12.08.2010 Sirenia - Beyond Life's Scenary - 

And this is a special edition dedicated to Artmania Sibiu 2010...

Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway which incorporates a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal, as well as extreme metal and death metal elements. The lyrics, written by Morten Veland, tell a loose conceptual story that began at Widow's Weeds, while he was still a member of Tristania.

The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.

2007, Monika Pedersen quit the band over musical disagreements. Her departure caused Sirenia to pull out of a planned European tour with Therion.

2008, Sirenia announced Spanish X Factor contestant Ailyn as their new female vocalist.

Beyond life's scenary is from The 13th Floor which is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian Gothic metal band Sirenia and first with Spanish vocalist Ailyn. It was released on January 23, 2009 through Nuclear Blast. The album features guest appearances by Jan Kenneth Barkved (who also did some guest appearances on the album At Sixes and Sevens), and French violin player Stephanie Valentin, who adds to the sound along with the choir that has been a part of their sound since the very beginning. The album was released on three formats: CD, CD-Digi and Boxset. The boxset edition was restricted to only 500 copies worldwide.

And the lyrics...

There's a voice that speaks of time
There's a growing void inside
There are doors in life that I can't seem to find
There's a fire in my dreams
Fading day by day it seems
There's a narrow path beneath the fallen leaves

The years we tried to deny
Still haunt us now

There's a garden deep within
Where all life is withering
There's a fall and there's a wall and there's a sin
There are nails through my heart
All hope is torn apart
There are footsteps leading to my epitaph

The years we tried to deny
Still haunt us now

I see you stand forsaken
On a desolate and distant shore
You have been lost for so long
No one can ever take you back to how it was

Down, feeling down, falling down, sinking further down
Misery circles around

Wane, feel the pain, gone insane and this life's to blame
Seems like it's all in vain

Dark, the past was dark, the present's dark, the future seems so dark
Alike our hearts

Deep is the sleep that life keeps beyond it's scenery
What life sows, we'll never reap

The years we tried to deny
Still haunt us now
The pain still burns deep inside
As life flows by

Till next time...