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Cinemetal

INSOMNIUM: SYNCHRONIZED HEADBANGING FOR THE WIN

 Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 10:30am by

When it comes to being epic, Insomnium are second to few. We had the pleasure of catching them on one of their rare U.S. tours a couple of years back with Katatonia, Scar Symmetry and Swallow the Sun, a bill of massively epic proportions. They were indeed mighty. But the audience wasn’t nearly as psyched as they are in this video of the band performing “Down With the Sun” from their latest opus Across the Dark, sent in by MS reader Josh Kidd. This footage was filmed just a week ago in the band’s native Finland, which would explain the crowd’s level of enthusiasm. I’d love to see Insomnium in Finland… in a forest or on a boat, perhaps… that would be epic.

-VN

  • Edgar

    Its nice to know that some people appreciate this band as much as i do.

  • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

    Definitely a lot better when Attack Attack! does it. Maybe it’s the fact that these guys don’t have douchey haircuts, v-neck shirts, or shitty music.

    And the new Insomnium album? Awesome.

  • Zoker

    Thank you for sharing this.

  • Fufkin

    Two UK tours coming up: Paradise Lost with Katatonia and Insomnium with Swallow The Sun
    Now that’s what I call metal!

  • Brian \m/(-_-)\m/

    nice pickup josh. u just made me an insomnium fan. synchronized headbanging for the win indeed

    • joshkid

      yeah Insomnium are friggin awesome. I actually found out about them on MS a little while back. Props!

  • http://themetalgrinder.com Matt Kraatz

    First time I saw Lacuna Coil, I couldn’t stop laughing because they choreographed just about everything they did on stage.

  • Andy Synn

    Insomium are such a good band. We have been lucky enough to grab an opening slot for them on their upcoming UK tour with Swallow The Sun.

    That’s not a plug for us… i’m just very excited!

    • Fufkin

      Good work man – that’s a great tour to get on!

    • http://www.hatespire.com Nymik

      What band?

  • WetBiscut

    You’re right. No one was excited for Insomnium or Scar Symmetry when they were on their tour a couple years ago — Their loss.

    I’d love to see these guys live again.

  • http://www.hatespire.com Nymik

    I love insomnium, such an awesome band. Thanks for posting this, can’t wait to see them in london in december!

  • http://www.prophetsofdoom.wordpress.com Prophet

    definitely one of the most underrated melo death bands ever.

  • BEHEMOHAWK

    Inssomnium is awesome. Above the Weeping World is easily in my top ton favorite albums ever.

  • Viking_xxx

    Thanks for posting. I love these guys. They need better PR. It seems like no one knows about them. And the new album is awesome. Go buy it!

  • Raja

    yeah bro, EPIC is the word that comes to mind when I think of insomnium. Insanely underrated band. 4 albums out and I dig almost 75% of the tracks, that is sheer quality. Best shit is they don’t have any out-of-the-world guitarist, but still end up making eargasmic music. Weighed down with Sorrow is among the very best compositions IMHO.