Leaves’ Eyes – We Came With The Northern Winds / En Saga I Belgia (2009)

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This double CD live album from the German and Leaves’ Eyes will be a nice addition for all die hard fans of the band, as well as people starting to get into the band’s music. It provides a great variety of songs from all of their previous releases. The audio was taken from their performance at the Metal Female Voices Fest in 2007. And while the production was delayed, it was well worth the wait.

Leaves’ Eyes is pretty much Atrocity + Liv Kristine, but their music is a Nordic inspired Gothic Metal, that is mainly characterized by Liv’s beautiful voice. But this does not mean the music is not good, since the band members have been creating excellent music in Atrocity for years. And Atrocity is known to experiment within the realms of metal and beyond.

This live CD is perfectly produced and shows the high quality of the band’s live performances. The live mix is a too focused in outlining Liv’s vocals, but if you pay attention all the other instruments are present and perfectly played.

I was a little hesitant after watching the Live in Wacken 2008 performance, since the mix was weird and her vocals sounded funny. I’m a very picky person when it comes to live performances since I want the band to sound as close as possible to the album. And in the previously mentioned Wacken performance the band was far from it. But after listening to this release, it was clearly a glitch in the recording of the Wacken performance or it was just bad mixing. Since Liv Kristine sounds amazing like always, and the band is darn close to album quality.

I will definitely be acquiring the live DVD, since in my opinion it’s frustating to only listen to live recordings and not be able to see them.

Band: Leaves’ Eyes Album: We Came With The Northern Winds
Label: Napalm Records Year: 2008
Official Site myspace
Genre: Gothic Metal

Country: Germany

Rating: 88/100

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