My Mind's Eye (Sirenia song)
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"My Mind's Eye" is a song recorded by the Norwegian band Sirenia
. Released as a radio promotional CD, it is the only promotional single for the Nine Destinies and a Downfall
album.
and Montenegro
and recorded two videos with the iCode productions team, "My Mind's Eye" and "The Other Side".
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Sirenia (band)
Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway which incorporates a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal, as well as extreme metal and death metal elements...
. Released as a radio promotional CD, it is the only promotional single for the Nine Destinies and a Downfall
Nine Destinies and a Downfall
Nine Destinies and a Downfall is the third full-length album by the Norwegian symphonic metal band Sirenia. It was released on 23 February 2007 through Nuclear Blast...
album.
Music video
Prior to the release of Nine Destinies and a Downfall, Sirenia travelled to SerbiaSerbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
and recorded two videos with the iCode productions team, "My Mind's Eye" and "The Other Side".
Reception
The song was the first great international success for Sirenia. It topped the radio charts in several countries. The video was widely distributed in Austria, Switzerland, Australia and Germany and was broadcast on MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
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Credits
- Morten VelandMorten VelandMorten Veland is a Norwegian musician. He was one of the founding members of the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania and later founded Sirenia....
– guitars, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, programming - Monika PedersenMonika PedersenMonika Pedersen is a Danish singer of the band Sinphonia and former vocalist of the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia, replacing Henriette Bordvik...
– female vocals - Jonathan PérezJonathan Pérez (musician)Jonathan Alejandro Pérez is a Chilean drummer who is currently based in Kristiansand, Norway. He is known for his work with the Norwegian gothic metal and symphonic metal bands Trail of Tears and Sirenia.-Career:...
– drums - Damien Surian, Mathieu Landry, Emmanuelle Zoldan, Sandrine Gouttebel – choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...