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. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.[7]

Heart Like a Grave
Studio album by
Released4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)
RecordedFebruary 2019[1] – April 2019
StudioSF Sound Studio (Helsinki, Finland)
Teemu Aalto Music Productions (Kotka, Finland)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length60:56
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Teemu Aalto
  • Insomnium
Insomnium chronology
Winter's Gate
(2016)
Heart Like a Grave
(2019)
Anno 1696
(2023)
Singles from Heart Like a Grave
  1. "Valediction"
    Released: 23 August 2019[2]
  2. "Heart Like a Grave"
    Released: 13 September 2019[3]
  3. "Pale Morning Star"
    Released: 27 September 2019[4]

Track listing

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

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Wail of the North"
  • Sevänen
  • Markus Vanhala
3:05
2."Valediction"Friman5:05
3."Neverlast"4:46
4."Pale Morning Star"Vanhala8:58
5."And Bells They Toll"Vanhala6:01
6."The Offering"Vanhala4:59
7."Mute Is My Sorrow"Liimatainen6:02
8."Twilight Trails"
  • Sevänen
  • Liimatainen
7:06
9."Heart Like a Grave"Vanhala7:05
10."Karelia" (instrumental)Sevänen7:49
Total length:60:56
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
11."The True Morning Star" (instrumental)Vanhala3:06
12."Karelia 2049" (instrumental)Sevänen6:43
Total length:70:45

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[8]

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[9] 28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 115
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 15

References

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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. Archived from the original on 26 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. Archived from the original on 3 October 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. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ "The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Credits". Heart Like a Grave (booklet). Insomnium. Century Media Records. 2019. 19075974871.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Insomnium: Heart Like a Grave" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 41, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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