''The Seventh Life Path'' is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian

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band

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. It was released on May 8 in Europe, May 11 in the United Kingdom and May 12, 2015 in North America through

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. This will be the first record released by the Austrian record company since '' An Elixir for Existence''. It is their last album featuring longtime Spanish female vocalist

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Cover art

Sirenia contacted renowned artist Gyula Havancsák of Hjules Illustration and Design to illustrate the cover for their newest album. Regarding the other symbols in the cover art, Gyula mentions that the band:

Track listing

Personnel

Sirenia

* Morten Veland – vocals, all other instruments *

– vocals

Session musicians

*Joakim Næss – clean male vocals on "Elixir" *Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan and Emilie Bernou – The Sirenian Choir

Additional notes

*Spanish translation on "Tragedienne" by Ailyn *"The Seventh Life Path" was recorded in Audio Avenue Studios (

Tau, Norway Tau is a village in Strand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the Horgefjorden, a branch of the main Boknafjorden. Strand Church is located in the village. The village has a population (2019) of 3, ...

), additional recordings were done in Sound Suite Studios (

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) *Produced and engineered by Morten Veland *Pre-produced in Audio Avenue Studios (Tau, Norway) *Mixed and mastered by Endre Kirkesola at dUb studios (

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) *

Cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product, such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game ( box art), music album ( album ar ...

work, design and layout by Gyula Havancsák *Band photos by Fotograf Tom Knudsen

Charts

References

External links

Gyula Havancsák's website

Metallum Archives
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