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An Elixir for Existence

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Released
  
August 3, 2004

Artist
  
Sirenia

Label
  
Napalm Records

Length
  
53:44

Release date
  
23 February 2004

Producer
  
Morten Veland

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Recorded
  
Stargoth Studios, Tau, Norway Sound Suite Studio, Marseille, France September and October 2003

An Elixir for Existence (2004)
  
Sirenian Shores (EP, 2004)

Genres
  
Gothic metal, Symphonic metal

Similar
  
Sirenia albums, Gothic metal albums

Sirenia lithium and a lover


An Elixir for Existence is the second studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia, released in 2004. The album follows in the same vein as the previous At Sixes and Sevens, but includes a new female vocalist, Henriette Bordvik.

Contents

A large number of the songs are concerned with mental conditions, be it depression ("Voices Within"), drug use ("Euphoria") or thoughts of suicide ("The Fall Within"); of course, the meanings of all of these songs are subject to further conjecture.

Credits

  • Morten Veland – guitars, harsh vocals (on all tracks except #6 & #9), bass guitar, keyboards, programming, drums
  • Henriette Bordvik – female vocals (on all tracks except #9)
  • Kristian Gundersen – clean male vocals (on tracks #3, #4 & #7)
  • Anne Verdot – violin (on tracks #2, #3, #4 & #6)
  • Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebel, Emilie Lesbros – choir (on all tracks except #6)
  • Songs

    1Lithium and a Lover6:33
    2Voices Within6:53
    3A Mental Symphony5:26

    References

    An Elixir for Existence Wikipedia