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LEAVES' EYES Singer Talks About Upcoming Solo Album

December 17, 2009

Metal-Experience.com recently conducted an interview with LEAVES' EYES/ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

On her upcoming solo album (the follow-up to 2006's "Enter My Religion"):

Liv Kristine: "The new solo album is almost finished. It is clear we are working a lot; everyone who wants to bring in something is allowed for that. It went very fast soon after the 'Njord' [LEAVES' EYES' new album] production. Guitarist Thorsten Bauer and I sat down, and just wrote amazing music. It is an inspirational flash and we recorded everything in one long session."

Metal-Experience.com: Is it different than before?

Liv Kristine: "Normally we record the vocals in a separate room. This time I sat next to Thorsten with a shield to protect me from the other sounds coming from outside, to filter only my voice, and we communicated directly. We recorded each song in one take, without cutting and pasting the voice afterwards. On this album, you can really hear and feel that the songs are 'alive' and 'real.'"

Metal-Experience.com: It sounds like it is totally different from what you did before, right?

Liv Kristine: "Yes, it makes the new album more personal and close. I only used two or three instruments and a few rocky arrangements. It is more an individual album. We have to wait with the release 'till after the LEAVES' EYES promotion. Beginning of 2010 is the [expected release date]."

Metal-Experience.com: Wasn't it scary to be so close on the skin of the listener?

Liv Kristine: "I felt a bit more fragile and naked, because my singing voice comes from deep inside. However, I do not fear it. I am not afraid of showing you who I am, nor of critics. I loved 'Enter My Religion', but now I see that it was slightly too polished, sometimes. It was released by a huge major label with a big campaign. This time I keep it more basic."

Metal-Experience.com: So you want to have it back in your hands?

Liv Kristine: "I let nobody talk into my business, I won't let the big money decide what, how and when to do things! I have made my bad experience and being a mother and more grown up and experienced, I want no circus. It is music from the heart and it's personal! In both LEAVES' EYES and my solo project, you get Liv Kristine, but my talent, knowledge and voice are wrapped up in different ways."

Read the entire interview from Metal-Experience.com.

"Fake A Smile" video (from 2006's "Enter My Religion"):

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