Some info about the album cover.
And Justice For Art have revealed some info regarding the making of the new Sirenia artwork for "The Seventh Life Path"!
"Renowned artist, Gyula Havancsák of Hjules Illustration and Design created the highly symbolical cover art for Sirenia's new album "The Seventh Life Path."
"I got some instructions from the band for the making of this cover artwork," the artist recalls. "They wanted the character of death standing behind a white dressed woman. My first thought was: How can I show a beautiful girl without face? How can I avoid to show a girl face? Well, I draw a white hood on her face, with crochet part in front of her eyes. This part looks like as a big eye that watches the fate of humans. She pull a life thread, but this one soul is lost. We can see this line (could be silver for example) change to disgusting muddy brown between her fingers...and this thread runs into a hourglass..., it falls down in the sand."
Regarding to the artwork's other symbols, Gyula also comments that Sirenia "wanted to see some roots and tree branches on the cover and the scythe that looks as the number 7 and a mountain with a path in the background. The mountain symbolizes life, the top of the mountain is the end of life. The highest point where you can look back your whole life. This is the meaning of the flexous path... The 7 number appears as 7 ravens, 7 snakes, 7 roses on the dried out wreath..."
"The Seventh Life Path", will be release on April 28 in North America (one day earlier internationally) via Napalm Records.
See more of Gyula Havancsák's work at: Hjules"