Across the Dark
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Across the Dark
| type = studio
| artist = Insomnium
| cover = Across-the-Dark.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|9|7}}
| recorded = 23 March – 22 May 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Melodic death metal
| length = {{duration|m=45|s=40}}
| label = Candlelight
| producer = {{hlist|Samu Oittinen|Insomnium}}
| prev_title = Above the Weeping World
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = One for Sorrow
| next_year = 2011
}}
Across the Dark is the fourth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released on 7 September 2009 on Candlelight Records.{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122944 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526100523/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122944 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 May 2012 |title=Insomnium: new album title, release date revealed |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2 July 2009 |accessdate=2 July 2009 }} The album features Jules Näveri from Profane Omen and Enemy of the Sun as guest vocalist and Aleksi Munter from Swallow the Sun as guest keyboardist.{{cite news|url=http://vf-insomnium.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=12|title=Insomnium blog|publisher=Blogspot|date=2 July 2009|accessdate=2 July 2009}}
The album was chosen as "Album of the month September, 2009" by German online magazine Metal 1.[http://www.metal1.info/reviews/reviews.php?rev_id=3637 Metal1.info] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928074239/http://www.metal1.info/reviews/reviews.php?rev_id=3637 |date=28 September 2011 }} September 2009
The song "Weighed Down with Sorrow" is dedicated to Miika Tenkula.{{cite web |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/insomnium-guitarist-ville-friman-inevitable-truths-critique |title=Insomnium Guitarist Ville Friman on the Inevitable Truths of Critique {{!}} Guitar World |website=www.guitarworld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108043501/http://www.guitarworld.com/insomnium-guitarist-ville-friman-inevitable-truths-critique |archive-date=2011-11-08}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 45:40
| title1 = Equivalence
| music1 = Friman
| lyrics1 = Ville Friman
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = Down with the Sun
| music2 = {{hlist|Friman|Sevänen}}
| lyrics2 = Niilo Sevänen
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = Where the Last Wave Broke
| music3 = Friman
| lyrics3 = Friman
| length3 = 5:03
| title4 = The Harrowing Years
| music4 = {{hlist|Friman|Sevänen}}
| lyrics4 = Sevänen
| length4 = 6:39
| title5 = Against the Stream
| music5 = Friman
| lyrics5 = Friman
| length5 = 6:11
| title6 = The Lay of Autumn
| music6 = {{hlist|Friman|Sevänen}}
| lyrics6 = Sevänen
| length6 = 9:08
| title7 = Into the Woods
| music7 = Friman
| lyrics7 = Ville Vänni
| length7 = 5:08
| title8 = Weighed Down with Sorrow
| music8 = Friman
| lyrics8 = Friman
| length8 = 5:51
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Special Edition bonus tracks
| title9 = The New Beginning
| length9 = 7:15
| music9 = Friman
| lyrics9 = Friman
| title10 = Into the Evernight
| music10 = Sevänen
| lyrics10 = Sevänen
| length10 = 5:28
| total_length = 58:23
}}
Charts
{{album ratings
|rev1=Allmusic
|rev1score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Henderson |title=Review: Across the Dark |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1634042|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=20 December 2009}}
|rev2=Sputnik Music
|rev2score= {{rating|3.0|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=39603 |title=link |publisher=Sputnikmusic.com |date=7 August 2009 |accessdate=10 September 2011}}
|rev3=MetalEater
|rev4=Blistering.com
|rev5=Thrash Hits
|rev5score={{rating|3.5|6}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashhits.com/2009/09/album-insomnium-across-the-dark |title=Album: Insomnium – Across The Dark |publisher=Thrash Hits |accessdate=10 September 2011}}
|rev6=Metal 1
|noprose=yes
}}
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| style="text-align:left; width:180px;"|Chart (2009)
!align="left"|Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|Finnish Albums Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|5[http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/tuote.php?id=9559 Suomen virallinen lista] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} |
Personnel
;Insomnium
- Niilo Sevänen – vocals, bass
- Ville Friman – guitar
- Ville Vänni – guitar
- Marcus Hirvonen – drums
;Additional Musicians
- Aleksi Munter (Swallow the Sun) – keyboards
- Jules Näveri (Profane Omen, Enemy of the Sun) – clean vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 6)}}
References
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