Carmen Susana Simões
Carmen Susana Simões | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 March 1973 |
| Origin | Portugal |
| Genres | Gothic metal, doom metal, ethereal wave, dark wave |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | vocals |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
Carmen Susana Simões (born 8 March 1973, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese singer and lyricist of darkwave and gothic music, characterized by a melancholic mezzo-soprano voice.
Carmen began her musical career in local Gothic rock bands known as 'Poetry of Shadows' and 'Isiphilon'. In 1997, Carmen soon became the lead singer of the prestigious darkwave band Aenima.[1] As of 2005, next to the award winning musician Rune Eriksen, she became the vocalist for the Doom metal band Ava Inferi, where she would also participate in a Moonspell album, in 2007.[2]
As of 2013, Rune Eriksen and Carmen Susana Simões announced the disbandment of Ava Inferi.[3][4]
Discography
[edit]- with
- Isiphilon
- Essence (1997)
- with
- Aenima
- Revolutions (1999)
- Never Fragile - EP (2002)
- Sentient (2003)
- with
- Ava Inferi
- Burdens (2006)
- The Silhouette (2007)
- Blood Of Bacchus (2009)
- Onyx (2011)
References
[edit]- ^ aenima.org/ Archived 29 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ season-of-mist.com/ Archived 2 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ava Inferi – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Ava Inferi – Call It Quits – Metal Storm". metalstorm.net. Retrieved 28 May 2014.