Sirenia (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Stavanger, Norway |
| Genre(s) | Gothic metal Death metal Symphonic metal Extreme metal |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Label(s) | Napalm Records Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Artifact |
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| Morten Veland Ailyn Michael S. Krumins Jonathan A. Perez |
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| Henriette Bordvik Kristian Gundersen Monika Pedersen Bjørnar Landa |
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Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway which incorporates a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal, as well as extreme metal and death metal elements. The vocals consist of death grunts, operatic female vocals and a clean male singer. The lyrics, written by Morten Veland, tell a loose conceptual story that began at Widow's Weeds, while he was still a member of Tristania.
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.
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[edit] Background
Sirenia came together in early 2001, when Morten 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 At Sixes and Sevens. After recording one album with Sirenia ("At Sixes and Sevens"), Fabienne Gondamin was replaced by Henriette Bordvik with whom the band recorded two albums ("An Elixir For Existence" and an EP "Sirenian Shores").
On November 2005 Henriette Bordvik left the band for personal reasons.
Recently, 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. Bjørnar Landa (from Artifact) joined the band during the recording of "Nine Destinies and a Downfall".
The former vocalist, guitar player, main songwriter and text composer of Tristania, Morten Veland, laid the foundation for a new contribution to the gothic metal community several years ago. Those contributions were brought along when he formed Sirenia.
On November 5, 2007, Monika Pedersen quit the band due to musical disagreements. Her departure caused Sirenia to pull out of a planned European tour with Therion.
On April 9th, 2008, Sirenia announced Spanish X Factor contestant Ailyn as their new female vocalist.
On May 19th, 2008, it was announced that Bjørnar Landa left the band in order to have more time for his family and studies. He will be replaced by Michael S. Krumins.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- At Sixes and Sevens (2002)
- An Elixir for Existence (2004)
- Sirenian Shores (EP) (2004)
- Nine Destinies and a Downfall (2007)
[edit] Singles & Promo Singles
[edit] Videos
[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Morten Veland - Programming, Growling, Clean Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
- Ailyn - Female Vocals
- Jonathan A. Perez - Drums
- Michael S. Krumins - Guitar
[edit] Former members
- Henriette Bordvik - Female Vocals (2002-2005)
- Kristian Gundersen - Clean Vocals, Guitar (2001-2004)
- Monika Pedersen - Female Vocals (2006-2007)
- Bjørnar Landa - Guitar (2002-2007)
[edit] Session members
- Fabienne Gondamin - Female Vocals (2001)
- Jan Kenneth Barkved - Clean Vocals
- Pete Johansen - Violin
- Hans Henrik Varland - Keyboards
- Anne Verdot - Violin
- Roland Navratil - Drums
[edit] Related bands
- Tristania
- Tiamat
- The Gathering
- Theatre of Tragedy
- Leaves' Eyes
- The Sins of Thy Beloved
- Artifact
- Echoes Of Eternity
- Xandria
- Epica
- After Forever
- Nightwish
