LEAVES' EYES male vocalist Alex Krull (ATROCITY) has checked in with the following update:

"First of all, the concert at Wave Gotik Treffen was a real blast! In 2004 we had our first Leaves' Eyes show ever at WGT! Now we came back and we were playing again in front of thousands of people which were celebrating with us! Awesome! It was very nice to meet our longtime friends in CREAMATORY at WGT, too, and having a little aftershow party with them.

The last two shows at MetalFest in Pilsen and Budapest have been great, too. In Pilsen a storm with rain and hail started while we played the new song 'At Heaven's End' and it lasted until the end of our show. But the audience just kept banging and clapping their hands, it couldn't fit better to our musical style and lyrics. The fans in Budapest rocked from the first second until the end of the show - yeah! A big thank you to the fans for making these shows unforgettable!"

A picture gallery from Metalfest Budapest courtesy of Jaqueline Rebersch is available at this location.

As previously reported, Leaves' Eyes issued a special Fan Edition of their Njord album in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on May 21st. The band has confirmed August 31st as the official release date for Canada and the US, and August 27th for the rest of the world.

The tracklist of the special Njord Fan Edition, featuring a bonus CD of seven non-album tracks, is as follows:

'Njord'

'My Destiny'

'Emerald Island'

'Take The Devil In Me'

'Scarborough Fair'

'Through Our Veins'

'Irish Rain'

'Northbound'

'Ragnarok'

'Morgenland'

'The Holy Bond'

'Frøya's Theme'

'Landscape of the Dead' (bonus track)

'Les Champs de Lavande' (bonus track)

At Heaven's End (bonus CD - seven non-album tracks)

'At Heaven's End

'Angus and the Swan

'Irish Rain (acoustic version)

'The Battle of Maldon

'Scarborough Fair (acoustic version)

'Nine Wave Maidens

'My Destiny (remix)

'My Destiny (video clip)

A full length clip of the song 'Irish Rain' featuring guest vocals from vocalist Liv Kristine's sister and MIDNATTSOL vocalist Carmen Elise is available below.