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Sign of the Dragonhead

Sign of the Dragonhead is the seventh studio album of the German symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. It is their first full-length release with Elina Siirala as lead vocalist, following Liv Kristine's departure in 2016.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sign of the Dragonhead"4:06
2."Across the Sea"3:49
3."Like a Mountain"4:44
4."Jomsborg"3:25
5."Völva"3:38
6."Riders on the Wind"3:53
7."Fairer Than the Sun"4:20
8."Shadows in the Night"3:48
9."Rulers of Wind and Waves"3:00
10."Fires in the North"4:21
11."Waves of Euphoria"8:03
Total length:47:07
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Beowulf"4:07
13."Winter Nights"3:40
14."Fairer than the Sun" (Acoustic, Japanese edition)3:40
Total length:54:54

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 – 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

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 69
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 189
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 33

References

  1. ^ Album Review: LEAVES' EYES Sign Of The Dragonhead
  2. ^ Leaves' Eyes "Sign Of The Dragonhead" - Das Review auf metal.de
  3. ^ ""LEAVES' EYES To Release 'Sign Of The Dragonhead' Album In January"". Blabbermouth.net. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Leaves' Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Leaves' Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Leaves' Eyes – Sign of the Dragonhead". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2018.