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Album Description
Limited edition deluxe digipak pressing of the Norwegian Goth Metal band's 2007 album includes s bonus track and enhancements. Led by Morten Veland, former vocalist and guitarist with Tristania. Still sworn to the darker and atmospheric genre, he now resurfaces with his new band Sirenia with one goal in mind: to bring a fresh sound into the underground scene. Nuclear Blast.

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2 out of 5 stars

What happened Morten? March 27, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful

Sirenia is the only band who has never produced a song I didn't like--until now. I bought this new release expecting to love it all, with one or two epics like Euphoria, Sister Nightfall, or Lithium and a Lover. What did I get instead?--46 minutes of pop radio. Gone is the violin, and rare is Morten's voice. We get a bunch of Monika (who has a solid voice, but every song sounded the same). Please, Morten, tell us this is an early April fool's joke and that the real release is coming out April 2.

5 out of 5 stars

Addictively catchy April 13, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

I love gothic metal. It is the only type of metal music I will listen to. Unfortunately a lot of gothic metal music nowadays is rather generic sounding and sounds awfully like Leaves' Eyes or Nightwish. This is not the case with Sirenia. A friend recently gave me a copy of "Nine Destinies and a Downfall". This is my first Sirenia cd so I can't compare this album with past Sirenia albums. As a new listener to Sirenia's music, I immediately fell in love with this album. The album is chockful of radio friendly gothic metal tracks. The songs are extremely accessible. I immediately fell in love with the album the moment I heard "Last Call". I knew I was in for a treat. I especially love "My Mind's Eye". I find myself playing this song over and over again because of the infectious pop hooks that permeates through the entire song. One of the things that stood out for me about this album is Monika Pedersen's clean vocals. Her vocals has a hint of Liv Kristine influence but they are very subtle. The musicianship is tight and solid. There was not one single song on this album I did not like. As a new fan I am curious to check out the band's earlier albums. I am well aware that their other albums with their former vocalist is not as clean and polished as "Nine Destinies and a Downfall". I understand why some longtime fans are not happy with this album. I could say the same about some of my favorite bands.

2 out of 5 stars

When good dogs do bad things April 1, 2007
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

Check out the My Minds Eye video on YouTube... I was hoping it wasn't a representative of the album, but alas, it is.

Compared to older stuff (At Sixes and Sevens - 5 stars) I'm giving this 2 stars and not 1 only because the instrumental parts are still well written (fret not for it is still far above and beyond Lacuna Coil), but whatsherface's pop vocals make it pretty much unlistenable for any older Morten Veland fans. His vocals only make an appearance on 3 tracks, and even then very briefly.

Let's hope that some day they'll re-release this album with vocal tracks completely rearranged and rerecorded.

2 out of 5 stars

Not the Sirenia we used to know.......... April 6, 2007
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

I loved the first two Sirenia albums for their diversity. Screams, growls, whispers, clean vocals, female vocals, choirs, you name it - it was there.

Now the songs are less complex, more repetitious, and (gasp) "radio-friendly" with pop-style female vocals and Morten's vocals appearing on only three songs.

Ouch! Not exactly what we long-time fans were expecting!! If the goal was to become a more accessible, female fronted band...then I suppose Morten succeeded. However this is not going to thrill everyone who has been listening since Tristania. Speaking of them, Illumination was surprisingly more creative than this album.

I hope Sirenia goes back to its old, diverse and exciting ways. The first two albums were in my stereo for a consistent six months or longer. I haven't even been able to listen to this one even six times. A "Downfall" for now...but perhaps if enough of us speak out, we'll get a stronger fourth album. (fingers crossed)

2 out of 5 stars

Blase June 8, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I wasn't impressed. The lead singer's voice is not as rich as I expected, and I read somewhere that this band considered themselves to be "symphonic" metal, and even went so far as to invite comparisons with Dimmu Borgir. Yet I heard very few strings or winds, and I heard none of the bombast associated with Dimmu's latest offerings (Death Cult Armageddon & In Sorte Diaboli).

The songs are amateurish with bland, predictable melodies that lack energy and lyrical content that sounds like it came directly out of my buddy's goth sister's diary.

In short, mopey 14-year-old self-mutilators who just lost their "one true love" will eat this up. The rest of us have better things to do.

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