Theatre of Tragedy

"We're not typical in any genre," Leaves' Eyes frontwoman Liv Kristine told Noisecreep about the band's latest, 'Njord,' which is out via Napalm Records. "We're not Viking metal. We're not gothic, doom or pagan. I got into metal from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne...

"I was 18 years old when I entered the gate of metal and my ex-band Theatre of Tragedy started getting successful," the blond and beautiful Liv Kristine -- who now fronts Leaves' Eyes -- recalled to Noisecreep about her earliest days as a woman in the metal scene...

Elaborate imagery and dramatic piano parts are what make European gothic metal an ever-appreciated genre. Norwegian sextet Theatre of Tragedy just released 'Forever Is the World' on Germany's AFM Records, and it's revived their old fan base as well as magnetized new listeners...