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
My Mind's Eye
Sirenia Lyrics
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I'd whisper sweet nothings in your ear
And appeal to all your fears
If you were mine
I'd bring you so much further down
And twist your mind until the end of time
You will never realize
If you are down
I will come to chain you to the ground
And penetrate your mind
If you are lost
I'll be there to break you trust
And ravage all your lust for life, my love
You will never realize
What darkness lies inside my mind
The lyrics of Sirenia's song "My Mind's Eye" suggest that the singer has a disturbed and dangerous mind. Their words are addressed to a potential lover or object of their obsessions, which the singer would then manipulate to their will. The tone of the song suggests a dark undertone with the intentions to hurt other people. The lyrics reveal that the singer is aware of their inner darkness and intends to impose it onto others, drawing pleasure from the pain that they cause.
The singer is not shy in expressing their intentions; they threaten to twist the mind of those they are obsessed with and claim to be able to ravish their lust for life. The lyrics intensify as they describe how they will chain and penetrate their victim, indicating a desire to physically overpower and control them. The final lines reiterate that their darkness is hidden in their mind and can never be fully realized, perhaps indicating their belief that they are too far gone to recover.
Line by Line Meaning
If you were here
If you were present with me in this moment
I'd whisper sweet nothings in your ear
I would speak words of affection and endearment to you softly and intimately
And appeal to all your fears
I would draw upon your deepest anxieties and apprehensions, using them to manipulate you
If you were mine
If you belonged to me or were under my control
I'd bring you so much further down
I would sink you deeper into despair and negativity
And twist your mind until the end of time
I would distort your thinking and perception indefinitely
You will never realize
You will never understand or comprehend
What darkness lies inside my mind
The depravity and wickedness that resides within me
If you are down
If you are feeling low or depressed
I will come to chain you to the ground
I will ensnare and restrain you, not allowing you to rise or escape
And penetrate your mind
I will infiltrate your thoughts and influence your behavior
If you are lost
If you feel directionless or uncertain
I'll be there to break you trust
I will betray your confidence and faith in me
And ravage all your lust for life, my love
I will destroy your desire to live, my darling
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MORTEN VELAND
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istochnikov45257
Yo con la letra en general... La melodía es de ensueño, pero la lírica es ATERRADORA. Lo digo más que todo porque la he visto en acción en al menos cuatro ocaciones:
- La primera vez que la escuché fue en 2007-2008. La entonces novia de mi mejor amigo se intenró suicidar. Desde ese momento, ella inconscientemente arrastró a mi mejor amigo a ese mismo abismo. Afortunadamente, él se pudo dar cuenta de eso y salió por su cuenta.
- En mi caso, he pasado por ciclos de depresión donde esa pieza describe exactamente como es que actua tu mente. No es que la pieza influya, no. Es que la pieza describe como fuciona la mente de una persona con depresión.
- También he visto esos mecanismos en dos amigos míos muy cercanos, uno de ellos fue mi expareja hace como 8-10 años. Y es igual, no es que la canción induzca a nada. Es que describe como funciona el ciclo autodestructivo de la depresión, las adicciones y las relaciones tóxicas.
Irónicamente, en este momento, es un motor para yo salir de un nuevo ciclo depresivo y ayudarme a mí y a los que me rodean. Estoy abrazandola porque no me guarda secretos, sino que me advierte si me voy a sabotear.
no soy Joaquin
If you were here
I'd whisper sweet nothings in your ear
And appeal to all your fears
If you were mine If you were only mine
I'd bring you so much further down
And twist your mind until the end of time
You will never realize
What darkness lies inside
Inside my mind
If you are down
I will come to chain you to the ground
And penetrate your mind.
If you are lost if only you are lost
I'll be there to break your trust
And ravage all your lust for life, my love
You will never realize
What darkness lies inside
Inside my mind.
You will never realize
What darkness lies inside
Inside my mind.
You will never realize
What darkness lies inside
Inside my mind.
Wanderson Mendes Dos Santos
2h da madruga e eu só na nostalgia ouvindo as músicas do Sirenia 🔥bons tempos da minha adolescência
Luísa Silva
Pura nostalgia ne kkk
Prih Boaventura
Vamos ouvir juntos
Wanderson Mendes Dos Santos
@Prih Boaventura 👏🏼👏🏼
Wanderson Mendes Dos Santos
@Prih Boaventura "the other side" tbm é ótima 👏🏼
Fanti.97
Nem me fale kkkkk da uma saudade dessa época
Randy Levy
Revisiting after so many years...Nine Destinies and A Downfall is a masterpiece, IMO.
Bjorn Dani
Still one of my fave albums
Валериан Вакулич
Голос солистки красивый. Поёт свободно. И что главное при такой музыке, не орёт. Очень здорово.
Santino3
Thank you Sirenia for this piece of art.