Leaves' Eyes

History plays a large part in European metal band Leaves' Eyes' second album,
Vinland Saga. Following Leif Erickson's epic journey to Greenland in 1000
A.D., the disc mixes singer Liv Kristine Krull's lyrical imaginings of the
voyage with the band's genre-busting blend of metal riffs and sentimental
strings, resulting in both soft, folk-oriented pieces as well as wild Gothic
metal. Leaves' Eyes' second album after 2004's Lovelorn, Vinland Saga further
establishes the band as one of the freshest, most intriguing voices in
European rock.