Out now, Swedish power metal act Insania’s new single and video ‘The Trinity’, taken from their upcoming new studio album, The Great Apocalypse, due 13th June, via Frontiers Music Srl.
Discussing the single, guitarist Niklas Dahlin said: “This song centres on the first nuclear weapons test, codenamed Trinity, conducted at a remote site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1945. That fateful day reshaped the world forever. It is said that even the blind could see the bright light from the explosion…”
About the new album, the band commented: “The Great Apocalypse picks up just where Insania V left us, and many of the songs are touching the subject of mankind being destructive and never learning from our previous mistakes. In fact, every song on this album is a little bit darker than the songs on Insania V, so sit back, raise the volume on your device, and let yourself flow into the darkness of our world going under with an incredible and beautiful sound of The Great Apocalypse.”
Four years after the aforementioned V, the Swedes are back with their own recipe of power metal. The band’s current line-up consists of Mikko Korsbäck (Drums), Erik Arkö (Bass), Niklas Dahlin (Guitars) and Ola Halén (Vocals and guitars).
The first version of Insania was formed in 1992 by drum player Mikko Korsbäck and guitar player Henrik Juhano. Bass player Tomas Stolt was added to the line-up shortly after, and a few other musicians were also part of the band for short periods of time.
The band initially started off playing covers of their favourite bands such as Helloween and Iron Maiden, but eventually Korsbäck’s classmate Niklas Dahlin joined as a second guitar player and they started writing their own tunes. The band then added keyboard player Patrik Västilä and began to pursue a more melodic style. Korsbäck took it upon himself to sing, even if he was playing the drums at the same time, as the band had not found a vocalist to match their ambitions.
In 1997, the band approached singer David Henriksson to join the band. The union between the band’s ambitions and David’s vocals was a match made in heaven. The band felt complete and sought to find a way to reach a bigger crowd. Later, the band was offered a deal with House Of Kicks (later known as MNW and then Sound Pollution) and their debut album World Of Ice was released in 1999. The band would go on to release three more albums over the course of the coming years, while enduring some line-up changes and eventually going on hiatus in 2007.
Following the signing with Frontiers to release V, Insania started to bring their power metal attack again back to the metalheads around the globe, revitalised with the addition of the singer Ola Halén.
The Great Apocalypse features the tracks: ‘The Trinity’, ‘Indestructible’, ‘ No One’s Hero’, ‘Afterlife’, ‘Revolution’, ‘The Prophesier’, ‘Fire From Above’, ‘Underneath The Eye’ and ‘ The Great Apocalypse (When Hell Is All Around)’ – You can order the album here.
