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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 symphonic/gothic metal band Sirenia. Whilst in Sirenia she was the fourth singer and sung on more full Sirenia albums than any other singer to date. In 2020 she joined the reformed Trail of Tears. Before joining Sirenia, she was one of the contestants on Series 1 (2007) for Spain's version of ''The X Factor'', and was eliminated in the fourth episode. Early life Her musical career started at the age of 15, when she studied solfege and classical singing at The Albéniz School of Music. Her professional debut was in 2002 in Cornellà de Llobregat, in an annual benefit fashion show the city held to raise money for Alzheimer's sufferers. Her first discographic contract was as part of the group Charm (a female vocal trio that played Japanese m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirenia (band)
Sirenia is a Norwegian gothic metal band from Stavanger, founded in 2001 by Morten Veland. The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir, and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states. History 2001–2003: ''At Sixes and Sevens'' In January 2001, Veland, a founding member of Tristania left the band, within a few weeks Veland had a new band along with three other members. He had written material for Tristania's next release but because of the split, he used it towards Sirenia's debut album '' At Sixes and Sevens'' with other new material written for it as well. The band entered the studio by November or December 2001. The band failed to find a suitable singer prior to recording in France, so they hired a session female singer named Fabienne Gondamin. 2004–2006: ''An Elixir for Existence'' On the subsequent tour Fabienne Gondamin was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Factor X (Spain)
''Factor X'' is the Spanish version of the British television music competition ''The X Factor'', created by Simon Cowell. The show, first aired on Cuatro between 2007 and 2008, following the British format from 2005 to 2006, with three categories, mentored by one judge each, whom choose the acts to represent the category in the live shows. The judges were singer and DJ Miqui Puig, music manager and headhunter Eva Perales and music radio producer Jorge Flo. Nuria Roca hosted the show. The first season was won by María Villalón. The second season was won by Vocal Tempo. On 27 September 2017, Telecinco announced the revival of the series with the production of a new season. It was hosted by Jesús Vázquez. On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the panel of mentors would consist of singer Laura Pausini, publicist and television personality Risto Mejide, radio host Xavi Martínez, and musician and music producer Fernando Montesinos. Nando Escribano hosted the side show ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Factor X (Spanish TV Series)
''Factor X'' is the Spanish version of the British television music competition ''The X Factor'', created by Simon Cowell. The show, first aired on Cuatro between 2007 and 2008, following the British format from 2005 to 2006, with three categories, mentored by one judge each, whom choose the acts to represent the category in the live shows. The judges were singer and DJ Miqui Puig, music manager and headhunter Eva Perales and music radio producer Jorge Flo. Nuria Roca hosted the show. The first season was won by María Villalón. The second season was won by Vocal Tempo. On 27 September 2017, Telecinco announced the revival of the series with the production of a new season. It was hosted by Jesús Vázquez. On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the panel of mentors would consist of singer Laura Pausini, publicist and television personality Risto Mejide, radio host Xavi Martínez, and musician and music producer Fernando Montesinos. Nando Escribano hosted the side sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Of Tears (band)
Trail of Tears is a Norwegian gothic/ symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 by Terje Heiseldal, Kjell Rune Hagen, Jonathan A Perez, Michael Krumins, and Ronny Thorsen, under the name of Natt. Through most of their career the band emphasised the use of contrasting soprano and death grunt vocals, except for the release of ''Free Fall into Fear'' in 2005, in which the band switched this contrast mostly to tenor and growls, with less frequent soprano passages. The band disbanded in 2013, being succeeded by Thorsen's project Viper Solfa. In 2020, they reformed with old and new members, including previous Sirenia vocalist Ailyn. History Formation and ''Disclosure in Red'' (1994 – 2000) Formed in 1994, the band's initial name was Natt; the band recorded a self-titled demo with that name. In 1997 their name was switched to Trail of Tears, in order to reflect the evolution of their sound and the changes that had been made from their initial line-up. The first demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Life Path
''The Seventh Life Path'' is the seventh studio album by 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 record released by the Austrian record company since ''An Elixir for Existence''. It is their last album featuring longtime Spanish female vocalist Ailyn. 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 *Ailyn – 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 Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, it was mastered and mixed by Endre Kirkesola at Dub Studios in Norway. It was the band's last album released by Nuclear Blast, before the expiration of their long-term contract. Cover art The album cover art represents a fortuitous event. It was created by the British Gothic artist Anne Stokes. Veland found the sinister painting, titled "Siren's Lament" - a depiction of a reclining siren upon a rock in a sea cave, sliding her tail through the skulls of her (apparent) victims, as they float on the water surface - when he surfed the Internet looking for a suitable illustration for the album. He contacted Stokes, who is well known internationally for her fantasy art. She gave him permission to use it on the then unreleased album. In the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 on 21 January 2011 through ''Nuclear Blast''.Blabbermouth.netSIRENIA: New Album Track Listing, Cover Artwork, Release Date Revealed/ref> The album was mastered at ''Finnvox Studios'' in Finland. The download-only single, ''"The End of It All"'', was released on 21 December 2010. Track listing All songs written by Morten Veland. * ''"The End of It All" has a video.'' Personnel Sirenia *Morten Veland – vocals, all other instruments *Ailyn – vocals Session musicians *Stephanie Valentin – violins *Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebel, Emilie Lesbros – The Sirenian Choir Additional notes *Spanish translations of "El Enigma de la Vida" and "Oscura Realidad" by Ailyn *"The Enigma of Life" was recorded in Audio Avenue Studios (Tau, Norway), additional recordings of choirs, acousti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esplugues De Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat () is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Formerly in the ''Barcelonès'', since 1990 it has been part of the comarca of Baix Llobregat. During recent decades Esplugues has evolved from a predominantly industrial town to a more diverse service area, preserving, however, its cultural and historical identity. It is known for its characteristic old quarter, the only one in the Baix Llobregat area with such evocative and romantic areas. The winding ''Carrer de Montserrat'' goes through the sprawling architectural complex built between 1968 and 2017 by sculptor Xavier Corberó. The mansion of ''Can Cortada'' was home to the Baron Maldà, author of Calaix de Sastre, the most representative work of Catalan literature of the late 18th century. Esplugues holds a remarkable natural area with parks and green spaces such as the Park of Solidarity, the Park of Torrents and the Can Vidalet Park. From the mountain of Sant Pere Màrtir, it is possible to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dim Days Of Dolor
''Dim Days of Dolor'' is the eighth studio album by 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 Ailyn. On October 6, 2016, it was released a lyric video for "The 12th Hour". A music video was made for the song "Dim Days of Dolor" directed by Owe Lingvall and released on November 11, 2016. Background ''Dim Days of Dolor'' was composed in the beginning of 2016, and recorded between June and July of that year in Morten Veland 's personal recording studio (Audio Avenue Studios) in Tau, Rogaland. Additional recordings were made at Sound Suite Studios in Marseille. On July 5, Sirenia announced that their female vocalist Ailyn Giménez left the band for "personal reasons". She didn't participate in any of the final recording sessions held for this work, but she recorded the full album in demo version during the early stages. On August, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenity (band)
Serenity is an Austrian symphonic power metal band, which was originally formed back in 2001. They became a more stable group with a consistent line-up in 2004, when it also began using more progressive and power influences than earlier. They have defined their genre with more melodic and symphonic metal elements. Most of their music focuses on important historical figures and events, including Sir Francis Drake, Marco Polo, Galileo, Beethoven, and Napoleon. They currently have produced seven studio albums and two demos. The members of Serenity have taken their talents outside of their music and have shared their interests and devotions with others. Vocalist Georg Neuhauser is a M.Sc. as both a geography and history teacher. He is currently in university to work on his doctoral thesis. Drummer Andreas Schipflinger is a research and development technician in the construction of cochlea implant system hearing aids. Bassist Fabio D'Amore is a sound engineer and studio manager, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 13th Floor (album)
''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. 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 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonic Metal
Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra, or just keyboard orchestration. Symphonic metal bands can feature classically trained vocalists, in which case they can be attributed nicknames such as opera metal or operatic metal. Perhaps the most pioneering and prominent examples of symphonic metal bands are Swedish band Therion, Finnish band Nightwish, Italian band Rhapsody of Fire and Dutch bands Within Temptation, The Gathering and Epica. All six bands place a large focus on elements prevalent in film scores in addition to the more basic classical components utilized more widely in the genre. Musical characteristics The metal subgenres most ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
