Insomnium fans looking forward to new music will need to be patient, as the band is still in the early stages of crafting their next album. Vocalist and bassist Niilo Sevänen recently spoke to The Metal Crypt and shared an update on the band’s progress, revealing that while the new album is in the works, it won’t be released until 2026 at the earliest.
When asked about the timeline for the next album, Sevänen explained:
“Well, our fans will need to hold their breath, as we’re still in the early stages of the process. It’s going to be a record cycle where we’ll start to put more time and effort into it, then there’ll be a break at some point when the composition work will actually be done, because when you’re touring, it’s quite difficult to compose new stuff. There’s everything else on the road. You can’t really concentrate on much besides touring. Sometimes you can do some composing work while on tour and somehow, we have succeeded at that in the past, but composing an album truly requires that you be at home in peace. Sitting there at home with your guitar without any pressure or schedules is when new material starts to come out. And now we’re kind of at the stage where our songwriting process is getting started little by little. Just a few days ago, I sent the first demo to the guys to get their reactions to that raw song material. There are no song titles or anything yet. Everything’s still on a very rough stage as far as writing and composing music for our next album is concerned. But the goal is that the album will come out next year. But, of course, there are still a lot of ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ along the way.”
Despite being early in the creative process, the band has already begun sharing ideas. Sevänen revealed that he recently sent out a demo to the other members for feedback, though no titles or detailed plans are set yet. The focus now is on building the foundation of what will eventually become their next record.
Regarding whether the album will follow a specific concept, Sevänen confirmed:
“Nope, we haven’t thought about that yet. The writing process for us is often when music starts coming out, we try to figure out whether these or those songs might form a theme album or not. That’s usually how it goes. With the “Winter’s Gate” album, and partly with “Anno 1696″, it was like I already had a story written around them, and then we started making music for these records. But then again, it usually goes like this, you start making the music first and then the story is created from those feelings. We’ll see how it goes this time when we get this new album written and composed.”
With everything still in the works, fans can expect updates over the coming months as the band continues to develop the material for their follow-up to “Anno 1696”. For now, it’s a waiting game, though Insomnium’s dedication to crafting the right album is clearly evident.
