''My Destiny'' is a
Maxi single
A maxi single or maxi-single (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song.
The first maxi singles
Mungo Jerry's first single, " In the Summertime" was t ...
/EP by the
symphonic metal band
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, and the entire line-up of Atrocity. To date, the band has released eight studio albums, a ...
, released on 24 July 2009. The songs "My Destiny" and "Northbound" are extracts from the then upcoming album ''
Njord''. The rest of the tracks are exclusive to this release.
On 28 August 2009, the band released the music video for the title track. In the video, a Norse warrior leaves his home to fight in a war after his wife gives him a necklace. While fighting, the necklace falls off and is retrieved by an enemy. He brings it back to the wife, telling her the owner is dead. She commits suicide by jumping off a cliff, her body later retrieved by her husband who is still alive. Angry, he slays several more enemies.
Leaves' Eyes: 'My Destiny' Official Video
youtube.com 28 August 2009. Retrieved on 2010-02-10.
Track listing
Personnel
Leaves' Eyes
* Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull – vocals
*Alexander Krull
Alexander Krull (born 31 July 1970) is a German musician who is the lead vocalist for metal band Atrocity, as well as backing vocalist in the band Leaves' Eyes.
Biography
Krull was born in Ludwigsburg, where he formed Atrocity in 1985. He has ...
– vocals, keyboards, programming, samples
*Thorsten Bauer – guitars
*Mathias Röderer – guitars
*Alla Fedynitch
Alla Fedynitch (born 18 June 1979) is a German bassist. She currently plays in Eyes of Eden and Neon Sunrise. She was a member of Leaves' Eyes, touring member of Disillusion and also played previously live with Pain.
Discography
*Leaves' Eye ...
– bass
*Seven Antonopoulos
Chris Antonopoulos (born on 7 November 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American rock drummer, most notable for his tenure in
Opiate for the Masses.
Career
Antonopoulos joined Phoenix/Los Angeles hard rock band Opiate for the Masses as a drummer in ...
– drums
Additional musicians
*Lingua Mortis Orchestra
Rage is a German heavy metal band formed in 1984 by Peter "Peavy" Wagner. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene which emerged in the early to mid-1980s, and have been referred to as one of the country's so-called "big fo ...
from Minsk, Belarus, directed by Victor Smolski
Victor Dmitriyevich Smolski (russian: Виктор Дмитриевич Смольский, be, Віктар Дзмітрыевіч Смольскі, born 1 February 1969) is a guitarist who was a member of the German heavy metal band Rage fro ...
*Al dente Choir from Kleinbottwar, Germany, directed by Veronika Messmer
*Christian Roch - Uilleann pipes on "Scarborough Fair"
Production
*Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing and mastering at Mastersound Studios
*Mathias Röderer, Thorsten Bauer - assistant engineers
*Victor Smolski - orchestra recording engineer
Charts
References
External links
Official website of Leaves' Eyes
2009 EPs
Leaves' Eyes albums
Napalm Records EPs
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