Nine Destinies & a Downfall

Sirenia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B000MG1YBQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictively catchy, April 12, 2007

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nine Destinies & A Downfall (Audio CD)

I love gothic metal. It is the only type of metal music I will listen to. Unfortunately a lot of gothic metal music nowadays is rather generic sounding and sounds awfully like Leaves' Eyes or Nightwish. This is not the case with Sirenia. A friend recently gave me a copy of "Nine Destinies and a Downfall". This is my first Sirenia cd so I can't compare this album with past Sirenia albums. As a new listener to Sirenia's music, I immediately fell in love with this album. The album is chockful of radio friendly gothic metal tracks. The songs are extremely accessible. I immediately fell in love with the album the moment I heard "Last Call". I knew I was in for a treat. I especially love "My Mind's Eye". I find myself playing this song over and over again because of the infectious pop hooks that permeates through the entire song. One of the things that stood out for me about this album is Monika Pedersen's clean vocals. Her vocals has a hint of Liv Kristine influence but they are very subtle. The musicianship is tight and solid. There was not one single song on this album I did not like. As a new fan I am curious to check out the band's earlier albums. I am well aware that their other albums with their former vocalist is not as clean and polished as "Nine Destinies and a Downfall". I understand why some longtime fans are not happy with this album. I could say the same about some of my favorite bands.

20 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What happened Morten?, March 26, 2007

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Fo2 "dutchz" (OH, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nine Destinies & A Downfall (Audio CD)

Sirenia is the only band who has never produced a song I didn't like--until now. I bought this new release expecting to love it all, with one or two epics like Euphoria, Sister Nightfall, or Lithium and a Lover. What did I get instead?--46 minutes of pop radio. Gone is the violin, and rare is Morten's voice. We get a bunch of Monika (who has a solid voice, but every song sounded the same). Please, Morten, tell us this is an early April fool's joke and that the real release is coming out April 2.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Female-Fronted Metal, October 8, 2008

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Brian Lindholm "engineer and female-rock fan" (Southwest VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Destinies & A Downfall (Audio CD)

"Nine Destinies and a Downfall" is the third full-length album by Sirenia, the gothic metal band founded by Morten Veland in 2001 after his stint with Tristiana. It differs substantially from their earlier work, featuring female-fronted vocals almost exclusively. This is in sharp contrast to the male death grunts that dominated Sirenia's first two albums.

Because of this stylistic difference, "Nine Destinies and a Downfall" didn't appeal to many fans of Sirenia's previous work. However, fans of other female-fronted metal bands (such as Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Eyes of Eden, and Nightwish) enjoyed the album quite a bit.

From a technical standpoint, "Nine Destinies and a Downfall" is very solid, featuring a blistering (yet melodic) gothic metal mix anchored by top-notch guitar work. Monika Pedersen's voice is strong and fits in well. The lyrics are dark and gloomy, as befits a gothic metal album.

The top track on this album are "Absent Without Leave", "One By One", "Seven Keys And Nine Doors", "The Last Call", and "The Other Side". The others are worth a spin as well. Five stars. Highly recommended to the fan of female-fronted metal.