''Winter's Gate'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish

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. It was released worldwide on September 23, 2016 via

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. It is a concept album said to be about "a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west of Ireland, despite the treacherous winter drawing near." The album consists of a single 40-minute track. For streaming and download services, it was split into seven separate tracks despite containing six movements denoted in the lyrics. These movements are noted in the tracklist below. For vinyl, the song was split across sides between parts 3 and 4.

Track listing

Credits

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. ;Insomnium * Niilo Sevänen –

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, bass *

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– guitars, clean vocals * Markus Vanhala – guitars * Markus Hirvonen – drums ;Additional musicians * Teemu Aalto – backing vocals ;Arrangements and compositions * Insomnium –

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* Teemu Aalto – arrangements * Aleksi Munter –

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, keyboard arrangements * Ville Friman – keyboard composition * Markus Vanhala – keyboard composition * Niilo Sevänen – keyboard composition ;Production and artwork * Insomnium – production * Teemu Aalto – production,

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(guitar, bass, vocals) * Kimmo Perkkiö – recording (drums) * Hannu Honkonen – recording (keyboard) * Aleksi Munter – recording (keyboard) *

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– mixing, mastering * Teemu Tähkänen –

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* Jussi Ratilainen – photography * Nora Dirkling –

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* Tuomas Puumalainen – translation ;Studios * SF Sound Studio – recording (drums) * Scoring Helsinki – recording (keyboard) * Studio Korkeakoski – recording (guitar, bass, vocals) * Unisound – mixing, mastering

Track listing

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Charts

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