Carl Begai

By Carl Begai

Just how much of a bang you get for your buck when buying music all comes down to how high one’s expectations are going in. That said, folks will never be able to accuse Leaves’ Eyes of doing things half baked to honour signatures on a dotted line. Their new DVD, We Came With The Northern Winds / En Saga I Belgia, is in keeping with the all-or-nothing work ethic they established for themselves since surfacing in 2003; a monstrous split documentary / live DVD clocking in at a healthy 6+ hours dolled up in a package reflecting the amount of effort that went into the project. It celebrates the six years spent building Leaves’ Eyes up from scratch, a journey that has brought them more attention and opportunities that anyone in the band had expected at the start. The DVD has also been a long time in coming according to vocalist Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull, who is both proud and relieved it’s finally out and meeting with widespread approval from the fans and media alike.
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