Former The 3rd And The Mortal vocalist Kari Rueslåtten, who is now one-third of The Sirens also featuring Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) and Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes), has checked in with the following update:

"In 1995 I had just left The 3rd and the Mortal. I was sad about leaving them, but I was also eager to start making songs on my own. I bought a 4-track Portastudio and started to record new music onto the cassette. I decided to send the songs to record companies, but also release the songs on my own on a CD. Soon the CD was sold out, and I had a record deal with Sony Music Norway. 

I have had a little dream to put the songs on vinyl one day – and now this has become a reality! My very good friend Arild Juul has made a fresh version of the front cover, and I have found two previously un-released songs from another 1995-session and added them as bonus tracks. Release date is April 16th. It will also be available on CD. Pre-order is now possible from my web page. 

Good news about Spindelsinn too – the CD is in stock again! (I'm looking into the possibility of releasing Spindelsinn on vinyl some time later this year, but date is not certain yet)."