Emmanuelle Zoldan (born 18 June 1977) is a French
singer
Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...
, best known for her work as a
session musician
A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a reco ...
in
heavy metal bands as
Sirenia
The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The extant Sirenia comprise two distinct famili ...
,
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of about 60,000 people of the " Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans and their black slaves within that were ethnically cleansed by the U ...
and
Turisas
Turisas is a Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, and named after an ancient Finnish god of war.
Turisas plays folk metal, incorporating elements of power metal and symphonic ...
, among others. She is currently the vocalist of Sirenia.
Career
Zoldan is an operatic
mezzo-soprano
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singer.
She has combined her musical activities in the most diverse genres, singing in several operas in France for many years and worked simultaneously with some heavy metal bands and other personal projects. Two of her most notable appearances were in
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of about 60,000 people of the " Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850, and the additional thousands of Native Americans and their black slaves within that were ethnically cleansed by the U ...
's ''
Existentia'' (2007) and
Turisas
Turisas is a Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, and named after an ancient Finnish god of war.
Turisas plays folk metal, incorporating elements of power metal and symphonic ...
's ''
Battle Metal
''Battle Metal'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas. It was released on 26 July 2004 by Century Media.
Background and production
Turisas was formed in 1997, but did not have a recording contract until November 20 ...
'' (2004), where she was the main female vocalist.
On 8 September 2016, Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia announced that Zoldan is their new official vocalist, replacing Spanish singer
Ailyn
Pilar María Del Carmen Mónica Giménez García (born 29 May 1982), known professionally as Ailyn Giménez or simply Ailyn, is a Spanish singer. She is the current vocalist of Her Chariot Awaits and the former vocalist of the Norwegian gothic ...
Gimenez. Previously, she had worked with that group regularly for 13 years and was part of their ''Sirenian Choir''. She contributed with lead vocals on a cover of
Leonard Cohen
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"
First We Take Manhattan
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", included in the EP ''
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. ...
'' (2004).
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Discography
With Sirenia
* ''Dim Days of Dolor
''Dim Days of Dolor'' is the eighth studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia. It was released on November 11, 2016 through Napalm Records. It is their first album with French vocalist Emmanuelle Zoldan following the departure of Ai ...
'' (2016)
*'' Arcane Astral Aeons'' (2018)
* '' Riddles, Ruins & Revelations'' (2021)
*''1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
'' (2023)
As session musician
With Penumbra
* ''Seclusion
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'' (2003)
With Turisas
* ''Battle Metal
''Battle Metal'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Turisas. It was released on 26 July 2004 by Century Media.
Background and production
Turisas was formed in 1997, but did not have a recording contract until November 20 ...
'' (2004)
With Sirenia
* '' An Elixir for Existence'' (2004)
* ''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. ...
'' (EP, 2004)
* '' Nine Destinies and a Downfall'' (2007)
* '' The 13th Floor'' (2009)
* ''The Enigma of Life
''The Enigma of Life'' is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia and their second with the Spanish vocalist Ailyn. It was released in Europe on 21 January 2011 through Nuclear BlastBlabbermouth.netbr>SIRENIA: New Album ...
'' (2011)
* ''Perils of the Deep Blue
''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.
Produced by Morten Veland, ...
'' (2013)
* ''The Seventh Life Path
''The Seventh Life Path'' is the seventh studio album by the 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 rec ...
'' (2015)
With Trail of Tears
* '' Existentia'' (2007)
With Mortemia
* '' Misere Mortem'' (2010)
References
External links
Opera concerts program at ''Opera Musica''
Profile at Metal Archives
Discogs.com
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1976 births
Living people
Musicians from Aix-en-Provence
21st-century French singers
English-language singers from France
French heavy metal singers
Women heavy metal singers
Musicians from Marseille
French operatic mezzo-sopranos
French expatriates in Norway
21st-century French women opera singers
French session musicians
French rock singers
French women rock singers
21st-century French women singers