Perils of the Deep Blue

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Perils of the Deep Blue
Perils of the Deep Blue Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Sirenia
ReleasedJune 28, 2013
RecordedSound Suite Studio, Marseille, France
Genre
Length67:44
Language English, Spanish, Norwegian
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Endre Kirkesola, Morten Veland
Sirenia chronology
The Enigma of Life
(2011)		Perils of the Deep Blue
(2013)		 The Seventh Life Path
(2015)
Singles from Perils of the Deep Blue
  1. "Seven Widows Weep"
    Released: May 10, 2013
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Perils of the Deep Blue is the sixth studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on June 28, 2013, in Europe, July 1 in the United Kingdom and July 9 in North America by Nuclear Blast. [3]

Contents

Produced by Morten Veland, it was mastered and mixed by Endre Kirkesola at Dub Studios in Norway.

It was the band's last album released by Nuclear Blast, before the expiration of their long-term contract.

Cover art

The album cover art represents a fortuitous event. It was created by the British Gothic artist Anne Stokes. Veland found the sinister painting, titled "Siren's Lament" - a depiction of a reclining siren upon a rock in a sea cave, sliding her tail through the skulls of her (apparent) victims, as they float on the water surface - when he surfed the Internet looking for a suitable illustration for the album. [3] He contacted Stokes, who is well known internationally for her fantasy art. She gave him permission to use it on the then unreleased album.

In the following releases, Veland chose to request much more complex, dark and tailored covers, created by the Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák.

Writing and recording

Spanish singer Ailyn joined a Norwegian choir in 2012 to for some training and for inspiration for the upcoming release. [4] According to Morten, the writing process took two years and 5 months. He began writing for the album before the release of the previous one. In an interview, he said, "The entire band and all the people we are working with are absolutely ecstatic about it! This album takes SIRENIA to the next level and brings many new sides of us to the table. There's typical tried and tested SIRENIA stuff but also approaches that you've never heard from us before. I think I've never felt so good about an album throughout my entire career. I mean, I love them all, but this one is something special. It's the result of two and a half years of blood, sweat and tears. I've literally put my heart and soul into this record, so I am very curious to see what our fans as well as the press will think about it!" [5]

Promotion

On May 7, 2013, Sirenia released a studio trailer for the album on Facebook. On May 10, the band released a download single, "Seven Widows Weep", through Amazon along with "Ditt Endelikt".

The band released its second studio trailer showing the members' photo shoot for the album on May 21, 2013, on Nuclear Blast's YouTube channel. [6]

On June 3, Sirenia premiered their latest music video for their single "Seven Widows Weep". It was filmed in April in Serbia by iCODE Team Productions. [7]

A final release, of the song "Once A Star", was available from June 2013 for digital download only from iTunes.

Reception

Perils of the Deep Blue was Sirenia's greatest commercial success to date. It was their first entry into the US charts: the Billboard's Hard Rock Albums (No. 97) and Heatseekers Albums - which lists the best-selling albums by artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 - where it peaked at No. 20. [8] Overall, it sold about 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. By the end of that year, it had sold 1,560 copies. [9]

Similarly, in Europe the release was quite important. It was Sirenia's first entry to the UK Rock Chart, where it peaked at No. 11. In the official German chart, it reached position No. 50 - the best position achieved by the band in charts of that country - and in the Swiss chart it peaked at number 43.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Morten Veland

No.TitleLength
1."Ducere Me in Lucem" (Lead Me to the Light)3:33
2."Seven Widows Weep"6:57
3."My Destiny Coming to Pass"5:16
4."Ditt endelikt" (Your Demise)6:10
5."Cold Caress"5:57
6."Darkling"5:35
7."Decadence"4:58
8."Stille kom døden" (Death Came Silently)12:42
9."The Funeral March"5:34
10."Profound Scars"6:09
11."A Blizzard Is Storming"4:49
12."Chains" (limited edition bonus track)4:24
13."Blue Colleen" (limited edition bonus track)5:01
14."Once a Star" (limited edition bonus track)5:14
Total length:72:19

Personnel

Sirenia

Session musicians

Additional notes

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [10] 98
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [10] 89
French Albums Chart [11] 136
German Albums Chart [10] 50
Swiss Albums Chart [12] 43
UK Rock Chart [13] 11
US Hard Rock Albums [14] 97
US Heatseeker Albums [15] 20

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