Sirenia came… Read Full Bio ↴Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway.
Sirenia came together in early 2001, when Morten Veland parted ways with his former band Tristania due to musical disagreements and personal differences.
Sirenia combines strong melodic instrumentals, keyboard synthesis, and guitar works with light, female vocals (Fabienne Gondamin, Henriette Bordvik, Monika Pedersen, Ailyn), and currently Emmanuelle Zoldan, male death vocals, and a choir. Current band members are Morten Veland (programming, growling, clean vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards), Emmanuelle Zoldan (female vocals), Jan Erik Soltvedt (guitars) and Jonathan Perez (drums). Most of Sirenia's songs are atmospheric, yet intense with melodic backgrounds and interludes. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.
Sirenia (at first called "Masters of 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 they conducted auditions and found Fabienne Gondamin for the recording session of At Sixes and Sevens.
On the subsequent tour and follow-up album, An Elixir for Existence, Gondamin was replaced by Henriette Bordvik.
On September 13, 2005, it was announced that Bordvik would be leaving the band, and the search for a new singer commenced. Bordvik's replacement, Monika Pedersen of the band Sinphonia, was introduced on April 10, 2006. In the same year, Bjørnar Landa (from Artifact) joined the band as a guitarist.
Nine Destinies and a Downfall came out in February 2007. This album features more down-tuned guitars that chug and growl, with a texture not previously heard on Sirenia albums. Moreover, the male grunting and harsh vocals have been greatly reduced, with grunts only appearing on three songs: Sundown, Seven Keys and Nine Doors, and Downfall. There are occasionally clean male vocals as well, but they are used very rarely. Thus, fans who enjoyed the delicate balance between Morten Veland's harsh vocals and the female voice will likely be disappointed. On this album, the new female vocalist is front and center. Choirs are sprinkled throughout the songs, giving the music the feel familiar to Sirenia fans. This album marks a significant departure from Morten Veland's work in Tristania.
On April 9, 2008, Morten Veland 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 is replaced by Michael Krumins from Green Carnation.
'The 13th Floor' is the title of the new album. The release date is set to the 23rd of january 2009. Expect a melodic and powerful album in the typical Sirenia vein. The brand new single: 'The Path To Decay' will be released on December 26th and the new video from SIRENIA, will receive its online premiere on January 5, 2009 via MySpace.
The bands fifth studio album, 'The Enigma of Life' was released on January 29, 2011. Less than two months after the release of the album, Michael Krumins departed from the group to spend more time on other projects, he was replaced by Jan Erik Soltvedt.
On April 13, 2013, Sirenia announced the title of their next album on their Facebook page: Perils of the Deep Blue.
2016–2018: Dim Days of Dolor
On 29 August 2016 Sirenia revealed eighth full-length album Dim Days of Dolor before their official announcement of their new singer Emmanuelle Zoldan, a French mezzo-soprano singer from Aix-en-Provence who has worked with Sirenia for 13 years and is part of The Sirenian Choir. She has contributed to lead vocals before on the Sirenian Shores EP cover of "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen.
In November 2017, longtime drummer Jonathan Pérez left the band and joined Green Carnation. Consequently, Sirenia temporarily again included Austrian drummer Roland Navratil, a live member who had performed with the band before.
2018–2020: Arcane Astral Aeons
On 14 August 2018, Sirenia had revealed the title of their ninth studio album Arcane Astral Aeons, along with a European tour in the fall. The album was released 26 October of the same year. A lyric video was made for the single "Love Like Cyanide" released on 21 September 2018. The song features a guest appearance by Yannis Papadopoulos from Finnish band Beast in Black.
2020–present: Riddles, Ruins & Revelations and 1977
On 8 December 2020, Sirenia announced the title of their tenth studio album Riddles, Ruins & Revelations, with the release of their first single off of the album, "Addiction No. 1". The album was released on 12 February 2021.
On 22 March 2023, the band simultaneously announced the first single which is a cover of British singer Tanita Tikaram's "Twist in My Sobriety". It is the first single that will be featured on the upcoming eleventh studio album, 1977, which is set to be released on 26 May 2023
Official site: www.sirenia.no
Euphoria
Sirenia Lyrics
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I feel the heavenworks ascend like a sun within
All my travail is on the wane
A lucid bliss sets in, and the world sails away
I'm cold seed
I'm your sweetest leaf
I'll ease your mind
My queen come rise in me
Hallucination or a dream ascendancy?
I cry come bring me on a high
We'll watch the angels fly, then we'll ride the crimson sky
Hear you screaming out in hours of living hell
And the void inside you've carried it so well
Seems like living now gets harder every day
Seems like you don't care for life the same way
Winds of euphoria and lucid needs
A call, a desire deep inside of me
A hope yon all loss and broken dreams
An ephemeral walk in elysian fields
A new dawn is rising within me
I ride the ninth cloud in the seventh dream
A haven yon life and it's cruelty
If life will pass me by, then so be it...
The song Euphoria by Sirenia is an uplifting and hopeful song about finding peace and bliss amidst one's struggles and hardships. The first verse sets the tone for the entire song, with lyrics describing a sense of magic and heaven rising within, causing all the struggles and pains to fade away. The second verse speaks directly to the audience, addressing them as "cold seed" and "sweetest leaf" and offering to ease their minds and set them free. The chorus continues this theme of rising and ascending, with the singer inviting a queen or a hallucination to rise within them and take them higher, to watch the angels fly and ride the crimson sky.
The bridge of the song shifts the focus to the listener, acknowledging their screams and struggles, but also offering a glimmer of hope and a call to a deep desire inside. The winds of euphoria and lucid needs offer a way out of the void and broken dreams, a way to walk in elysian fields and escape life's cruelty. The final verse is the most optimistic, with the singer embracing a new dawn rising within and riding the ninth cloud in the seventh dream, a place where life's struggles cannot touch them. Ultimately, the singer accepts that if life passes them by, it is okay, because they have found a haven beyond its reach.
Overall, the song Euphoria is a beautiful and uplifting anthem of hope and transcendence, offering a sense of relief and release from life's hardships.
Line by Line Meaning
I feel the magic rushing in
I am experiencing an overwhelming sensation of magic coming over me.
I feel the heavenworks ascend like a sun within
It feels like the heavens are opening up within me, much like a sun would rise in the sky.
All my travail is on the wane
All the stress and troubles that I have encountered are starting to decrease and fade away.
A lucid bliss sets in, and the world sails away
A calmness and happiness fills my mind, causing the problems of the world to disappear.
I'm cold seed
I am a representation of a seed that has been left out in the cold and neglected.
I'm your sweetest leaf
I am something that brings about the sweetest of emotions within you.
I'll ease your mind
I have the ability to put your mind at ease or calmness.
I'll set you free
I have the power to liberate you from your troubles or worries.
My queen come rise in me
The person or thing that reigns supreme in my life, please take over my mind and body.
Hallucination or a dream ascendancy?
Is this feeling that I am experiencing a hallucination or a dream that is taking over my mind?
I cry come bring me on a high
I cry and ask to be lifted to a higher state of mind.
We'll watch the angels fly, then we'll ride the crimson sky
We will observe the angels soaring through the sky, then follow suit and experience a red, striking sky ourselves.
Hear you screaming out in hours of living hell
I can hear you crying out in the midst of suffering and anguish.
And the void inside you've carried it so well
You have done an excellent job in hiding the emptiness and loneliness that you have felt inside.
Seems like living now gets harder every day
It is beginning to feel like living and existing in this world is becoming more difficult every day.
Seems like you don't care for life the same way
You no longer have the same attachment or love for life that you once did.
Winds of euphoria and lucid needs
There are strong feelings of pure happiness and clear desires that are currently being felt.
A call, a desire deep inside of me
There is a strong yearning or longing within me that is hard to ignore.
A hope yon all loss and broken dreams
There is a glimmer of hope that shines through, despite all the loss and broken dreams that have been encountered.
An ephemeral walk in elysian fields
A temporary journey through a paradise-like setting.
A new dawn is rising within me
It feels like a fresh and new beginning is happening within me.
I ride the ninth cloud in the seventh dream
I am experiencing a level of happiness or contentment that is hard to reach or attain.
A haven yon life and it's cruelty
I have found a peaceful place that is separate from the harshness and difficulties of life.
If life will pass me by, then so be it...
If life continues to move on without me, then I am willing to let it go.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MORTEN VELAND
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