Insomnium Anno 1696
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Zac124
December 14th 2025


4071 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Certainly a flawed album but the run from Godforsaken to Starless Paths are some of their best songs ever.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 14th 2025


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Disagreed.

Zac124
December 14th 2025


4071 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Damn, what do you dislike about this album?

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 14th 2025


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Everything tbh lol. Just feels like they completely mailed it in on this one to me. The only Insomnium album that I don't like. :[

Zac124
December 14th 2025


4071 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fair enough, I suppose. I definitely see that with White Christ. Only song of theirs I consider to be just bad.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 14th 2025


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Definitely the worst track they've ever done lol.

zaruyache
December 14th 2025


28642 Comments


nothing really happens in that one yeah

DarkNoctus
December 14th 2025


12817 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

white christ is fucking dogshit and far and away their worst song

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 14th 2025


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Absolutely bro.

Dmax28
December 14th 2025


1454 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

They were playing that shit on tour too

frozencarl
December 14th 2025


2042 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I like the idea of Insomnium doing the Rotting Christ style riffs but I feel like they def coulda done a lil better

Confessed2005
December 14th 2025


7723 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

All of their previous albums are superior but this does have some good highlights.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 14th 2025


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Agreed Carl bro.

MeatWolf
January 5th 2026


309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"white christ is fucking dogshit and far and away their worst song" exactly what I thought upon the very first listen, how this got green light on Insomnium album is beyond me. Overall the worst Insomnium probably ever? Half the songs like Lilian, Godforsaken, 1696, Starless Paths are alright but the other half is not good (even the bonus tracks!). Also the production is even worse than it was on One for Sorrow which is hard to believe. Hoping for them to make amends on the next LP.

Ectier
January 5th 2026


4635 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I do not remember this much outside of half a memory of a track

DungeonBoy
January 5th 2026


10293 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It has a couple standout tracks, but if you only listen to records front to back I'd say this is one in their discography maybe not worth revisiting

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
January 5th 2026


116737 Comments

Album Rating: 2.2

Agreed.

StormChaser
January 5th 2026


3155 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Heart Like A Grave was more forgettable than this for me



100% agree about Godforsaken and Starless Paths

DarkNoctus
January 5th 2026


12817 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the one thing i will say to this record's credit is that it's all the longer songs that are the better ones. if it were the other way around this album would have been a disaster. as it stands it's probably their worst album.





Muzz79
January 5th 2026


3962 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I didn’t mind the Sakis Tolis collab



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