LEAVES' EYES vocalist Liv Kristine has checked in with another look at the songs on the band's new album, Meredead, this time showcasing the track 'Mine Tåror Er Ei Grimme':

"Dear Fans & Friends,

The basic idea behind this song is the medieval ballad. Musically, we decided to base the instruments on the vocals, as the vocal lines and the lyrics came first in the composing process of this track. That's rather an exception to the rule, by the way; normally music comes first, and then vocal lines with lyrics.

Thematically, the lyrics are of elegiac content. It is a melancholic poem, in which a wife mourns a lament for her dead husband, fallen in battle. We follow her in the mental processing of the pictures of his brutal death, but as the same time she is trying to forget them, i.e. to move on with her life somehow. She is trying to find the answers in her elegy, and in her heart. 'The red gold' surely refers to the sun, however, has a connotation to blood, both essential for the existence of life. It was quite an emotional experience to record this song, as it has a sad content. Moreover, I sung it in Nynorsk (New Norwegian or Norwegian Nynorsk), which is the majority language form of Western Norway, including Stavanger, where I grew up.

Go to this location to check out the lyrics to the song.

Leaves' Eyes released Meredead on April 22nd in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via Napalm Records. The album is available exclusively as limited edition Mediabook CD including bonus track and bonus DVD Live At The Metal Female Voices Festival 2010, strictly limited edition Deluxe Box Set and regular jewel case.

Meredead was produced by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studio and features the following tracklisting:

'Spirits’ Masquerade'

'Étaín'

'Velvet Heart'

'Kråkevisa'

'To France'

'Meredead'

'Sigrlinn'

'Mine Tåror Er Ei Grimme'

'Empty Horizon'

'Veritas'

'Nystev'

'Tell-Tale Eyes'

'Sorhleod' (Bonus Track)

Bonus DVD - Live at Metal Female Voices Festival 2010

Tracklisting:

'Njord'

'My Destiny'

'Ragnarok'

'Elegy'

'Frøya's Theme'