''Sign of the Dragonhead'' is the seventh studio album of the German

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band

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. It is their first full-length release with

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as lead vocalist, following

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's departure in 2016.

Track listing

Notes

* The limited, digipak and box set editions of the album contain a second instrumental disc with all the tracks from the regular edition.

Personnel

Leaves' Eyes * Joris Nijenhuis – drums, choir vocals, assistant recording * Pete Streit – guitars *

– female vocals, choir vocals * Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass, mandolin, choir vocals, songwriting, assistant recording, orchestral arrangements *

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– growling vocals, choir vocals, samples, programming, songwriting, lyrics, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering, production, cover art concept Additional musicians * London Voices – choir vocals * Christian Roch – uilleann pipes, flute, whistles * Christoph Kutzer – cello * Thomas Roth – nyckelharpa * Full Moon Choir – additional choir vocals * Uwe Fichtner – choir vocals * Andreas Bösch – choir vocals * Christel Fichtner – additional choir vocals * Sophie Zaaijer – solo violin * Fieke van den Hurk – hurdy gurdy * Knuth Jerxsen – percussion, effected drums Production * Stefan Heilemann – cover art concept, artwork, band photography * Victor Smolski – recording * Mat Bartram – recording * Chris Parker – assistant recording

Charts

References

External links

Official website
2018 albums Leaves' Eyes albums AFM Records albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums produced by Alexander Krull {{2010s-metal-album-stub