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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Vinland Saga", "Into Your Light", "Lovelorn

Biography

Gothic metal band Leaves' Eyes was born out of the romantic relationship between singer Liv Kristine Espenæs and guitarist Alexander Krull, who met whilst she was fronting Norway's Theatre of Tragedy and he Germany's Atrocity. The pair eventually married and announced their musical union in 2003, with Espenæs quitting Theatre of Tragedy to join Krull and the rest of Atrocity's lineup (guitarists Thorsten Bauer and Mathias Roderer, bassist Christian Lukhaup, and drummer Nick Barker) to found Leaves' Eyes and record their 2004 debut album, Lovelorn. Along with its next-year successor, Vinland Saga, the record confirmed the new group's affinity for theatrical, symphonic goth-metal, as the leading couple living out the ‘beauty and the beast' vocal roles. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Leaves' Eyes

Leaves' Eyes at Henkersfest Stuttgart, Germany in 2007
Background information
Origin Ludwigsburg, Germany
Stavanger, Norway
Genres Symphonic metal
Years active Since 2003
Labels Napalm Records
Website www.leaveseyes.com
Members
Liv Kristine
Alexander Krull
Thorsten Bauer
Mathias Röderer
Alla Fedynitch
Seven Antonopoulos
Former members
Martin Schmidt
Moritz Neuner
Nicholas Barker
Chris Lukhaup
Peter Hornung

Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany, formed in 2003 shortly before singer and co-founder Liv Kristine was fired from Theatre of Tragedy.

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History

Leaves' Eyes was formed by Liv Kristine's (lead singer) husband Alexander Krull and members of his band Atrocity. The band combines atmospheric, heavy metal and classical elements. The melodic singing vocals of Liv Kristine are occasionally backed up by death growled vocals from Krull, identified under the vocal style Kristine refers to as "beauty and the beast".

Their debut album, Lovelorn, was released in 2004. The second album, Vinland Saga, was released 30th of May 2005, and retells the tale of the discovery of Vinland (i.e. North America) by Leif Erikson. The EP Legend Land was released on June 2, 2006 as a followup to Vinland Saga.

Liv Kristine thought of the band name, which is a homophone for her first name. Leaves is connected to nature, which has always been the biggest inspiration for her. Liv Kristine writes all of the lyrics for the band. [1]

Leaves' Eyes are currently working on their first DVD, which was recorded during a show in Belgium. It will be called We Came with the Northern Winds - En Saga I Belgia and is due February 27, 2009.[2]. They supported Blind Guardian on their North American tour in November 2006.[3] It was released in February 2009. They were scheduled to tour with Kamelot and Fairyland, as well as King Diamond and Kreator in 2008 but the tour has since been cancelled due to King Diamond suffering a serious back injury.

In February 2008, Leaves Eyes were confirmed to appear at the 2008 Wacken Open Air Festival.[4] '"We Came with the Northern Winds: En Saga I Belgia" was released in March 2009 as a double CD & DVD box set.

Their third and latest album Njord was released August 28th 2009 and the EP My Destiny was released on July 24th 2009.[5][6]

Members

Current

Liv Kristine & Alexander Krull

Former

  • Martin Schmidt - Drums (2003-2004)
  • Chris Lukhaup - Bass (2001-2007)
  • Moritz Neuner - Drums (2004-2007)
  • Nicholas Barker - Drums (2004-2008)
  • Peter Hörnung - Drums (2007-2008)

Awards

Discography

Albums

Other releases

Videography

References

  1. ^ Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull (Leaves Eyes) - Interview :: 07/15/05 :: John Dunphy
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Leaves' Eyes to begin work on first DVD". 2006-10-18. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60504. Retrieved 2006-10-19. 
  4. ^ Komodo Rock | Leaves Eyes Confirmed For Wacken Open Air
  5. ^ http://www.leaveseyes.de
  6. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=82120263&blogId=493686697
  7. ^ http://www.metalfemalevoicesfest.be/awards/awards.htm

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