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 Band
Name: Sirenia
Status: Active
Genre: Gothic Metal
City: Stavanger
Country: Norway
Homepage: www.sirenia.no
Line-up:
1 Member / Instrument: Ailyn - Vocals
2 Member / Instrument: Morten Veland - Vocals &
Guitar
3 Member / Instrument: Jonathan A. Perez - Drums
4 Member / Instrument: Michael S. Krumins - Guitar
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Biography: 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/rock scene a few years back.
Still sworn to the darker and atmospheric genre, he
now resurfaces with his new band SIRENIA with one
goal in mind: to bring a fresh sound into the
underground scene.
SIRENIA sounds like a mixture of gothic metal and
rock with classical influences, as well as black and
death metal elements. Their sounds have a solid base
in the powerful drums and bass which are arranged in
a very dynamic and progressive way and supported by
powerful rhythm guitars, dressed with atmospheric
keyboards and spiced with melancholic violins and
12-string guitars. The Vocal styles are varied and
are made up by growls, screams, female vocals, 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, paranoia, anxiety and
mental decline in general.
SIRENIA came together in early 2001, when Morten
parted ways with his former band TRISTANIA, due to
musical disagreements and personal differences. He
was however at this point full of ideas and more
than ready to set them free. He invested a lot in
new equipment and spent much time in his home studio
composing. After recording two great albums with
SIRENIA ("At Sixes and Sevens" and "An Elixir For
Existence") plus one EP ("Sirenian Shores"), it was
time to take everything even further.
In 2006 SIRENIA signed to NUCLEAR BLAST and released
“Nine Destinies And A Downfall” which turned out to
sound more powerful and heavy than its 2
predecessors – the album hit the German media
control charts at 54 and gained the band access to a
way broader audience. In November 2007 vocalist
Monika Pedersen quit the band due to musical
disagreements.
The vacant position was soon filled with the young
Spanish vocalist extraordinaire, Ailyn, and also a
new guitar player, namely Michael S. Krumins, was
announced soon. As can be heard on the new album,
“The 13th Floor”, the new line-up happens to be the
strongest and most powerful to date! But who could
put it better than the man behind all this himself?
“Musically it's an album that takes us back in time
as well as forth, we have tried to combine
everything we have done throughout SIRENIA’s career
musically and blended it into one massive album.
Loads of power combined with melodic aspects, with
all the variation and diversity that always has been
the main key in SIRENIA’s sound and expression. We
are really proud of the result and we think this
album will satisfy the majority of our fans, the
ones that have followed us from the very beginning
and the ones who discovered Sirenia's music through
our previous album Nine Destinies and a Downfall. We
have put our hearts and souls into this album and
truly hope that it will give you all some nice
moments in the name of metal.”
– Morten Veland
Discography:
1 Album and Date: At Sixes And Sevens - 2002 (A)
2 Album and Date: An Elixir For Existence - 2004 (A)
3 Album and Date: Sirenian Shores - 2004 (A)
4 Album and Date: Nine Destinies And A Downfall -
2007 (A)
5 Album and Date: The 13th Floor - 2009 (A)
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