An Elixir for Existence

Infobox Album | Name = An Elixir For Existence
Type = studio
Artist = Sirenia


Released = August 3, 2004
Recorded = September and October 2003
Genre = Symphonic metal Gothic metal
Length = 53:44
Label = Napalm Records
Producer = Terje Refsnes, Morten Veland
Reviews =
* [http://metal-observer.com/ Metal Observer] Rating-10|9 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5734 link]
* [http://metalstorm.ee/ Metal Storm] Rating-10|8.5 [http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/album.php?album_id=1959&band_id=281&bandname=Sirenia link]
Last album = "At Sixes and Sevens"
(2002) | This album = "An Elixir For Existence"
(2004)
Next album = "Sirenian Shores" (EP)
(2004) |

"An Elixir for Existence" is the second album from gothic metal band Sirenia, released in 2004. The album has a distinctly different feel from the previous At Sixes and Sevens, a change which can be attributed to a new female vocalist, Henriette Bordvik.

An overwhelming number of the songs are concerned with mental conditions, be it depression ("Voices Within"), drug use ("Euphoria"), or thoughts of suicide ("The Fall Within"); of course; the meanings of all of these songs are subject to further conjecture.

Track listing

# Lithium and a Lover – 6:33
# Voices Within – 6:52
# A Mental Symphony – 5:25
# Euphoria – 6:35
# In My Darkest Hours – 6:04
# Save Me from Myself – 4:14
# The Fall Within – 6:48
# Star-Crossed – 6:28
# Seven Sirens and a Silver Tear – 4:45

Credits

*Henriette Bordvik - vocals
*Kristian Gundersen - Guitar, vocals
*Morten Veland - Bass, drums, Guitar, vocals
*Jonathan Perez - drums