Sirenia (band)
Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway, founded in early 2001. Sirenia play a mix of gothic metal, symphonic metal, extreme metal and death metal sounds. The vocals are two male, one hard voice, from death metal, and a clean male singer. The female voice is used in moments with melody or chorus. The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, and a choir, and violins, for the male voices. Lyrics spoke about human existence, emotion, and mental states.
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 Sirenia performing live at Norway Rock Festival in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Stavanger, Norway |
| Genres | Gothic metal Symphonic metal |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Labels | Napalm Records Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Artifact Tristania Sinphonia Trail of Tears |
| Website | www.sirenia.no |
| Members | Morten Veland Ailyn Jonathan Perez Jan Erik Soltvedt |
| Past members | Henriette Bordvik Kristian Gundersen Monika Pedersen Bjørnar Landa Michael S. Krumins |
The band has changed tree female voices, first Fabienne Gondamin for the recording of At Sixes and Sevens, then Henriette Bordvik with whom the band recorded two albums ("An Elixir For Existence" and plus one EP "Sirenian Shores", and thenMonika Pedersen for recording Nine Destinies and a Downfall in 2007.
The lyrics, are written by Morten Veland.
Discography
Albums
- At Sixes and Sevens (2002)
- An Elixir for Existence (2004)
- Sirenian Shores (EP) (2004)
- Nine Destinies and a Downfall (2007)
- The 13th Floor (2009)
Singles
Members
Current members
- Morten Veland - Programming, Growling, Clean Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
- Jonathan A. Perez - drums
- Bjørnar Landa - Guitar
- Ailyn - Female Vocals
Old members
- Henriette Bordvik - Female Vocals (2002-2005)
- Kristian Gundersen - Clean Vocals, Guitar (2001-2004)
- Monika Pedersen - Female Vocals (2006-2007)
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
Other websites
Sirenia (band) Media
Henriette Bordvik in Inferno Metal Festival in 2003
Ailyn and Morten Veland in March 2010
Michael S. Krumins in Global East Rock Festival in September 2010
Emmanuelle Zoldan performing live in Kherson, Ukraine, in June 2016
Nils Courbaron in La Boule Noire, Paris, November 2018
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