The 13th Floor (album) explained

The 13th Floor
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sirenia
Cover:	sirenia13floor.jpg
Released:	23 January 2009
Recorded:	July–September, 2008
Length:	42:38
Label:	Nuclear Blast
Studio:	Sound Suite Studios (France) Stargoth Studios (Norway)^[1]
Producer:	Morten Veland
Prev Title:	Nine Destinies and a Downfall
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	The Enigma of Life
Next Year:	2011

The 13th Floor is the fourth 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.^[2]

Track listing

• All songs written by Morten Veland.

• 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

• Ailyn – female vocals (on all tracks)
• Morten Veland – clean male vocals (on track #4), harsh vocals (on all tracks except #2 & #7), all other instruments

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
• Artwork by Jan Yrlund^[1]

External links

• The 13th Floor on The Metal Archives
• The 13th Floor at discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sirenia: 'The 13th Floor' Artwork Revealed. Blabbermouth.net. 6 November 2008. 24 March 2021.
2. Web site: Sirenia: 'The Path To Decay' Video Premiere Date Announced. Blabbermouth.net. 23 December 2008. 24 March 2021.