Sirenia - Sixes & Sevens
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Artist: SireniaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-08-13
Music Label: Napalm
Soundtracks:
- Meridian
- Sister Nightfall
- On The Wane
- In A Manica
- At Sixes And Sevens
- Lethargica
- Manic Aeon
- A Shadow Of Your Own Self
- In Sumerian Haze
Music reviews of Sixes & Sevens
Music Review: Some of the best music I've heard!!!
Rating: 5 Stars
There aren't many CDs out there that are written better than this one. Have you heard of Tristania? Sirenia features 2 members from that band. To me, that was like an OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!, because Tristania's my 2nd favorite doom metal band behind Nightwish. The keyboards in both bands are about as atmospheric as it can get. All you hear is sheer perfection. The difference between the 2 is that Sirenia is a smidge more gothic than Tristania and that Sirenia is flat out a bit heavier and faster. Expect to hear some darn awesome music whenever you put this CD in!!! Violins? Yep - I'm listening to some right now in my favorite on the album, In a Manica. One of my friends who has borrowed about 20 of my CDs ranging from Stratovarius to Rotting Christ to Iced Earth said that this is the best he's ever borrowed. Another one of my friends complained because she got a sore throat for trying to sing along to In a Manica, but that's a different story. Not one song on this album is bad. All of them except for the last song are full songs over 5 minutes. The last song is about 4:30 and is much softer and violin-filled, more like a Tristania song. Operatic vocals are almost non-existant. Most of the vocals are grunts and growls. You do even hear the Moonspell-like, non-growl or grunt style of singing that I love. I'd go as far to say that this band out-atmospheres (you know what I mean) even the great Samael, and they are VERY atmospheric. (sorry about this paragraph being so all over the place)I find that I can love this album no matter what kind of music I'm listening to. The first 2 bangs at the 0:01 second mark on the first track will attract ANY respecter of true metal. This is one of the best openers I've ever heard that DOESN'T stand alone as a wonder. It is a great preview to what you are about to hear and fits in with the other songs. Does Eagleheart do that? I don't think so. I'm not sure about this yet, but I've been very interested in purchasing a Penumbra CD. They sound like a very good comparison to Sirenia.
I just can't emphasize enough how I love this band. Their sounds blow me away. The variety isn't as good as on Beyond the Veil (Tristania), but its up there with the greats. To a certain degree, if you like true metal and don't fall in love this album, I would recommend you to never step near doom metal again. This is about as good as it gets. The violins are perfectly woven in, the keyboards are so good for not being the stand-out instrument, the singers do a superior job and are very confident in their voices, and the drums set the tone better than Trail of Tears, Theatre of Tragedy, and The Sins of Thy Beloved. (Why do so many of these doom metal bands have names starting with the letter "t"?)
So what if the cover art doesn't set an atmosphere? Lately, I've noticed that as long as you've seen AN atmospheric cover art AND have once been taken to dreamland / outer space by a cover art, then you indeed CAN go to dreamland with ANY album, as long as the music can do it.
So, all I have to say is to save up $15.00! This CD is an absolute must. This is the Mirror of Madness of doom metal. Buy it!!!
When you get the time, go read some of my other reviews and say if they helped you or not.
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