Shadows of the Dying Sun

Shadows of the Dying Sun is the sixth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium. It was released in North America on April 29, 2014 via Century Media Records, and on April 25 in Finland, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the rest of Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand on April 28. It is their first album with new guitarist Markus Vanhala after previous long-time guitarist Ville Vänni departed in 2011.

The song "Revelation", in the form of a lyric video, was released on March 21, 2014. A music video was made for the song and single "While We Sleep", which was released on April 7, 2014. The last song, "Black Heart Rebellion" was released on April 22, 2014.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.


 * Insomnium
 * Niilo Sevänen – lead vocals, bass
 * Ville Friman – guitars, clean vocals
 * Markus Vanhala – guitars
 * Marcus Hirvonen – drums
 * Additional musicians
 * Teemu Aalto – backing vocals (on track 2, 5, 7, 9 & 10), additional guitars (track 5)
 * Aleksi Munter – keyboards


 * Production and design
 * Teemu Aalto – producer, recording (vocals, guitars, bass)
 * Insomnium – producer
 * Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums)
 * Aleksi Munter & Hannu Honkonen – recording (keyboards)
 * André Alvinzi – mixing at Fascination Street Studios
 * Svante Forsbäck – mastering at Chartmakers
 * Wille Naukkarinen – artwork
 * Jussi Ratilainen – photography