![]() ![]() In 2016, Leaves' Eyes underwent their most significant lineup change when lead vocalist Liv Kristine left the band. 2011's Meredead was selected by European, Australian, and South American critics as a year-end title across the entire rock genre. Thanks to relentless touring, 2005's Vinland Saga made critics' lists as one of the year's best metal outings and established them as a headline act. Lineup changes have been frequent and are far-reaching, but haven't altered their core sound. Their acclaimed 2004 Napalm debut, Lovelorn, helped establish their signature "Beauty and the Beast" group vocal approach (clean and dirty) utilized by so many bands in their wake. Intensely melodic, they meld classical tropes (supplemented by string, reed, and woodwind players), European folk musics, and riff-driven power metal. They write and record elaborately arranged songs whose subjects and themes derive from nature, love, European history, and pagan and Norse mythology. Originally a supergroup, their members were culled from Norway's Theatre of Tragedy and Germany's Atrocity. ![]() ![]() Leaves' Eyes are a globe-trotting European metal band whose sound is anchored in gothic, progressive, and symphonic metal. ![]()
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