Sirenia (band)
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Sirenia is a Gothic Metal band from Stavanger, Norway.
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Music
Sirenia combines strong melodic instrumentalizations with keyboard synthesis and guitaring with light female vocals, male death vocals and a choir.
Most songs are atmospheric yet intense, with melodic backgrounds and interludes. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.
Many in the genre consider the first album, At Sixes and Sevens, a masterpiece, one that had not been repeated with An Elixir for Existence. This album is also notable for concluding with a slow and melodic ballad, In Sumerian Haze -- one with Fabienne's delicate voice to the sound of emotional violin playing. It has however been said that this album has an overuse of death vocals which tarnishes the highly regarded composition.
Biography
Sirenia, named after the Sirens of Greek mythology, was founded in 2001 after Morten Veland left Tristania. The band failed to find a suitable singer prior to recording in France, so conducted auditions to find Fabienne Gondamin for the recording session of At Sixes and Sevens.
On September 13, 2005, it was announced that the vocalist Henriette Bordvik would be leaving the band, and the search for a new singer commenced.
Discography
(Napalm Records)
Band Members
- Morten Veland - writing, guitar, death vocals
- Jonathan A. Perez (2003- ) - Percussion
- Henriette Bordvik (2002-2005) - Vocals
- Kristian Gundersen ( -2004) - clean vocals and guitar
- Pete Johansen ( -2003?) - Violin
- Hans Henrik Varland
- Fabienne Gondamin ( -2003) - Vocals (album recording only)
