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Length
  
67:44

Release date
  
28 June 2013

Artist
  
Sirenia

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

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Released
  
June 28, 2013 (Europe) July 1, 2013 (United Kingdom) July 9, 2013 (North America)

Recorded
  
Sound Suite Studio, Marseille, France

Language
  
English, Spanish, Norwegian

Producer
  
Endre Kirkesola, Morten Veland

Perils of the Deep Blue (2013)
  
The Seventh Life Path (2015)

Genres
  
Gothic metal, Symphonic metal, Doom metal

Similar
  
Sirenia albums, Gothic metal albums

Sirenia ducere me in lucem


Perils of the Deep Blue is the sixth full-length album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on June 28, 2013 in Europe, July 1 in the United Kingdom and July 9 in North America through Nuclear Blast.

Contents

Produced by Morten Veland, it was mastered and mixed by Endre Kirkesola at Dub Studios in Norway. The cover art is by artist Anne Stokes, and was discovered by Veland by chance via the Internet.

Sirenia ditt endelikt perils of the deep blue


Writing and recording

Ailyn joined a Norwegian choir in 2012 to get some training and also inspiration for the upcoming release. According to Morten, the writing process took two years. He began writing for the album before the release of their previous one.

Promotion

On May 7, 2013 Sirenia released a studio trailer for their album via Facebook. On May 10, the band released their download single "Seven Widows Weep" through Amazon along with "Ditt Endelikt". The band released their second studio trailer showing the members photo shoot for the album on May 21, 2013 through Nuclear Blast's YouTube channel. On June 3, Sirenia premiered their latest music video for their single.

Track listing

All tracks written by Morten Veland.

  • "Seven Widows Weep" has a video.

    • Sirenia

  • Morten Veland – guitars, vocals, bass, piano, synth, programming, theremin, mandolin, ukulele, harmonica, melodium and flutes
  • Ailyn – vocals

    • Session Musicians

  • Joakim Næss – clean male vocals on "Ditt endelikt"
  • Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan and Emilie Bernou – The Sirenian Choir

    • Film

    In March 12, 2015, the band announced on their Facebook page that Nightwatcher Films has signed Sirenia for the use of their song Ducere Me In Lucem of Perils of the Deep Blue for its soundtrack. The song will come out in the opening title sequence of a film called Abandoned Dead penned for release January 2016.

    Songs

    1Ducere Me in Lucem3:33
    2Seven Widows Weep6:57
    3My Destiny Coming to Pass5:16

    References

    Perils of the Deep Blue Wikipedia
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