History Music / Insomnium

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Niilo
** TheLancer: Ville
** TheSmartGuy: Vanhala
** TheBigGuy: Hirvonen
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Jani

* EpicRocking: More than half of their songs are over five or six minutes long with "Winter's Gate" (40:00), "In the Halls of Awaiting" (10:55), "In the Groves of Death" (10:08), "Lay of the Autumn" (9:08), and Disengagement (8:39) being among their longest.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs are an 8 and occasionally a 9, sometimes dipping into the lower categories with their softer songs.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: If you're feeling down in the dumps, listen to the "Weather the Storm" bonus track from ''One for Sorrow'' (which features Mikael Stanne from Music/DarkTranquillity)

They are also somewhat known for sharing one of their (three) guitarists few members with fellow Finnish melodic death metal band Music/OmniumGatherum, and tour with them frequently (if only for convenience sake).

Insomnium is a Finnish MelodicDeathMetal which formed in 1997. They have garnered much acclaim over the course of their active time and have become one of the more well recognized faces of modern melodeath, as well as titans of the genre in their home country. They are known for their characterized melodic death metal sound that blends doom and progressive metal to create dark, melancholic, and atmospheric songs, with themes and extremely erudite lyrics that focus on sorrow, darkness, and nature.

They are also somewhat known for sharing quite a few members with fellow Melo-death band Music/OmniumGatherum, and tour with them frequently (if only for convenience sake).

* Jani Liimatainen - guitars (2019 - present)

* ''Heart Like a Grave'' (2019)

* BookEnds: The opening track of ''Above the Weeping World'', The Gale, begins with the sound of rain. The closing track In the Groves of Death ends with the same sound of rain.
* CommutingOnABus: Longtime guitarist Ville Friman works as a research associate and lecturer at the University of York and has been living in the UK since 2012 which is why his songwriting contributions on the band's studio albums has been reducing over the years. Ville's responsibilities to his day job is the reason why Jani Liimatainen joined the band in 2019.

* BookEnds: The opening track of Above the Weeping World, The Gale, begins with the sound of rain. The closing track In the Groves of Death ends with the same sound of rain.
* CommutingOnABus: Longtime guitarist Ville Friman works as a research associate at the University of York and lives in the UK which is why his songwriting contribution on ''Heart like a Grave'' was only one song. Ville's responsibilities to his day job is the reason why Jani Liimatainen joined the band in 2019 to create a fairly unique three guitarists lineup.
* ConceptAlbum: Winter's Gate is a concept album consisting of one 40 minute long song. The story follows a group of Vikings who set off on a journey to an island west of Ireland in search of treasure.

* UncommonTime: "Mortal Share" is, apart from the bridge section, played in 7/8 time.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Nocturne", "Resonance", and "Decoherence".

* ProgressiveMetal/[[TechnicalDeathMetal Progressive Death Metal]]: The band have drawn much influence from the genres over their career.

** {{Homage}}: Their album format is usually a homage to the Music/EdgeOfSanity album Crimson. Edge of Sanity frontman and renowned producer Dan Swanö is also responsible for the mixing and mastering of Winter's Gate.

Insomnium is a Finnish MelodicDeathMetal which formed in 1997. They have garnered much acclaim over the course of their active time and have become one of the more well recognized faces of modern melodeath. They are known for their characterized melodic death metal sound that blends doom and progressive metal to create dark, melancholic, and atmospheric songs, with themes and lyrics that focus on sorrow, darkness, and nature.

** {{Homage}}: The album format is a homage to the Music/EdgeOfSanity album Crimson. Edge of Sanity frontman and renowned producer Dan Swanö is also responsible for the mixing and mastering of Winter's Gate.

** TheLeader: Nillo

** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Janni

* LeadBassist: Nillo Sevanen, the band's harsh vocalist, is a type B.

* SopranoAndGravel: Guitarist Ville Friman often sings and layers his clean vocals alongside Nillo's harsh ones.

* Janni Liimatainen - guitars (2019 - present)

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Nocturne", "Resonance", and "Decoherence".
* LeadBassist: Nillo Sevanen, the band's harsh vocalist, is a type B.

* Janni Liimatainen - guitars (2019- present)

* Markus Vanhala - lead guitar (2011 - present)
* Ville Friman - rhythm guitar, clean vocals (1997 - present)

* Tapani Pesonen − drums, guitar (1997−1998)
* Timo Partanen − guitar (1998−2001)
* Ville Vänni − guitar (2001−2011)

* DoomMetal