The 13th Floor (album)

The 13th Floor
Studio album by Sirenia
Released	January 23, 2009
Recorded	July — September, 2008 (Sound Suite Studios)
Genre	Symphonic metal, gothic metal,
Length	42:19
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Morten Veland
Sirenia chronology
Nine Destinies and a Downfall (2007) The 13th Floor (2009) The Enigma of Life (2011)

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The 13th Floor is the fourth full-length album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia and their first with the Spanish vocalist Ailyn. It was released on January 23, 2009, through Nuclear Blast. The album features guest appearances by Jan Kenneth Barkved (who had also made some guest appearances on their album At Sixes and Sevens), and the French violin player, Stephanie Valentin, who adds to the sound along with the choir that has been a part of their sound since the beginning. The album was released in three formats: CD, CD-Digi and box set. The box set edition was restricted to 500 copies worldwide. The download-only single, "The Path to Decay", was released on December 26, 2008.^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Multimedia part 1.2 Singles and promotional singles 1.3 Music videos 2 Personnel 2.1 Sirenia 2.2 Additional musicians 3 Production 4 References 5 External links

Track listing

• All songs written By Morten Veland.

1. "The Path to Decay" – 4:17
2. "Lost in Life" – 3:12
3. "The Mind Maelstrom" – 4:47
4. "The Seventh Summer" – 5:21
5. "Beyond Life's Scenery" – 4:33
6. "The Lucid Door" – 4:48
7. "Led Astray" – 4:35
8. "Winterborn 77" – 5:33
9. "Sirens of the Seven Seas" – 5:13

Multimedia part

• Photo gallery
• Wallpapers
• Screen saver

CD-digi and box set bonus tracks:

• "The Path to Decay" (Radio mix) - 3:34
• "The Mind Maelstrom" (Instrumental) - 4:49
• "Winterborn 77" (Instrumental) - 5:35

Singles and promotional singles

• "The Path to Decay"

Music videos

• "The Path to Decay"

Personnel

Sirenia

• Ailyn – female vocals (on all tracks)
• Morten Veland – guitars, clean male vocals (on track #4), harsh vocals (on all tracks except #2 & #7), bass guitar, keyboards, programming, drums

Additional musicians

• Jan Kenneth Barkved – clean male vocals (on track #9)
• Stephanie Valentin – violin (on tracks #3, #7, #8 & #9)
• Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebe, Emilie Lesbros – choir (on all tracks)

Production

• Arranged, produced and engineered by Morten Veland
• Additional recording at Sound Suite Studios by Terje Refsnes
• Mixed by Morten Veland and Tue Madsen
• Mastered by Tue Madsen

References

External links

• The 13th Floor on The Metal Archives
• The 13th Floor at discogs.com

Morten Veland Bands Tristania • Sirenia • Mortemia Albums Widow's Weeds • Beyond the Veil • At Sixes and Sevens • An Elixir for Existence • Nine Destinies and a Downfall • The 13th Floor • Misere Mortem • The Enigma of Life EPs and singles Tristania • "Angina" • Sirenian Shores • "My Mind's Eye" • "The Path to Decay" • "The End Of It All" Videos "My Mind's Eye" • "The Other Side" • "The Path to Decay" • "The End Of It All"