SIRENIA:: The 13th Floor

Sirenia myspace
Album: The 13th Floor
Genre: Metal (Symphonic, Gothic)
Label: Nuclear Blast
Release Date: 27.Jan.2009
Rating: Great! buy (order)

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Okay, I really don't know how this person got this album in December, but I was just googling the "Nine Destinies and a Downfall" album and found a blog with a dl to this album. Okay, my review:

Yay! Another new favourite album! =D
I like Ailyn's voice is much more than any of the other singers, though I haven't heard all Sirenia's previous albums yet. Her voice is stronger and isn't as monotone, I guess as Monika Pederson's in the 2007 album "Nine Destinies and a Downfall", though she still has a tiny bit of a Spanish accent. The Path to Decay is a pretty solid new single. Lost In Life can easily fit into mainstream rock, until the choir hits and you're reminded that this is metal. I don't really like this track because it's rather upbeat for lyrics "We are lost in this life. We've been living a lie." Then the rest of the songs are quite good, except I don't think the lyrics are that good, with some simple rhymes: "The lights seem to fade...to pass away..I can see them getting weaker everyday" in The Lucid Door. Seems kinda pop-ish. Nevertheless, a new album to put on repeat. Because it's too short! And I'm liking it more and more with more listens. I kind of want a Sirenia band t-shirt. xD

1. The Path To Decay ★★★★
2. Lost In Life
3. The Mind Maelstrom ★★★★★
4. The Seventh Summer
5. Beyond Life's Scenery
6. The Lucid Door
7. Led Astray
8. Winterborn 77
9. Sirens Of The Seven Seas

my earlier post with a couple other Sirenia albums

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„SIRENIA is back, yet another singer, and yet another collection of melodic and dramatic melancholy to soothe the autumn storms. Check it out!“
SCREAM MAGAZINE (NO) / Håkon Grav
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Ahh I think I've been listening to metal too much recently. I fall asleep listening to metal. hahaha. I need to get back into trance. Definitely need to do that. Burn more cds and go practice mixing. I barely practiced over winter break. and if I have to spin onstage at Let's Bounce next year.. aahah.. need to get behind those CDJs.

Sirenia:: At Sixes and Sevens && Nine Destinies and a Downfall

Sirenia myspace
Genre: Metal (gothic, symphonic)
Album: At Sixes and Sevens
Release Date: 13.Aug.2002
Label: Napalm
Rating: SEHR GUT. Buy.

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SIRENIA plays a mixture of gothic metal with classical influences, as well as black and death metal nuances. These musical creations have solid foundation in the powerful drums and bass and are accompanied by driving rhythm guitars, coupled with lilting keyboards, melancholic violins and 12-string guitars. The divergence of vocals utilized are numerous, with the use of growls, screams, female vocals, (3 different) clean male vocals, choirs, whispers and samples. The songs are very intense and the atmosphere changes frequently. The lyrics are based on reflections on life, death, love, hate, mental decline in general and celibacy (joke). —excerpt from an Amazon review

1. Meridian
2. Sister Nightfall
3. On the Wane
4. In a Manic
5. At Sixes and Sevens
6. Lethargica
7. Manic Aeon
8. Shadow of Your Own Self
9. In Sumerian Haze
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Sirenia (wiki) is a band from Stavenger, Norway started by Morten Veland who parted from Tristania. Looks like Sirenia went through 3 female vocalists. xD gawsh that's kinda a lot. Fabienne Gondamin sang in this 2002 album. Now their new singer is Ailyn from Spain. Go to their myspace and listen to 'The Path to Decay'. Zahhs it's good!

Nine Destinies and a Downfall
Release Date: 06.March.2007
Label: Nuclear Blast
Rating: FAVOURITE, buy!

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01. The Last Call
02. My Mind’s Eye
03. One by One
04. Sundown
05. Absent without Leave
06. The Other Side
07. Seven Keys and Nine Doors
08. Downfall
09. Glades of Summer

Okay, maybe some people don't think this album's that great, like that guy who wrote that review on amazon. I would have to agree with a few of the things he pointed out though.

When I first listened to this album, I felt very frustrated with the vocals. I thought/think that the vocals could be a lot stronger and louder. (This is after I started listening to Nightwish and Epica.) But then after a few listens and really liking the songs a lot, I decided to just chillout about the vocals. Maybe the female vocalist, Monika Pederson from Denmark this time, just isn't an operatic singer, and definitely not all metal has operatic vocals. So maybe I shouldn't compare Sirenia to Nightwish.

This album is so good, though! Too short though, I always end up listening to it twice each time. I think the lyrics are quite good, too. Not too vague, ambiguous, symbolic metal lyrics. Haha.