Meredead
Meredead is the fourth studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. It was released on 22 April 2011 on Napalm Records. The Deluxe Edition of the album contains a bonus DVD with five songs from a live performance recorded at the Metal Female Voices Fest, in Wieze, Belgium, on 24 October 2010.
Title
The title is inspired[7] by the Old English compound noun meredēað, literally "sea-death", which is attested (in the genitive plural meredēaða) in the passage rodor swipode meredēaða mǣst, literally: "the greatest quantity of sea-deaths scourged the skies", in Exodus, the second poem of the Junius manuscript, in the section telling the story of the Crossing of the Red Sea.[8] Alternatively, meredēað could be translated as "sea of death" or "deadly sea" in view of a later passage in the same text: meredēað geswealh, literally "sea-death swallowed".[9] On her website, Liv Kristine explicitly recommends Marsden 2004, and quotes the explanation for meredēað given in the book, saying that Meredead could be translated as "dead by the sea".[7]
Track lists
All lyrics written by Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull; all music composed by Alexander Krull and Thorsten Bauer, except where noted.
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"Spirits' Masquerade" | |
6:31 |
2. |
"Étaín" | |
3:58 |
3. |
"Velvet Heart" | |
3:42 |
4. |
"Kråkevisa" ("Crow's Ballad") | traditional |
4:34 |
5. |
"To France" (Mike Oldfield cover) | Mike Oldfield |
4:37 |
6. |
"Meredead" ("The Deadly Sea") | |
5:19 |
7. |
"Sigrlinn" | |
8:47 |
8. |
"Mine tåror er ei grimme" ("My Tears Are Not Hideous") | |
2:54 |
9. |
"Empty Horizon" | |
4:58 |
10. |
"Veritas" ("Truth") | |
0:48 |
11. |
"Nystev" ("New Stave") | traditional |
4:39 |
12. |
"Tell-Tale Eyes" | |
3:58 |
13. |
"Sorhleod" ("Song of Sorrow", bonus track) | |
5:04 |
14. |
"Melusine" | |
3:34 |
15. |
"Legend Land" (acoustic) | Espenæs Krull, Krull, Bauer, Chris Lukhaup, Mathias Röderer. |
3:46 |
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"Njord" |
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2. |
"My Destiny" |
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3. |
"Ragnarok" |
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4. |
"Elegy" |
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5. |
"Frøya's Theme" |
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Personnel
Leaves' Eyes
- Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull – lead and backing vocals
- Alexander Krull – harsh vocals, keyboards, programming, samples
- Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass, mandolin on tracks 1, 5 and 12
- Sander van der Meer - guitars
- Roland Navratil - drums, percussions
Additional musicians
- Lingua Mortis Orchestra from Minsk, Belarus, directed by Victor Smolski
- Al dente Choir from Kleinbottwar, Germany, directed by Veronika Messmer
- Anette Guldbrandsen - backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4, 8, 10, 11
- Carmen Elise Espenæs - lead and backing vocals on track 7
- Maite Itoiz - lead and backing vocals on tracks 2 and 6, baroque guitar on track 12
- John Kelly - lead vocals on track 12
- Chirstian Roch - Uilleann pipes and whistles
- Janna Kirchhof - fiddle on tracks 2, 3 and 11, nyckelharpa on track 4
Production
- Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing and mastering at Mastersound Studios
- Thorsten Bauer, Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull - assistant engineers
- Victor Smolski - orchestra recording engineer
- Orchestral arrangements by Leaves' Eyes
Charts
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