Hey bro how u come here? eh lolololol so u came to Sirenia too, and as usually i agree with you but i must go deeper, this is album its like Tristania last effort, no grawls, no heavy/strong riffs, simple battery, nice amd soft melodies all over ..... then we arent talking about a symphonic gothic act, this is romantic stuff, closer to old Nightwish or even some Therion ..... just to say some good bands ...... the album is right, not a bullshit, but i cant like it, no no no no, where the hell are we going when big bands like these come to make so a trendy material eh??? is this the death of "gothic" METAL.

When we talked about this in the past i thought Morten was meant to be our saviour but now .... im really pissed off, and this post has been very light for my style, hope most of you ppl like this album so their work wont be worthless ..... but for now im depressed and sad, pls Penumbra dont bring out another album too , that could be death for me LMAO.

Up Trail of Tears, still true to their music way

A great band, 'Lithium and a Lover' is one of my favourite songs. Even though it's lyrics (And most of their other song's lyrics) make no sense whatsoever.

Seriously. Any song that contains the phrase "Lithium and a lover" will never make sense. Ever.

Where can I find the new album? I've been looking everywhere and I'm really excited to hear it....

Me too, I thought it was scheduled to be released next year

@TheReaper: tr00, but the promo has been released and is available. And I found it and I like it

I can't really understand why all the moohoo about it, the ONLY thing thi album lacks is Morten's growls. The female vox are a bit too emphasize, but nonetheless good therefore I gotta say Morten once again proved he is the mastermind of gothic metal. I'm not really bothered by the minimalization of choirs and ochestral parts (who are almost completely missing), the core and the essence of Sirenia IS in this album, the riffs and melodies are stunning. Gotta say I'm really pleased by this album.

@ Anesthesia: where did you find it??

No Morten growls?? No orchestration??

I've already heard the songs at the myspace, and they don't sound that bad, but I think that not only the orchestration and Morten growls are missing, but also I think that the band sound more melodic, including Monika's vocals. But, if I have to be fair, the riffs sound really great.

@Bitch Boy: on torrentspy.com there is torrent for the promo.

@ Anesthesia: thank you!! I will get it right now

I was disappointed with the video. A severe lack of emotion in the vocals and it sounded too poppy. I just hope Nine Destinies And A Dwonfall is better than that and they decided to make a video for that particular song because it is so accessible, perhaps.

Were to begin I was a Fan of Trisitnia then saw good old Mort in another band and bought the Cd I feel in love with "At The Sixes And Sevens alumb " and have bought the alumbs that followed , i saw the new one "Nine destinies and a downfall" and like the cover and could not wait to get the alumb so i downloaded it and man am I so dam pissed what the hell happened to good Old "Sirenia" its way to plain and each song is like the other i forced myself yo listen to it and i finally liked some of the songs ,"Sundown" and "Downfall" too much female vocals were the hell is the male parts anways i hope the next alumb they recover

I have listen to the new album . My opinion is that Sirenia is becoming a more popular band. I mean this album has nothing to do with others. It has still their sound but more different. There are good songs like Downfall and Sundown . Much attention is given to Mind's Eye but the more i listen to it the more i hate it. Why , i don't know. There is much female voice and little male voice.
Well i give it 5/10 .

Actually the same thing is happeing to both bands Sirenia and Tristania: they're losing atmosphere, and which is worse, quality.

I havent bought the new one bur i heard rumors that it is...poser goth and i was shocked...i admire Morten's work since early Tristania work and i cant just believe that he is selling out...also some trendy magazines advertise him...what the f***???

The new album's structure was amazing. However, no Morten except in a few select songs did disappoint me. It seems that they are going for more of a gothic rock approach.

I think this band needs to save Vibeke from Tristania and replace Monika and have Morten do a little more growls and you would have an upbeat version of Tristania (back in the 'Beyond the Veil' era. Eh, too bad that won't happen.

RIP Tristania and Sirenia...

I finally got their Promo.
What to say..I must agree with the most of you...I prefer the early Sirenia.
This isn't that bad, some nice sounds and other things, but I must be true: I expected some more from this last work.

Written by Bitch Boy on 12.01.2007 at 22:24

Actually the same thing is happeing to both bands Sirenia and Tristania: they're losing atmosphere, and which is worse, quality.

I don't agree, Tristania's "Illumination" is extremely atmospheric. Not as dark, violent, aggresive or bombastic as "Beyond the veil", but it has it's own sad, beautiful atmosphere. Sadly, I cannot say the same about Sirenia's "Nine destinies", in which the band has forgotten all the emotion, the power and the beauty of their first two albums. I find "Nine destinies" to be a disappointing, colourless release. Tristania's "Illumination", on the contrary, is an exciting gothic rock/metal release, catchy, melodic and beautiful.
But I guess it is just an opinion.:)

@ Nasi2: I have to said you're right about Sirenia, if I have to choose between Illumination and Nine Destinies, I would pick Illumination without any doubt, but both bands are really far from their earlier works.

Eh, to me Illumination's songs all kind of sound the same to me. I mean, they may have different vocal melodies but the actual song structure seems the same with each song. It reminds of when Morten used to be in the band; they would have their upbeat and breakdowns (metal breakdown of course lol). Since Morten is gone (and seem to take the upbeatness with him) their songs sound just like a huge breakdown in old Tristania days.

Sirenia is definitely, definitely THE BEST band! And a contribution to this has the beautiful Monika's voice.
From the latest album I like all songs. But the one that I like most is My Mind's Eye. From the earlier albums I like just a few songs.
I also like Monika. She is one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen.

Sirenia sounds good, really good... i like their music, and now i am glad that they found me in myspace and i could hear their music in this way...

I like their new stuff, but not as much as the old. As said earlier it's gone a bit poppy and lack the emotions there previous work had. Their new videos aren't anything special either

I was digging some goth metal, and I came up to this band and I was like "What the fuck is this?" I still cant believe that some one as talented as Morten Veland could leave Tristania and join this, her voice is so annoying, she sounds likes a mouse =X

Ok maybe they are good, but I just heard the wrong songs I went to the video page here on metalstorm and watched both videos. I thought that the first video was Sailor Moon's theme song, but I was wrong I guess

Written by 4look4rd on 10.06.2007 at 06:05

I was digging some goth metal, and I came up to this band and I was like "What the fuck is this?" I still cant believe that some one as talented as Morten Veland could leave Tristania and join this, her voice is so annoying, she sounds likes a mouse =X

Ok maybe they are good, but I just heard the wrong songs I went to the video page here on metalstorm and watched both videos. I thought that the first video was Sailor Moon's theme song, but I was wrong I guess

New album is shit pop-goth released so they can get mainstream success. And their new singer has a horrible voice. Do yourself a favour and pick up 'At Sixes and Sevens' instead, and drool over 'Meridian'.

Yeah, pay no (or very little) attention to the new album. At Sixes And Sevens is amazing and An Elixir For Existance is almost equally as good...

They are coming to Slovenia along with Therion thus December!!!My wish has finally come true and nothing really matters except that I get to see Morten Veland!

==Interview==

MetalSymphony.com has posted a new audio interview with Morten Veland, conducted before the band's performance at the Metal Female Voices Fest in Wieze, Belgium on October 20, 2007. You can check it out at this location.

According to their official myspace they are to tell their new female lead singer

I love Sirenia... Their music is great to listen to... especially the Symphonic Gothic songs and albums...
Favorite album: Nine Destinations and a Downfall
Favorite songs: The Other Side, The Last Call, Sundown, Downfall, Obire Mortem...

I like sirina band Espicially Their Vocals Pilar "Ailyn" Giménez García

And I Like Their Genre Symphonic Gothic

The most wonderful album of this band are At Sixes And Sevens 2002