Heart Like a Grave

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 Insomnium
Released	4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)
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
Winter's Gate (2016) Heart Like a Grave (2019) Anno 1696 (2023)
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]

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.^[8]

Insomnium Niilo Sevänen – bass, lead vocals 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)^[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

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. "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.

External links

• Heart Like a Grave at AllMusic
• Heart Like a Grave 19 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Century Media Records