Sirenia are back with a brand new gothic metal album, which goes by the name of Perils Of The Deep Blue. It's almost impossible to compare Sirenia to any other band in the world of female fronted metal. They've had a handful of singers throughout the past twelve years of their existence, but finally they seem to have found the true pearl in the metal ocean. The Spanish beauty Ailyn has been in Sirenia for quite some years now and on Perils Of The Deep Blue, it's clear as day that she's been working a lot on her vocal skills. It all sounds a lot more diverse and coherent and that's something I'd really been waiting for. The previous albums were really great, but this record absolutely stands out. It might just be the band's ticket to get back into the big business of female fronted metal.
These times, I think it's a risk to open an album with an entire intro song. There are only two ways to go from that point: or it's an amazingly good setting-the vibe piece of music, leading your way into the album's concept or it's just pure crap. Fortunately, on Perils Of The Deep Blue, it's the first one. It's been a while since I've heard such a beautiful interlude, floating into one of the most bombastic pieces of music I've heard in a while. "Seven Widows Weep" could've come right off a Dimmu Borgir album, but it's Sirenia to the core! Ailyn sounds incredibly powerful and her voice really stands out from the heavy sound Sirenia puts forward.
On Perils Of The Deep Blue we get everything we're used to of Sirenia, both the melancholy and the beauty and the beast effect, but it's all brought a higher level. The album is surprisingly fast and refreshing. Sirenia got me enchanted once again.