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
Star-Crossed
Sirenia Lyrics
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comes strolling through my mind
It seems she lost her way
It seems she led astray
The sun sets in her eyes
A lunar moon arise
Her life all seems in vain
A mystery...arcane
Summer's on the wane
My life it seems so frail
Descend again to the sombre fields of pain
Winter's on a rise
I've held it's cold inside through all my life
like a star-crossed winter child
A waning silvereye
A starless winter sky
No scent of morning dew
Her tears all frozen through
This wanderer comes my way
All aeons seems as days
A sea so deep and wild
A star-crossed winter child
Dusk creeping upon us
The dawn...ne'are to appear
The nightfall weeps along thus
it's the darkness that we fear
Fall for me lost angel
I'll fall for thee as well
To the world we're only strangers
like a winter's chill in hell...
In Sirenia’s song “Star Crossed”, the singer contemplates upon a wanderer who has lost her way in time and tries to reconcile with her life, which seems to be filled with mystery and obscurity. The wanderer’s sun has set, and the moon rises to symbolize the passing of time. The singer juxtaposes her own frailty and pain with the impending winter season, which is about to rise, and comments on how she has held onto the cold within herself through all her life, like a star-crossed winter child. The wanderer, who is described as a waning silvereye, comes closer to the singer, and time seems to be fleeting in her presence. The wanderer's tears are frozen inside her eyes, and her life seems to be a deep and wild sea. The last verse speaks of darkness and the fear attached to it. The singer seeks companionship from the wanderer, and despite being strangers to the world, they both find solace in each other.
The lyrics of “Star Crossed” are metaphorical and cryptic. The song seems to be about the transience of life, the endless search for meaning and purpose, and the continuous cycle of birth and death. The wanderer in the song is a symbol of the passage of time, and the singer tries to hold onto her presence as a means of sustaining her own life. The references to the changing seasons and the star-crossed winter child signify the inevitability of change and the eventual acceptance of it.
Line by Line Meaning
A wanderer in time
Someone who roams through different eras of history
comes strolling through my mind
Intrudes on my thoughts with her presence
It seems she lost her way
Seems to have lost her sense of direction and purpose
It seems she led astray
Seems to have misguided and misled others
The sun sets in her eyes
She is coming to the end of something and feeling melancholic
A lunar moon arise
The moon takes over from the sun as the main light source
Her life all seems in vain
Her existence appears to be without purpose or meaning
A mystery...arcane
A strange and mysterious enigma
Summer's on the wane
The end of summer is near
My life it seems so frail
My existence appears to be weak and vulnerable
Descend again to the sombre fields of pain
Return to a place of great sadness and despair
Winter's on a rise
The colder months are coming soon
I've held it's cold inside through all my life
I've endured this chilling feeling for my entire existence
like a star-crossed winter child
Like someone fated to experience great sorrow during the winter
A waning silvereye
A bird of diminishing brightness
A starless winter sky
A sky without any points of light during the colder months
No scent of morning dew
The symbol of a new day is absent
Her tears all frozen through
She is in such an icy state that even her tears don't melt
This wanderer comes my way
This restless traveler crosses my path
All aeons seem as days
Time feels different for this traveler than it does for others
A sea so deep and wild
A vast and untameable body of water
A star-crossed winter child
Someone cursed to only experience tragedy in the colder months
Dusk creeping upon us
Nightfall gradually approaching
The dawn...ne'are to appear
A new day isn't likely to come anytime soon
The nightfall weeps along thus
The darkness creates a gloomy and sorrowful atmosphere
it's the darkness that we fear
The unknown and eerie things that happen in the dark are unsettling
Fall for me lost angel
Let yourself be vulnerable with me, oh wandering spirit
I'll fall for thee as well
I'll let myself be vulnerable to you as well
To the world we're only strangers
To others, we are unknown and unfamiliar
like a winter's chill in hell...
As uncomfortable and painful as freezing cold in a place of eternal suffering
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Written by: MORTEN VELAND
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