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An Elixir for Existence is the second studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia, released in 2004. The album follows in the same vein as the previous At Sixes and Sevens, but includes a new female vocalist, Henriette Bordvik. From this album, Sirenia has been presented as a 4-piece band, with Morten Veland as the only permanent member.




Musical style


Like its predecessor album At Sixes and Sevens (2002), the musical style in An Elixir for Existence corresponds to the more classic Sirenia's gothic metal of their origins, with some elements of symphonic death-doom.
A large number of the songs are concerned with mental conditions, be it depression ("Voices Within"), drug use ("Euphoria") or thoughts of suicide ("The Fall Within"); of course, the meanings of all of these songs are subject to further conjecture.




Track listing


All songs written by Morten Veland.




Personnel


Credits for An Elixir for Existence adapted from liner notes.
Sirenia

Morten Veland – harsh vocals (tracks 1–5, 7, 8), guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming, mixing
Henriette Bordvik – female vocals (tracks 1–8)
Additional personnel

Kristian Gundersen – clean male vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7)
Anne Verdot – violin (tracks 2–4, 6)
Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebel, Emilie Lesbros – choir (tracks 1–5, 7–9)
Production

Joachim Luetke – cover art, artwork
Terje Refsnes – mixing, engineering
Emile M.E. Ashley – photography
Ulf Horbelt – mastering
Wolfgang Voglhuber – photography




References






External links


Metallum Archives
An Elixir for Existence at discogs.com

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• Sirenia (grup musik)
• An Elixir for Existence
• Sirenia (band)
• Euphoria (disambiguation)
• Sirenian Shores
• Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning
• Philosopher's stone
• The Seventh Life Path
• Ailyn
• Emmanuelle Zoldan
• At Sixes and Sevens