INSOMNIUM - Lilian

What this video is

Released in November 2022, 'Lilian' arrives as the lead single for Insomnium's concept album 'Anno 1696,' a narrative work rooted in the historical reality of 17th-century Scandinavian witch trials and the Great Famine of Finland and Sweden. The video reflects a broader trend within European melodic death metal toward high-production cinematic storytelling, positioning music videos as legitimate narrative art…

Why it matters

Insomnium are one of the defining acts of Finnish melodic death metal, and 'Lilian' functions as an accessible entry point to the heavier, more complex 'Anno 1696' album. The video codifies the subgenre's 2020s aesthetic direction: cinematic period visuals, literary concept-album narratives, and a…

The director

Riivata Visuals is a film and video production company based in Tampere, Finland, established in 2020. The company specializes in music video production and has built an international reputation in the heavy metal genre. Their full-service production…