The 13th Floor (album)

The 13th Floor

Studio album by Sirenia

Released

23 January 2009

Recorded

July–September, 2008 (Sound Suite Studios)

Genre

Symphonic metal, gothic metal

Length

42:38

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Morten Veland

Sirenia chronology

Nine Destinies and a Downfall
(2007)

The 13th Floor
(2009)

The Enigma of Life
(2011)

Singles from The 13th Floor

"The Path to Decay"
Released: December 26, 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Dangerdog	^[2]

The 13th Floor is the fourth full-length studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia and their first with the Spanish vocalist Ailyn. It was released on 23 January 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 26 December 2008.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Morten Veland.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Path to Decay"	04:19
2.	"Lost in Life"	03:14
3.	"The Mind Maelstrom"	04:50
4.	"The Seventh Summer"	05:24
5.	"Beyond Life's Scenery"	04:35
6.	"The Lucid Door"	04:51
7.	"Led Astray"	04:37
8.	"Winterborn 77"	05:36
9.	"Sirens of the Seven Seas"	05:12
Total length:		42:38

Limited edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"The Path to Decay" (radio edit)	03:33
11.	"The Mind Maelstrom" (instrumental version)	04:49
12.	"Winterborn 77" (instrumental version)	05:33
Total length:		56:33

The multimedia part includes photo gallery, wallpapers and screensavers. "The Path to Decay" was released as a promotional single and also has a video.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
French Albums Chart^[4]	127
German Albums Chart^[5]	87
Swiss Albums Chart^[6]	67

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

Sirenia

Morten Veland Ailyn Jonathan Perez Jan Erik Soltvedt Fabienne Gondamin Henriette Bordvik Kristian Gundersen Monika Pedersen Bjørnar Landa Michael S. Krumins

Studio albums	At Sixes and Sevens (2002) An Elixir for Existence (2004) Nine Destinies and a Downfall (2007) The 13th Floor (2009) The Enigma of Life (2011) Perils of the Deep Blue (2013) The Seventh Life Path (2015)

EPs	Sirenian Shores (2004)

Related articles	Tristania Mortemia

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 Perils of the Deep Blue The Seventh Life Path

EPs and singles	Tristania "Angina" Sirenian Shores "My Mind's Eye" "The Path to Decay" "The End of It All" "Seven Widows Weep"

Videos	"My Mind's Eye" "The Other Side" "The Path to Decay" "The End of It All" "Seven Widows Weep"