King of Kings (Leaves' Eyes album)

King of Kings
Studio album by Leaves' Eyes
Released	September 11, 2015
Genre	Folk metal Pagan metal Symphonic metal Gothic metal Viking metal
Length	43:08 (standard) 51:08 (deluxe) 1:44:30 (gold)
Label	AFM Records, Nuclear Blast
Producer	Alexander Krull
Leaves' Eyes chronology
Symphonies of the Night (2013) King Of Kings (2015)
Singles from King of Kings
"Halvdan the Black" Released: August 8, 2015 "The Waking Eye" Released: August 28, 2015

King of Kings is the sixth studio album by the German symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. It contains guest appearances of a.o. Simone Simons from the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica and Lindy-Fay Hella from the Norwegian dark folk act Wardruna. It is their last album with Liv Kristine on vocals.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweven" (Prelude)	2:03
2.	"King of Kings"	4:47
3.	"Halvdan the Black"	4:22
4.	"The Waking Eye"	4:41
5.	"Feast of the Year" (Interlude)	0:37
6.	"Vengeance Venom"	3:17
7.	"Sacred Vow"	4:20
8.	"Edge of Steel" (featuring Simone Simons of Epica)	5:06
9.	"Haraldskvæði"	3:24
10.	"Blazing Waters" (featuring Lindy-Fay Hella of Wardruna)	7:30
11.	"Swords in Rock"	3:01
Total length:		43:08

Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Spellbound"	4:06
13.	"Trail of Blood"	3:54
Total length:		51:08

Exclusive Gold Edition - Bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
14.	"The Waking Eye" (piano) (featuring Oliver Palotai of Kamelot)	3:35
15.	"Swords in Rock" (acoustic)	3:07
16.	"Vengeance Venom" (acoustic)	3:24
17.	"Sweven" (instrumental)	2:03
18.	"King of Kings" (instrumental)	4:47
19.	"Halvdan the Black" (instrumental)	4:22
20.	"The Waking Eye" (instrumental)	4:41
21.	"Feast of the Year" (instrumental)	0:38
22.	"Vengeance Venom" (instrumental)	3:17
23.	"Sacred Vow" (instrumental)	4:21
24.	"Edge of Steel" (instrumental)	5:06
25.	"Haraldskvæði" (instrumental)	3:25
26.	"Blazing Waters" (instrumental)	7:31
27.	"Swords in Rock" (instrumental)	3:01
Total length:		1:44:30

Editions

• The exclusive gold edition (released throughout Nuclear Blast) is limited to 300 box sets with golden swords, limited double CD in Media Book, golden swords sculpture in the style of the album story and a handwritten letter from singer Liv Kristine.

Personnel

Leaves' Eyes

• Thorsten Bauer - bass, guitars
• Liv Kristine - female vocals
• Alexander Krull - vocals, keyboards, samples, producer
• Joris Nijenhuis - drums
• Pete Streit - guitars

Guest/session musicians

• White Russian Symphony Orchestra - orchestra (directed by Victor Smolski)
• Simone Simons (Epica) - vocals on Edges of Steel
• Lindy-Fay Hella (Wardruna) - vocals on Blazing Waters
• London Voices (The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Harry Potter and Interstellar) - choir ensemble
• Oliver Palotai (Kamelot) - piano on The Waking Eye
• Leon Krull - spoken words on Sweven
• Christian Roch (E-Lane, Remember Twilight) - uilleann pipes, flute, whistle
• Christoph Kutzer - cello
• Janna Kirchhof - nyckelharpa
• Kathrin Schlumpf - harp
• Elvya Dulcimer - hammered dulcimer
• Fieke van den Hurk - hurdy gurdy
• Sophie Zaaijer - solo violin
• Knuth Jerxsen - percussions

Crew

• Stefan Heilemann - artwork

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[1]	90
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[2]	130
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[3]	83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5]	54

External links

• Official website

1. "Ultratop.be – Leaves' Eyes – King of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
2. "Ultratop.be – Leaves' Eyes – King of Kings" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Leaves' Eyes – King of Kings" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
4. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
5. "Swisscharts.com – Leaves' Eyes – King of Kings". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2015.