Had to catch Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium's show in Singapore. For this tour, they named it 'Beyond the Shadows of the Dying Sun', after their sixth album released in 2014. The members have changed, but the band has largely stayed intact for the 28 years. That's amazing.
The band began the show with '1696' from their latest album 'Anno 1696' (2023). This is a superb album. All the riffs and lyrics. From this, they played 'The Witch Hunter'. They also played 'And Bells They Toll' from the 2019 album 'Heart Like a Grave'. Wheeeeee.
It's not like I know every song. I like the band, but I don't have the bandwidth to remember all their songs over the years. Hhehehe. I only know my favorites. I had to refer to the crowdsourced setlist too. Hehehe. They did three encore songs — two from the 2014 album 'Shadows of the Dying Sun' — 'Primeval Dark' and 'While We Sleep' and a final 'Heart Like a Grave' (2019, from the eponymous album).
Held at the small Phil Studio, it was packed out. The sound was great for the 1hr-15min gig. The band played such a good show. There was a meet-and-greet after the show, but I didn't bother staying. Didn't need to lah. The show in Singapore was mild, and no controversies happened. Metal gigs are honestly over-rated as being 'trouble'. Tsk tsk. Honestly, it felt really good to be watching a death metal gig after the GE2025 weekend. The friends and I needed this.
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