Symphonic metal band Sirenia has unveiled the official music video for 'Callous Eyes,' the second single from their forthcoming album 'Amanita Messis.' This release follows their 2023 album '1977' and marks the band's 25th anniversary with a blend of classic and modern elements.
Sirenia, the symphonic metal outfit formed by multi-instrumentalist Morten Veland in January 2001, continues its legacy with the music video for 'Callous Eyes.' The track serves as the second single from 'Amanita Messis,' an album that picks up from the melodic and catchy metal style of their previous release, '1977.' Described as relying on electronic elements blended seamlessly with metal, 'Callous Eyes' embodies the band's signature balance between past influences and future innovations.
'Amanita Messis' promises an epic journey through Sirenia's renowned sound, coinciding with the band's 25th anniversary celebrations. Fans can anticipate special anniversary tours and shows throughout the year. The album's first single, 'Nightside Den,' already has an official video shot in Marseille, France—the hometown of lead singer Emmanuelle Zoldan, who joined a decade ago.
Veland's background includes co-founding Tristania in the mid-1990s, where he helped define gothic metal as the main songwriter. With Sirenia, he has elevated that foundation, releasing 11 albums, an EP, and numerous singles that have charted in multiple countries and topped radio lists. The band has toured extensively across Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia, and Australia for over 20 years, sharing stages at major European festivals with acts like Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, and Korn.
Sirenia's music mixes gothic metal and rock with classical orchestrations and touches of extreme metal genres. It features powerful drums and bass, massive rhythm guitars, atmospheric keyboards, melancholic violins, and 12-string guitars, all while remaining melodic and groovy. Vocal diversity includes female leads, choirs, growls, screams, clean male vocals, whispers, and samples. Lyrics explore themes of life, death, love, hate, paranoia, anxiety, and mental decline, creating intense and dynamic songs.