Sirenia
| Sirenia | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin |
 Norway
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| Genre (s) | Symphonic metal , dark metal |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | http://www.sirenia.no/ |
| Founding members | |
| Morten Veland | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard |
Morten Veland |
singing |
Emmanuelle Zoldan (since 2016) |
guitar |
Jan Erik Soltvedt (since 2011) |
guitar |
Nils Courbaron (since 2018) |
Drums |
Michael Brush (since 2018) |
| former members | |
singing |
Fabienne Gondamin (2002) |
singing |
Jan Kenneth Barkved (Session 2002) |
| Pete Johansen (Session 2002) | |
Vocals, guitar |
Kristian Gundersen (2001-2004) |
| Hans Henrik Varland (session) | |
violin |
Anne Verdot (Session 2003) |
Drums |
Roland Navratil (Tour) |
singing |
Henriette Bordvik (2002-2005) |
singing |
Monika Pedersen (2006-2007) |
guitar |
Bjørnar Landa (2006-2008) |
singing |
Ailyn (2008-2016) |
guitar |
Michael S. Krumins (2008-2011) |
Drums |
Jonathan Perez (2003-2017) |
Sirenia is a symphonic metal band from Norway .
history
When songwriter Morten Veland left Tristania because his ideas no longer met with approval, he founded Sirenia in 2001 .
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On November 5, 2007, the band announced that Monika Pedersen would no longer be a singer. As a replacement, the Spanish singer Ailyn was introduced on April 9, 2008 . The guitarist Bjørnar Landa was replaced on May 20, 2008 by Michael S. Krumins.
In 2010 Morten Veland released an album with his solo project Mortemia , in which he plays and sings all instruments.
After some gigs by Sirenia without Ailyn in June 2016, the band announced on July 5, 2016 the separation from the singer "for personal reasons".
In September 2016, the French mezzo-soprano Emmanuelle Zoldan was introduced as the band's new singer.
style
Their music is a combination of Gothic Metal and Symphonic Metal , with elements from Classical and Death Metal . Band founder Veland plays almost all the instruments himself and also contributes the lyrics.
The music is often characterized by a melancholy atmosphere, which is marked by deep growls in combination with female singing. The lyrics deal with suffering, death and human abysses.
While the first two albums with their choir passages and the melody-leading violin are stylistically comparable to Tristania's Beyond the Veil , the album Nine Destinies and a Downfall differs from its two predecessors. The focus here is on female singing. The songs are structured according to verse-refrain schemes; the metal elements were withdrawn.
Due to its style and the fact that the album was also released as a limited edition for commercial reasons, it represents a departure from the classic style of Veland towards more simply structured, mainstream-oriented symphonic metal , which caused negative reactions from some reviewers. However, the album Perils of the Deep Blue , which was released in June 2013, received positive reviews for its harsher sound, musical variety and Ailyn's better developed singing voice.
Discography
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Albums
- 2002: At Sixes and Sevens
- 2004: An Elixir for Existence
- 2007: Nine Destinies and a Downfall
- 2009: The 13th Floor
- 2011: The Enigma of Life
- 2013: Perils of the Deep Blue
- 2015: The Seventh Life Path
- 2016: Dim Days of Dolor
- 2018: Arcane Astral Aeons
EPs
- 2004: Sirenian Shores
Video albums
- 2006: My Mind's Eye
- 2007: The Other Side
- 2008: The Path to Decay
- 2011: The End of it All
- 2013: Seven Widows Weep
- 2015: Once my Light
- 2016: Dim Days of Dolor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://metal.de/cdreviews.php4?was=review&id=14141
- ^ Announcement on Sirenia's Facebook page , July 5, 2016
- ↑ Sirenia: Emmanuelle Zoldan comes for Ailyn Giménez García , Rock Hard, September 12, 2016
- ↑ Critique of Harder Heavy ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated February 4, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ^ Criticism on stormbringer.at from June 20, 2013. Accessed June 25, 2013.
- ↑ Review on CD Starts from June 28, 2013. Accessed July 2, 2013.
- ↑ Chart sources: DE CH
