The 13th Floor is the fourth studio album by Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia and their first with Spanish vocalist Ailyn. It was released on 23 January 2009, through Nuclear Blast. The band said "The album features guest appearances by Jan Kenneth Barkved (who had also made some guest appearances on our debut, [and] French violin player Stephanie Valentin adds to the sound along with the choir that has been a part of our sound since the very 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.
Track listing
- The multimedia part includes photo gallery, wallpapers and screensavers. "The Path to Decay" was released as a promotional single and also has a video.
Personnel
Sirenia
Additional musicians
- Jan Kenneth Barkved â clean male vocals (on track #9)
- Stephanie Valentin â violin (on tracks #3, #7, #8 & #9)
- Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebe, Emilie Lesbros â 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
- Artwork by Jan Yrlund
Charts
References
External links