Sirenian Shores

Sirenian Shores is the first EP by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on 11 October 2004 by Napalm Records. It is the last work recorded with the female lead singer Henriette Bordvik, who left the band in November 2005.

Background

This EP is essentially a compilation of new versions of two of the best songs from Sirenia previous albums, and three unreleased songs that only appear here.
It includes a remix of "Save Me from Myself", an acoustic version of "Meridian", and three new songs: "Sirenian Shores", "Obire Mortem" and a cover of Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan".

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Morten Veland, except where noted.

Personnel

All information from the EP booklet.
Sirenia

Morten Veland – harsh vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming, mixing
Henriette Bordvik – female vocals

Additional musicians

Fabienne Gondamin – vocals on "Meridian"
Emmanuelle Zoldan – vocals on "First We Take Manhattan", choir vocals
Kristian Gundersen – clean vocals
Anne Verdot – violin

Choir

Damien Surian, Emilie Lesbros, Johanna Giraud, Sandrine Gouttebel, Hubert Piazzola, Mathieu Landry

Production

Terje Refsnes – mixing, engineering
Ulf Horbelt – mastering
Joachim Luetke – artwork, design
Emile M.E. Ashley – photography