Heart Like a Grave

"Valediction"
Heart Like a Grave
Studio album by Insomnium
Released	4 October 2019
Recorded	February 2019[1] – April 2019
Studio	SF Sound Studio (Helsinki, Finland); Teemu Aalto Music Productions (Kotka, Finland)
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	60:56
Label	Century Media
Producer	Teemu Aalto; Insomnium;
Insomnium chronology
Singles from Heart Like a Grave
	"Valediction"; Released: 23 August 2019[2]; "Heart Like a Grave"; Released: 13 September 2019[3]; "Pale Morning Star"; Released: 27 September 2019[4];

Heart Like a Grave is the eighth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium, released on 4 October 2019 via Century Media.[5][6] It is the first album to feature guitarist Jani Liimatainen.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Niilo Sevänen, except "Valediction" written by Sevänen and Ville Friman.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Wail of the North"	Sevänen Markus Vanhala	3:05
2.	"Valediction"	Friman	5:05
3.	"Neverlast"	Vanhala Jani Liimatainen	4:46
4.	"Pale Morning Star"	Vanhala	8:58
5.	"And Bells They Toll"	Vanhala	6:01
6.	"The Offering"	Vanhala	4:59
7.	"Mute Is My Sorrow"	Liimatainen	6:02
8.	"Twilight Trails"	Sevänen Liimatainen	7:06
9.	"Heart Like a Grave"	Vanhala	7:05
10.	"Karelia" (instrumental)	Sevänen	7:49
Total length:			60:56

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"The True Morning Star" (instrumental)	Vanhala	3:06
12.	"Karelia 2049" (instrumental)	Sevänen	6:43
Total length:			70:45

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]

Insomnium

Niilo Sevänen – lead vocals, bass
Ville Friman – guitars, clean vocals
Markus Vanhala – guitars
Jani Liimatainen – guitars, clean vocals
Markus Hirvonen – drums

Additional musician

Teemu Aalto – backing vocals

Arrangements

Insomnium – arrangements
Teemu Aalto – arrangements
Aleksi Munter – keyboards arrangements

Production and design

Insomnium – production
Teemu Aalto – production, recording (guitars, bass, vocals), mixing (bonus tracks), mastering (bonus tracks)
Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums)
Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboards)
Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
Simo Heikkinen – artwork
Vesa Ranta – artwork, photography (bootlet)
Nora Dirkling – layout
Jussi Ratilainen – photography (band)

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[8]	28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	115
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12]	1
French Albums (SNEP)[13]	178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	15

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References

"INSOMNIUM Begins Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"Insomnum: Release Single & Video to "Valediction"". Century Media Records. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"INSOMNIUM Release Their Beautiful Single "Heart Like A Grave" With An Epic Video". Metal Injection. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"INSOMNIUM Release Lyric Video For New Single "Pale Morning Star"". Bravewords. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
Hartmann, Graham (16 July 2019). "Insomnium Announce New Album 'Heart Like a Grave". Loudwire. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"Insomnium: Reveal Details About New Album "Heart Like a Grave" Weclome Jani Liimatainen as Additional Guitarist". Century Media Records. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.CS1 maint: others (link)
"ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
"Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
"Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
"Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
"Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
"Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
"Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

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[1] "INSOMNIUM Begins Recording New Album". Blabbermouth.net. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] "Insomnum: Release Single & Video to "Valediction"". Century Media Records. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[3] "INSOMNIUM Release Their Beautiful Single "Heart Like A Grave" With An Epic Video". Metal Injection. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[4] "INSOMNIUM Release Lyric Video For New Single "Pale Morning Star"". Bravewords. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[5] Hartmann, Graham (16 July 2019). "Insomnium Announce New Album 'Heart Like a Grave". Loudwire. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[6] "Insomnium: Reveal Details About New Album "Heart Like a Grave" Weclome Jani Liimatainen as Additional Guitarist". Century Media Records. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[7] "Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.CS1 maint: others (link)

[8] "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[ac_Austria_Insomnium-9] "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[ac_Flanders_Insomnium-10] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Wallonia_Insomnium-11] "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Finland_Insomnium-12] "Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[13] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

[ac_Germany4_Insomnium-14] "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Insomnium-15] "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

Insomnium
Niilo Sevänen Ville Friman Markus Hirvonen Markus Vanhala Jani Liimatainen Tapani Pesonen Timo Partanen Ville Vänni
Studio albums	In the Halls of Awaiting (2002) Since the Day It All Came Down (2004) Above the Weeping World (2006) Across the Dark (2009) One for Sorrow (2011) Shadows of the Dying Sun (2014) Winter's Gate (2016) Heart Like a Grave (2019)