Insomnium – Across The Dark released September 15, 2009 on Candlelight If you want your melancholy and infinite sadness pumpkin-free, seek out the fourth album from this Finnish quartet. The unchanged core lineup (since 2001) still crafts nuanced melodic death metal, but also reach out to guest musicians to achieve their powerful sound. Aleksi Munter (Swallow The Sun) brings his remarkable keyboard skills, subtly essential to overall affect. He even gently unfurls the opening track, which bleeds beautifully into the next, and are better experienced together. Jules Näveri (Profane Omen, Enemy of the Sun) reveals a striking new dimension [...read more]