Meredead

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	(very favorable)^[1]
About.com	^[2]
Metal Underground	^[3]
Femme Metal	(95/100)^[4]
Metal Temple	^[5]
Rockfreaks.net	(7/10)^[6]

Meredead is the fourth studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. It was released on 22 April 2011 on Napalm Records. The Deluxe Edition of the album contains a bonus DVD with five songs from a live performance recorded at the Metal Female Voices Fest, in Wieze, Belgium, on 24 October 2010.

Title

The title is inspired^[7] by the Old English compound noun meredēað, literally "sea-death", which is attested (in the genitive plural meredēaða) in the passage rodor swipode meredēaða mǣst, literally: "the greatest quantity of sea-deaths scourged the skies", in Exodus, the second poem of the Junius manuscript, in the section telling the story of the Crossing of the Red Sea.^[8] Alternatively, meredēað could be translated as "sea of death" or "deadly sea" in view of a later passage in the same text: meredēað geswealh, literally "sea-death swallowed".^[9] On her website, Liv Kristine explicitly recommends Marsden 2004, and quotes the explanation for meredēað given in the book, saying that Meredead could be translated as "dead by the sea".^[7]

Tracklists

All lyrics written by Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull, all music composed by Alexander Krull and Thorsten Bauer, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spirits' Masquerade"		6:31
2.	"Étaín"		3:58
3.	"Velvet Heart"		3:42
4.	"Kråkevisa" ("Crow's Ballad")	traditional	4:34
5.	"To France" (Mike Oldfield cover)	Mike Oldfield	4:37
6.	"Meredead" ("The Deadly Sea")		5:19
7.	"Sigrlinn"		8:47
8.	"Mine tåror er ei grimme" ("My Tears Are Not Hideous")		2:54
9.	"Empty Horizon"		4:58
10.	"Veritas" ("Truth")		0:48
11.	"Nystev" ("New Stave")	traditional	4:39
12.	"Tell-Tale Eyes"		3:58
13.	"Sorhleod" ("Song of Sorrow", bonus track)		5:04

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Melusine"		3:34
15.	"Legend Land" (acoustic)	Espenæs Krull, Krull, Bauer, Chris Lukhaup, Mathias Röderer.	3:46

Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Njord"
2.	"My Destiny"
3.	"Ragnarok"
4.	"Elegy"
5.	"Frøya's Theme"

Personnel

Leaves' Eyes

Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull – lead and backing vocals
Alexander Krull – harsh vocals, keyboards, programming, samples
Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass, mandolin on tracks 1, 5 and 12
Sander van der Meer - guitars
Roland Navratil - drums, percussions

Additional musicians

Lingua Mortis Orchestra from Minsk, Belarus, directed by Victor Smolski
Al dente Choir from Kleinbottwar, Germany, directred by Veronika Messmer
Anette Guldbrandsen - backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4, 8, 10, 11
Carmen Elise Espenæs - lead and backing vocals on track 7
Maite Itoiz - lead and backing vocals on tracks 2 and 6, baroque guitar on track 12
John Kelly - lead vocals on track 12
Chirstian Roch - Uilleann pipes and whistles
Janna Kirchhof - fiddle on tracks 2, 3 and 11, nyckelharpa on track 4

Production

Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing and mastering at Mastersound Studios
Thorsten Bauer, Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull - assistant engineers
Victor Smolski - orchestra recording engineer
Orchestral arrangements by Leaves' Eyes

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2011	German Albums Chart^[10]	32
	Top Heatseekers (USA)^[11]	37
	UK Indie Chart^[12]	37
	Ultratop Belgian Chart (Flanders)^[13]	97
	Independent Albums (USA)^[12]	134

References

↑ "Leaves' Eyes - Meredead". Metal Storm. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ Simms, Kelley. "Leaves' Eyes - 'Meredead'". Heavy Metal. About.com. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ "Leaves' Eyes - "Meredead" (CD)". Metal Underground.com. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ Cannella, Tony (15 May 2012). "Leaves' Eyes - "Meredead" (2011)". Femme Metal Webzine. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ Mitsakos, Yiannis (9 May 2011). "Leaves' Eyes - Meredead". Metal Temple.com. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ Larsen, Tim (13 June 2011). "Leaves' Eyes - Meredead". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
1 2 "Leaves' Eyes - "Meredead" sample and own words by Liv Kristine". Leaves' Eyes Official Website. Leaves' Eyes. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ Marsden, Richard (2004). The Cambridge Old English reader. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0521-45612-6. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ Marsden, Richard (2004). The Cambridge Old English reader. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0521-45612-6. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ "Album – Leaves' Eyes, Meredead". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ "Meredead Billboard Alnums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
1 2 "Napalm Records Chart Results". Napalm Records. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
↑ "Leaves' Eyes - Meredead". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

Leaves' Eyes

Liv Kristine Alexander Krull Thorsten Bauer Pete Streit Joris Nijenhuis Sander van der Meer Roland Navratil Mathias Röderer Chris Lukhaup Alla Fedynitch Martin Schmidt Moritz Neuner Nicholas Barker Peter Hörnung Seven Antonopoulos

Studio albums	Lovelorn Vinland Saga Njord Meredead Symphonies of the Night King of Kings

EPs	Elegy Legend Land My Destiny At Heaven's End Melusine

DVD	We Came with the Northern Winds: En Saga i Belgia

Videos	"Into Your Light" "Elegy" "My Destiny"

Associated acts	Theatre of Tragedy Midnattsol Atrocity Eyes of Eden Enemy of the Sun Opiate for the Masses Carmen Elise Espenæs

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