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| Released | September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) |
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| Recorded | March – April 2016 |
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| Studio | - SF Sound Studio
- Scoring Helsinki
- Studio Korkeakoski
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| Length | 40:02 |
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| Label | Century Media |
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| Source | Rating |
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| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.2/5 |
| Metal Injection | 9/10 |
| Loud Online | |
Winter's Gate is the seventh studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released worldwide on September 23, 2016 via Century Media Records. It is a concept album said to be about "a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite the treacherous winter drawing near."
The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics. These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.