Year : 2021
Style : Symphonic Gothic Metal , Female vocals
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 136 mb
Bio:
Sirenia is a Norwegian gothic/symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway.The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.Sirenia came together in early 2001, when Morten Veland parted ways with his former band Tristania due to musical disagreements and personal differences. The band failed to find a suitable singer prior to recording in France, so they conducted auditions and found Fabienne Gondamin for the recording of their debut album At Sixes and Sevens.On the subsequent tour Fabienne Gondamin was replaced by Henriette Bordvik, with whom the band recorded the album An Elixir for Existence and the EP Sirenian Shores.The band signed with Nuclear Blast Records in May 2005.In November 2005, Henriette Bordvik left the band, citing personal reasons.In 2007 they released a third album – Nine Destinies and a Downfall. The album features new singer, Monika Pedersen from Denmark, who joined the band in April 2006, and new guitarist Bjørnar Landa (from Artifact), who joined the band during the recording.On November 5, 2007, Monika Pedersen quit the band over musical disagreements. Her departure caused Sirenia to pull out of a planned European tour with Therion.Sirenia began looking for a new singer in November 2007.The process in finding their newest member took about six months. About 500 applied, at the end they wanted to find someone from the EU region for practical reasons.On April 9, 2008, Sirenia announced Spanish X Factor contestant Ailyn as their new female vocalist.On May 19, 2008, it was announced that Bjørnar Landa left the band in order to have more time for his family and studies. He was replaced by Michael S. Krumins (Green Carnation).On June 12, 2008, Sirenia announced that for the first time in their career, they had decided to work with a bassplayer for their live shows. The session bass player will be Kristian Olav Torp.Sirenia started recording their fourth album in July 2008. It was recorded in Sound Suite Studios, France and Stargoth Studios, Norway. The mixing and mastering took place in Antfarm Studios, Denmark with Tue Madsen. The album, called The 13th Floor, was completed on September and the release date was 23 January 2009. The album features guest appearances by Jan Kenneth Barkved. The first single, "The Path to Decay", was released on December 26, 2008 as a digital download.On 8 July 2010, the band announced that they started recording a new album. It was finished in November, and will be titled The Enigma of Life. The release date is 21 January 2011.The first single, "The End of It All", was released on December 21, 2010 as a digital download.On 19 April 2011, Michael left Sirenia to put in more time on his own bands and projects.In April 2011, Jan Erik Soltvedt joined the band and will fill in as the lead guitarist.On October 16, 2012, Sirenia announced that they have entered the studio to record their next album for an early 2013 release. The band on their sixth album, "The progress on the new album is going very well — we feel confident that the sixth Sirenia album will have some nice surprises up its sleeve, as we‘ve been determined to make this record somewhat different from the previous two albums.On April 13, 2013, the band announced the title of their album on their Facebook page: Perils of the Deep Blue.The band announced they had returned to Napalm Records on April 3, 2014 with a pending album release for early 2015.On February 10, 2015 Sirenia announced the title of their next record called The Seventh Life Path.In March 12, 2015, the band announced on their Facebook page that Nightwatcher Films has signed Sirenia for the use of their song Ducere Me In Lucem of Perils of the Deep Blue for its soundtrack. The song will come out in the opening title sequence of a film called Abandoned Dead penned for release January 2016.
Album:
Symphonic metal institution Sirenia has renewed in darkness and presents its new studio album, "Riddles, Ruins & Revelations". The quartet around mastermind, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter and producer Morten Veland is certainly not afraid of combining a heavy symphonic sound with modern influences, of which the latest record "Arcane Astral Aeons" (2018) is proof. This time, Sirenia offers an exciting new twist to the songs, spicing them with electronic vibes, but never losing sight of musical core. The four-piece remains as true to the album title word-play as they do to their dedication to symphonic soundscapes, drawing the listener into a pounding narrative about the darkest aspects of life. All eleven songs accumulate step by step to an integral sound artwork, where the versatile mezzo soprano voice of singer Emmanuelle Zoldan always shines in high profile. In addition, there are many enchanting, instrumental surprises lurking on the way that absolutely need to be discovered. With the opener "Addiction No. 1", the formation mainly based in Norway delivers an immense and catchy tune that will have fans of bands like Beyond The Black and Amaranthe falling in love immediately. "We Come To Ruins" offers a contrast of harshness and skillfully portrays the multi-faceted nature of Sirenia. With "Downwards Spiral", Emmanuelle is supported by the remarkable voice of longtime friend Joakim Næss on clean vocals, who has joined the band on previous releases. The band's tenth full-length ends with a cover of Desireless' 1986 hit "Voyage Voyage", where the band again impressively combines symphonic sounds with electronic atmosphere, which doesn't count only for this final epos, but for "Riddles, Ruins & Revelations" as a whole. Most parts of "Riddles, Ruins & Revelations" were recorded at Audio Avenue Studios in Stavanger, Norway and mixed and mastered entirely by Morten Veland himself.
Line Up:
Emmanuelle Zoldan - Vocals (female) (2016-present)
Morten Veland - Vocals (harsh, clean), Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Drum programming (2001-present) - See also: ex-Mortemia, ex-Tristania, ex-Elusive
Nils Courbaron Guitars (lead) (2018-present) - See also: Nils Courbaron's Project, T.A.N.K, Asylum Pyre (live), ex-Lyr Drowning
Michael Brush Drums (2019-present) - See also: Ark Ascent, Holy Tide, Magic Kingdom, ex-Control the Storm, ex-Hellbastard, ex-Merciless Terror, ex-Celestial Wish
Tracklist:
01. Addiction No. 1 04:03
02. Towards an Early Grave 05:27
03. Into Infinity 04:41
04. Passing Seasons 04:43
05. We Come to Ruins 05:12
06. Downwards Spiral 05:55
07. Beneath the Midnight Sun 04:43
08. The Timeless Waning 04:04
09. December Snow 05:20
10. This Curse of Mine 04:18
11. Voyage Voyage (Desireless cover) 04:18 (Bonus Track)
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