Finnish melodic deathsters, Insomnium, have now revealed the cover artwork for their upcoming album, Winter’s Gate, which is penned for release on September 23rd via Century Media Records.

Winter’s Gate is a concept album that is made of one epic 40-minute long song. The album is built around a short story, Winter’s Gate (Talven portti in Finnish) by vocalist and bassist Niilo Sevänen, which won awards and nominations in Finland back in 2007 and 2008. It’s a story about a group of Vikings who set out to find a fabled island west from Ireland, even though the winter is drawing near.

The full story is released together with the album as a book that has the tale in English, Finnish and German - illustrated by the artist Teemu Tähkänen.

The album is currently being mixed by Dan Swanö at Unisound AB studio in Sweden. Tour dates for autumn and winter will be announced soon.

Currently scheduled tour dates:

June
17 - Tampere Metal Meeting - Tampere, Finland
19 - Hellfest - Clisson, France
25 - Tons of Rock - Halden, Norway
30 - Provinssirock - Seinaejoki, Finland

July
22 - Klang! Festival - Kekava, Latvia
23 - Riverside Festival - Esslingen, Germany
26 - Metal Days - Tolmin, Slovenia

August
13 - Brutal Assault - Josefov, Czech Rep
14 - Rockstadt Extreme Fest - Rasnov, Romania
19 - Kaltenbach Open Air - Spital, Austria
20 - Rockstad Falun - Falun, Sweden
27 - 100% Metal Fest - Istanbul, Turkey

September
10 - Metalitalia Festival @ Live Music Club - Trezzo sull'Adda (near Milan), Italy