done – oddly enough they don’t really do that again on the rest of the album. I think I’d like to see something new from these guys with the next one.