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About Me
Name: Liv Kristine Espenæs
Date of birth: February 14th, 1976
Place of birth: Stavanger, Norway
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Eyes: blue
Hair: blonde
Height: 1,67 m
Parents: Ove H. Espenæs / Liv E. Davidsen
Siblings: Carmen Elise Espenæs
Marital status: Mother of Leon and married to Michael Espenæs
Liv Kristine, the Queen of Scandinavian Gothic Metal and first female voice worldwide to front her own band within this genre is going to release her sixth new studio album in 2023.
She started off in her enchanting style and angelic singing-manner with five albums composed by Theatre of Tragedy (1993-2003), her own releases „Deus ex Machina“ (1998), „Enter my Religion“ (2006), „Skintight (2010), „Libertine (2012) and „Vervain (2014), “Have Courage Dear Heart” (2021) “River of Diamonds (2023) next to five Leaves’ Eyes albums (2004-2015), which gained the bands worldwide attention and recognition.
In 1993 Liv Kristine embarked on a unique and courageous musical path, exploring, redefining, making way, until she became one of the most recognizable voices within the worldwide female voice metal movement.
Her autodidactic way into music and career reflects her strong individuality and courage to create with a free artistic heart, inviting her audience to experience musical and tonal aesthetics on a highly individual and elevating level.
She rose to world-wide fame already in the early nineties with her Norwegian band THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, moreover, as a solo artist, then in the new millennium with LEAVES’ EYES and various projects. For more than 25 years, she’s been and still is a fine inspiration for artists and bands worldwide within her authentic brand of Goth, Metal and Rock, being nominated for the Grammy Award (2005). Her musical achievements are numerous, e.g. a GRAMMY AWARD nomination for the song “Nymphetamine” in cooperation with Cradle of Filth, 500.000 records sold with THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, touring more than 50 countries, including repetitive hits in the official charts with her solo releases and her follow-up band LEAVES’ EYES, as well as European club, DJ, dance, rock and alternative charts. She also lent her voice to title tracks for popular TV series like “Tatort” and “Schimanski”. LIV KRISTINE has released more than 15 full-length albums with her bands since 1995.
Experiences
1997 Atrocity – Werk 80 (Album)
1999 Bravo – The Hits ‘99 – One Love
2000 Atrocity – Gemini (Album)
2004 Atrocity – Atlantis (Album)
1998 Heavenwood – Downcast / Swallow
1998 Atrocity & Silke Bischoff – Blue Moon
1999 Weltenbrand – The Devil Gets the Profiteer / Der Untergang von Trisona
2000 Das Ich – Des Satans neue Kleider – Atrocity Remix / Re-laborat
2002 Atrocity – More / Sampler Thank you – A Tribute to The Sisters of Mercy
2004 Genius – To be free / A Rock Opera Part II
2004 Immortal Rites – Mirror Reflections / Art of Devolution
2004 Hortus Animae – Summoning of the Muse / Sampler The Lotus Eaters – Dead Can Dance Tribute
2004 Cradle of Filth – Nymphetamine / Nymphetamine
2005 Umbra et Imago – Ein letztes Mal – Leaves’ Eyes Remix / Motus Animi
2005 Infinity – Album Part II (tba)
2005 Only If – Sampler Enya Tribute
2006 Delain – A day For A Ghost (duet with Marco Hieleta (Nightwish) –
See Me In Shadow / Lucidity
2008 Atrocity – Werk 80 II (Album)
2008 Doro – Celebrate
2012 Bob Katsionis – Rendez-Vouz In The Sky
2013 Atrocity – Okkult (Album)
2013 Samsas Traum – Niemand, niemand anderem als Dir / Niemand, niemand anderem als dir
2013 Emerald Sun – Call of Nature
2013 Romanthica – Despierta / Eterno
2013 Tyr – The Lay of our Love
2013 Melted Space – Dying Legend
2014 Primal Fear – Born with a broken Heart
2014 Savn – I Am Free / Savn
2015 Hydra – Swath of Destruction / CD Malachite Skies
2016 Eden’s Curse – Unconditional / Cardinal
2016 Tanzwut – Stille Wasser / Schreib Es mit Blut
2016 Hortus Animae – There’s No Sanctuary / There’s No Sanctuary
2017 Cradle of Filth – Vengeful Spirit / Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
2017 Akoma – Revangels / Revangels
2017 Orden Ogan – Come with Me to the other Side / Gunmen
2018 Lux in Tenebris – The Grand Design
2018 Ben Blutzukker – Queen of the Nite
2018 Myrkand – Chthonian Cyclops
2019 The Sabbathian – Head of a Traitor
2019 Savn – The End (album)
2019 UNzensiert – Du Fehlst / Unsere Zeit
2019 Krayenzeit – Regen und Sturm / Saitentänzer
2020 Tanja Hansen – Silence of the Tide
2020 Ben Blutzukker – Crucified
2021 Glassgod – Mankind
The Sirens
2014 Sisters of the Earth
2014 Embracing the Seasons
2015 Fearless