Leaves' Eyes are a globe-trotting European metal band whose sound is anchored in gothic, progressive, and symphonic metal. The bandmembers were culled from Norway's Theatre of Tragedy and Germany's Atrocity. Their songs are elaborately arranged and produced with themes derived from nature, love, European history, and pagan and Norse mythology. Intensely melodic, they meld classical tropes, European folk musics, and riff-driven power metal. Their acclaimed 2004 Napalm debut, Lovelorn, established their signature clean/dirty vocal approach. Lineup changes have been frequent but ...