The Seventh Life Path
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| Studio album by Sirenia | ||||
| Released | May 8, 2015 (Europe) May 11, 2015 (United Kingdom) May 12, 2015 (North America) |
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| Genre | Gothic metal Symphonic metal Doom metal |
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| Length | 60:13 | |||
| Label | Napalm Records | |||
| Producer | Morten Veland | |||
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The Seventh Life Path is the seventh full-length album by Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on May 8 in Europe, May 11 in the United Kingdom and May 12, 2015 in North America through Napalm Records. This will be the first record released by the Austrian record company since An Elixir for Existence.[1][2]
Contents
Cover art
Sirenia contacted renowned artist Gyula Havancsák of Hjules Illustration and Design to illustrate the cover for their newest album.
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I got some instructions from the band for the making of this cover artwork. They wanted the character of death standing behind a white dressed woman. My first thought was: How can I show a beautiful girl without face? How can I avoid to show a girl face? Well, I draw a white hood on her face, with crochet part in front of her eyes. This part looks like as a big eye that watches the fate of humans. She pull a life thread, but this one soul is lost. We can see this line (could be silver for example) change to disgusting muddy brown between her fingers...and this thread runs into a hourglass..., it falls down in the sand."”[2]
Regarding the other symbols in the cover art, Gyula mentions that the band
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wanted to see some roots and tree branches on the cover and the scythe that looks as the number 7 and a mountain with a path in the background. The mountain symbolizes life, the top of the mountain is the end of life. The highest point where you can look back your whole life. This is the meaning of the flexous path... The 7 number appears as 7 ravens, 7 snakes, 7 roses on the dried out wreath..."”[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Morten Veland.
| No. | Title | Note(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Seti" | Instrumental with choral vocals | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Serpent" | 6:31 | |
| 3. | "Once My Light" | 7:21 | |
| 4. | "Elixir" (featuring Joakim Næss) | 5:45 | |
| 5. | "Sons of the North" | 8:16 | |
| 6. | "Earendel" | 6:14 | |
| 7. | "Concealed Disdain" | 6:11 | |
| 8. | "Insania" | 6:39 | |
| 9. | "Contemptuous Quietus" | 6:29 | |
| 10. | "The Silver Eye" | 7:29 | |
| 11. | "Tragedienne" | 4:54 | |
| 12. | "Trágica" (bonus track) | Spanish version of "Tragedienne" | 4:55 |
| 13. | "Tragedienne" (japanese edition bonus track) | Japanese version of "Tragedienne" | 4:53 |
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Total length:
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60:13 | ||
Personnel
Sirenia
- Morten Veland – guitars, vocals, bass, piano, synth, programming and mandolin
- Ailyn – vocals
Session Musicians
- Joakim Næss – clean male vocals on "Elixir"
- Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan and Emilie Bernou – The Sirenian Choir
Additional Notes
- Spanish translation on "Tragedienne" by Ailyn
- "The Seventh Life Path" was recorded in Audio Avenue Studios (Tau, Norway), additional recordings were done in Sound Suite Studios (Marseille, France)
- Produced and engineered by Morten Veland
- Pre-produced in Audio Avenue Studios (Tau, Norway)
- Mixed and mastered by Endre Kirkesola at dUb studios (Oslo, Norway)
- Cover artwork, design and layout by Gyula Havancsák
- Band photos by Fotograf Tom Knudsen
