Insomnium - Winter's Gate (2016)

Hugely warm and enjoyable, Insomnium offer up a 40-minute single-track epic about a Viking exploration on beyond Ireland which fuses melodic death metal, symphonic black metal, acoustic passages, old-school concept-prog and more. This is like having someone tell you a long-ago story by the fire while drinking warm beverages and covered in blankets laden with non-human companions. Being old I hear Bathory and Amorphis in these depths, and it pleases me to no end. <3 <3 <3. Curl up with this!!!