Vocalist LIV KRISTINE (LEAVES' EYES) has issued an update on her forthcoming fourth studio album. Liv reports from Mastersound Studio with the following:

"Summer greetings from Mastersound Studio! The mixdown and mastering of my fourth solo album, which is called Libertine, was completed yesterday and will be given a release date soon.

Libertine is truly a milestone in my career; it sums up my most important artistic experiences in my creative journey through life. The more rock and metal-based songs like 'Vanilla Skin Delight' (incl. superb male vocals from Tobias Regner), 'Paris Paris', 'Solve Me' and title track, 'Libertine', certainly expose some of those magic moments which fans of THEATRE OF TRAGEDY enjoyed and treasured on Aegis and Musique. The ballads 'Silence', 'Love Crime' and 'Meet Me In The Red Sky' will go straight into you hearts, each of them being absolute individual in their emotional expressions and musical compositions.

Alex gave each track a perfect sound in the mix by emphasizing on each song's characteristic accent and atmosphere. I can't wait to let you hear this album; it is exceptional to me both personally and in my artistic career, and I can't wait to play these songs for you live!

The cover and booklet artwork is completed as well. It took a while for me, personally, to find the artistic expression I wished to expose in my pictures, however, Heile (www.heilemania.com) and Alex guided me into the right direction, for which I am so happy and grateful. The cover of Libertine will be revealed soon, so stay tuned!

Love and happy greetings from my terrace, Liv."

As previously reported, Leaves' Eyes and ATROCITY have announced the first dates for their 2012 South American tour, with more shows to be confirmed soon. Their schedule is currently as follows:

July

3 - San Jose, Costa Rica - La Aduana
5 - Quito, Ecuador - Teatro Nacional Benjamin Carrion
7 - Buenes Aires, Argentina - The Roxy Live
8 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Carioca Club

Leaves' Eyes will hit the road in Europe with FIREWIND in the fall. Here are the dates announced so far:

September

25 - Paris, France - Divan du Monde
26 - Colmar, France - Le Grillen
27 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
28 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
30 - Berlin, Germany - SO36

October

2 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal
3 - Ingolstadt, Germany - Eventhalle
4 - Cologne, Germany - Underground
5 - Zwolle, The Netherlands - Hedon
6 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob

Gus G. checked in to comment on the tour as follows: “All of us in the Firewind camp are very happy to return to European stages, play for our faithful followers again and make new ones. Joining our Few Against Many campaign are the well-known and respected Leave's Eyes. We're all looking forward to this!“

Liv Kristine added the following: "Firewind and Leaves' Eyes is a killer live package! Moreover, we will be able to play at places where we haven't performed so far. I am really looking forward to this tour and to be on the road with the guys of Firewind."