The Seventh Life Path

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The Seventh Life Path
The Seventh Life Path.jpg
Studio album by
Sirenia
ReleasedMay 8, 2015 (Europe)
May 11, 2015 (United Kingdom)
May 12, 2015 (North America)
RecordedAudio Avenue Studios in Tau, Norway and Sound Suite Studios in Marseille, France (February - March 2015)
Genre
Length67:54
Language English, Spanish, Japanese
Label Napalm Records
Producer Morten Veland
Sirenia chronology
Perils of the Deep Blue
(2013)		The Seventh Life Path
(2015)		 Dim Days of Dolor
(2016)
Singles from The Seventh Life Path
  1. "Once My Light"
    Released: April 8, 2015

The Seventh Life Path is the seventh studio album by Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on May 8 in Europe, May 11 in the United Kingdom and May 12, 2015 in North America through Napalm Records. This will be the first record released by the Austrian record company since An Elixir for Existence . [1] [2] It is their last album featuring longtime Spanish female vocalist Ailyn.

Contents

Cover art

Sirenia contacted renowned artist Gyula Havancsák of Hjules Illustration and Design to illustrate the cover for their newest album.

"I got some instructions from the band for the making of this cover artwork. They wanted the character of death standing behind a white dressed woman. My first thought was: How can I show a beautiful girl without face? How can I avoid to show a girl face? Well, I draw a white hood on her face, with crochet part in front of her eyes. This part looks like as a big eye that watches the fate of humans. She pull a life thread, but this one soul is lost. We can see this line (could be silver for example) change to disgusting muddy brown between her fingers...and this thread runs into a hourglass..., it falls down in the sand." [2]

Regarding the other symbols in the cover art, Gyula mentions that the band:

"...wanted to see some roots and tree branches on the cover and the scythe that looks as the number 7 and a mountain with a path in the background. The mountain symbolizes life, the top of the mountain is the end of life. The highest point where you can look back your whole life. This is the meaning of the flexous path... The 7 number appears as 7 ravens, 7 snakes, 7 roses on the dried out wreath..." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Morten Veland.

No.TitleNote(s)Length
1."Seti"Instrumental with choral vocals2:05
2."Serpent" 6:31
3."Once My Light" 7:21
4."Elixir" (featuring Joakim Næss) 5:45
5."Sons of the North" 8:16
6."Earendel" 6:14
7."Concealed Disdain" 6:11
8."Insania" 6:39
9."Contemptuous Quietus" 6:29
10."The Silver Eye" 7:29
11."Tragedienne" 4:54
Total length:67:54
Limited edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Trágica" (Spanish version of "Tragedienne")4:55
Total length:72:49
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Tragedienne" (Japanese version of "Tragedienne")4:53
Total length:77:42

Personnel

Sirenia

Session musicians

Additional notes

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [3] 198
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [3] 122
German Albums Chart [3] 68
Swiss Albums Chart [4] 77
US Heatseeker Albums [5] 18

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