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Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career as a vocalist of gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and is the former lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. She is known for her work in close association with her then-husband and leader of German band Atrocity, Alexander Krull. She is vocalist in German band Midnattsol alongside her younger sister Carmen Elise Espenæs. She has also released a number of solo albums in various genres.
Liv Kristine was born in Stavanger, and joined Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy in 1994 as a backup singer, but was soon sharing lead vocals duties with Raymond István Rohonyi. She was fired from Theatre of Tragedy in 2003, a fact she learned about through an e-mail message. She had been living in Germany since 1996 and collaborating with death metal band Atrocity, whose singer Alexander Krull she married on 3 July 2003. With the five musicians from Atrocity she formed a new band, Leaves' Eyes, in August 2003.
She has also released six solo albums, the most recent of which was released in October 2025 through Napalm Records. The first, Deus Ex Machina, was released in 1998, and was re-released in 2024. She continued her pop-influenced solo career besides fronting Leaves' Eyes. In early 2006 she released her second solo album, Enter My Religion on Roadrunner Records.
Her fifth solo album Vervain was released in October 2014 and featured contributions by Doro Pesch and Michelle Darkness.
In 2005, Liv Kristine was nominated for a Grammy award with Cradle of Filth for the song "Nymphetamine".
She also performed live with Firewind on the their 2014 tour. In 2016, she joined Eluveitie as a session vocalist for a couple of their live shows after the departure of their singer Anna Murphy.
On 16 April 2016, Leaves' Eyes stated that Liv Kristine, who formed and had the idea of the band project, was no longer the singer of the band.
In December 2017 it was announced that Liv Kristine joined her sister Carmen's band Midnattsol. She was originally announced to be a guest on their new album but after some discussions, the band picked her up as a permanent member.
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Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career as a vocalist of gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and is the former lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. She is known for her work in close association with her then-husband and leader of German band Atrocity, Alexander Krull. She is vocalist in German band Midnattsol alongside her younger sister Carmen Elise Espenæs. She has also released a number of solo albums in various genres.
Liv Kristine was born in Stavanger, and joined Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy in 1994 as a backup singer, but was soon sharing lead vocals duties with Raymond István Rohonyi. She was fired from Theatre of Tragedy in 2003, a fact she learned about through an e-mail message. She had been living in Germany since 1996 and collaborating with death metal band Atrocity, whose singer Alexander Krull she married on 3 July 2003. With the five musicians from Atrocity she formed a new band, Leaves' Eyes, in August 2003.
She has also released six solo albums, the most recent of which was released in October 2025 through Napalm Records. The first, Deus Ex Machina, was released in 1998, and was re-released in 2024. She continued her pop-influenced solo career besides fronting Leaves' Eyes. In early 2006 she released her second solo album, Enter My Religion on Roadrunner Records.
Her fifth solo album Vervain was released in October 2014 and featured contributions by Doro Pesch and Michelle Darkness.
In 2005, Liv Kristine was nominated for a Grammy award with Cradle of Filth for the song "Nymphetamine".
She also performed live with Firewind on the their 2014 tour. In 2016, she joined Eluveitie as a session vocalist for a couple of their live shows after the departure of their singer Anna Murphy.
On 16 April 2016, Leaves' Eyes stated that Liv Kristine, who formed and had the idea of the band project, was no longer the singer of the band.
In December 2017 it was announced that Liv Kristine joined her sister Carmen's band Midnattsol. She was originally announced to be a guest on their new album but after some discussions, the band picked her up as a permanent member.