Tristania의 전-보컬리스트이자 기타리스트, 동시에 메인 송 라이터였던 Morten Veland가 지난 몇 해전부터 고딕/메탈/록 씬의 밑바탕부터 새로운 공헌을 이루어 내기 시작했는데, 이 어둡고도 짙은 안개가 드린 장르에 그의 새로운 밴드 Sirenia가 이전 어느 누구보다 신선한 사운드라는 하나의 목표를 가지고 언더그라운드 씬 전체를 재창조하고 있다.
Sirenia는 고딕 메탈과 클래식의 짙은 영향이 드린 록 음악을 바탕으로 블랙 메탈과 데스 메탈의 요소마저 포함하고 있는데, 이들의 사운드에는 파워 리듬 기타와 우울한 바이올린, 12현 기타, 안개와도 같은 키보드의 도움으로 프로그레시브 하면서도 역동적으로 배열된 파워풀한 드럼과 베이스로 튼튼한 기초 역할을 하고 있다.
Sirenia의 보컬에는 그로울링부터 스크리밍, 여성과 남성의 클린 보컬, 중창, 샘플 등 다양한 영역이 등장하고 있는데, 모든 곡들마다 강렬하면서도 다양한 변화와 함께 삶과 죽음, 사랑과 증오, 망상과 열망 그리고 정신적 종말의 투영을 바탕으로 한 가사를 담고 있다.
Sirenia는 2001년 초, 결성되었는데 Morten이 개인적인 문제와 음악적 견해차를 이유로 Tristania와 결별하면서 시작되었다.
하지만 그에게 가득 찬 아이디어와 함께 그는 이를 자유롭게 할 준비를 시작했는데, 새로운 악기를 발명하는가 하면, 자신의 홈 스튜디오에서 작곡에 많은 시간을 투자하였다.
두 장의 훌륭한 앨범 At Sixes And Sevens, An Elexir For Existence과 EP, Sirenian Shores를 발매한 이들은 더욱 큰 몸짓을 위한 준비가 되어 있었고 이는 바로 Nine Destines And A Downfall을 통해 완벽하게 표현될 수 있었다.
새 앨범은 Sirenia가 완성한 최고의 앨범으로 손꼽히고 있는데, 여기에는 새로운 여성 보컬 Monika Pedersen이 Henriette Bordvik의 후임으로 가입하여 전세계를 향한 이들 이번 최고의 작품을 더욱 훌륭히 완성시켜 주고 있다.
Nine Desties and a Downfall은 두 귀로 들은 것을 믿을 수 없을만큼 장대 하고, 재치 넘치며 독창적인 앨범으로서 전세계 고딕 메탈 씬에 역사적인 사건으로 기록될 것이다. .... ....
I stroll through days and nights And through hours of weeping Can i mend by broken heart by Speaking to myself I've been lost and found And broken down bye the treason in your eyes I've been turned around Burned upside down by the fraud in all your lies
Feel the lights are fading within me There's a void and a growing anxiety I can feel the bitter end draws near I concede this life has nothing more for me
I fall through rays of light In the hours of redeeming Last call and far too late now As far as i can tell I've been burned in life, burned too many times Wheel of fire's still burning I have done my time, walked too many lines And my soul keeps on burning
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.
There's a river that runs along Your fading hope and darkened days to come The lights are fading out once more I see you falter so lost and blind I know a shadow still lingers in in your mind But I can't lead you on, not this time
I've been dreaming for far too long And my dreams all break one by one I'm still standing, still facing the fall Will I give in the distant calls
I've been watching your crumbling walls I've endured a thousand tears or more In a frozen moment of time, I see you fall Only memories remain of you now You' ve given in to darkness and to doubt You couldn't find the strength to cast The demons out
From a distance I can see you descend Like golden grains of sand A weeping sun is descending And the moon now ascending here In these cold winterlands
I've been strolling through the pouring rain In search of better days I've been strolling down the darkest of lanes Just to find it's all in vain
The sundown gives birth to another night As the moon comes crawling across the sky My soul feels cold and my heart is tired I'm burning inside, can't stop the flames, the fire
From a distance I can see you pretend That your life's on the mend A thousand riverines weeping And a silver moon sweeping swift Across forsaken lands
I've been crawling on my knees and hands I've watched all suns descend I've been dreaming some day, I'll ascend Before the bitter end
I can feel the eyes of your despair Even where you're not here I can feel your pain within myself It's still keeping me down here Life keeps on growing colder year by year With a winter heart and my frozen tears I stand lone to face my darkest fears
I've been wasting away, I' ve been fading inside I've been drifting away from the lights in my life I've been living in vain, living insane I've been tripping down all the darkest of lanes
There's a shadow that dwells inside your head Within mine as well Turns our lives into a living hell Like a curse and a spell I've been drifting away from days of light I've been swept away far into the night I guess I'll never ever make it back
On a morning, a summer dawn You speak in riddles and rhymes From a distance your life it seems Like a frozen heart in neon dreams
Sail away, my little sister Sail away to the other side
There's a light and a darkened road There's a night and a fading hope There was a dream that once was mine But now it seems it has passed with time
Sail away, my little sister Sail away to the other side Sail away, my little sister Sail away far into the night Where time seems much better Than this void called life
There's a voice inside my head There's a hope, now long since dead It's all a wonder, will I abide? I hear you calling from the other side I hear you calling from the other side
Sail away, my little sister Sail away to the other side Sail away, my little sister Sail away far into the night Where times seems much better Than this void called life
I hear you calling from the other side
Sail away, my little sister Sail away to the other side Sail away, my little sister Sail away far into the night Where time seems much better Than this void called life
Keep on falling, I keep falling down So far, far, deeper and further Keep on calling, I keep calling you now But I can't hear no answers I've been feeling so lost I'm giving in on in all
Voices calling in the back of my mind They're calling all the time I face a door, but there's no key to be found When my life comes crashing down As my last day unfolds And hands turn numb and cold
Sail on my love Sail on to the other side Sail on further into the night
Wane staring through my window pane World gone insane A fading flame In the falling September rain I strive in vain to find a way To case the pain
I can see you walk out away Turn your back on all your feelings Seems you're loosing yourself again To a void so devastating And I can't deny I am the one, The one to blame For all your loss and your fading flame
Life it feels like a frozen winter dream Like a silent scream Life it feels like a thousand frozen tears And the night dwells within me
I can see you break down again All your life you've been bound to treason On your knees and your tears descend Oh your life's a fallen season And time can not heal these wounds my friend, Not again So here you'll stand to face the end
Beyond the silence Where your voices whisper to my heart In the midst of December On a night that comes without a star I fall into darkness Like I've done a thousand times before I've burned all bridges To the treacherous world outside my door
In the fields of summer I will dance away with you I never knew the pain would see us through And though we fear the silence We never ever realized That life was only passing gently by
When the darkness seems to fall Then I can hear you call Your voice is clearer now than before And in the summer rain I'll carry all your pain If I could only see you again
In the glades of summer A light still wanes in you Like winter days long gone In midst of June And though the cross feels lighter On a warm midsummer night Why do we then still feel so cold inside
When the darkness seems to fall Then I can hear you call Your voice is weaker now than before And in the summer rain You gave in to your pain And life will never be the same again
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.