''Sign of the Dragonhead'' is the seventh studio album of the German
symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...
band
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. Formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, along with the entire line-up of Atrocity (band), Atrocity, the band has since released eight studio a ...
. It is their first full-length release with
Elina Siirala as lead vocalist, following
Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band Thea ...
's departure in 2016.
Track listing
Notes
* The limited, digipak and box set editions of the album contain a second instrumental disc with all the tracks from the regular edition.
Personnel
Leaves' Eyes
* Joris Nijenhuis – drums, choir vocals, assistant recording
* Pete Streit – guitars
*
Elina Siirala – female vocals, choir vocals
* Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass, mandolin, choir vocals, songwriting, assistant recording, orchestral arrangements
*
Alexander Krull
Alexander "Alex" Krull (born 31 July 1970) is a German musician who is the lead vocalist for metal band Atrocity, as well as backing vocalist and keyboardist in the band Leaves' Eyes.
Biography
Krull was born in Ludwigsburg, where he formed ...
– growling vocals, choir vocals, samples, programming, songwriting, lyrics, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering, production, cover art concept
Additional musicians
* London Voices – choir vocals
* Christian Roch – uilleann pipes, flute, whistles
* Christoph Kutzer – cello
* Thomas Roth – nyckelharpa
* Full Moon Choir – additional choir vocals
* Uwe Fichtner – choir vocals
* Andreas Bösch – choir vocals
* Christel Fichtner – additional choir vocals
* Sophie Zaaijer – solo violin
* Fieke van den Hurk – hurdy gurdy
* Knuth Jerxsen – percussion, effected drums
Production
* Stefan Heilemann – cover art concept, artwork, band photography
* Victor Smolski – recording
* Mat Bartram – recording
* Chris Parker – assistant recording
Charts
References
External links
Official website
2018 albums
Leaves' Eyes albums
AFM Records albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Albums produced by Alexander Krull
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