Robin: From what I’ve read, the creative juices are already flowing for a fifth Leaves’ Eyes album. Recognizing that it is still very early, with Meredead having been released only a few months ago, where are you guys in the process of bringing another album to life?
Alex: It’s a good question because, when we were quite finished with the album Meredead, our Melusine EP came out. I don’t know if you heard about that already, but it’s an EP we did actually as a very special single for a German magazine called Sonic Seducer. Now, the song is like a “live smasher” or something like that! We played that song on the tour together with Leaves’ Eyes and Tarja, and it was one of the best songs EVERY night, I would say. We played it at the M’era Luna Festival in front of 20,000 or 25,000 people. I don’t know exactly how many people have been there, but all the hands were up in the air and there was a lot of action going on in the audience. So that is quite inspiring for yourself to continue writing stuff, even if you just finished an album.
We are already writing some new song ideas, but these are lay-outs. They could be changed a lot until they will be released. So, we have some ideas in mind, also Liv is working on some new concepts for lyrics. I think there is just sometimes a period for a band, which is very good time to write new stuff. For us, it was when we came home from tour and playing festivals. Wow, that was really cool! We take this fantastic atmosphere from being on stage and being together with the audience, and we bring it into the studio … to have that same energy from live experiences as you do on tour … to put it on music. Yeah, so we are very pleased, and we are really looking forward to writing more stuff.
We take our time, of course, but we don’t want to hesitate. There is no reason for that because Meredead is a fantastic album. But we don’t want to have a big break again like we had before, when the DVD came in between Vinland Saga and Njord. That was too much time between, I think. Actually, if I look back now, okay one year after Vinland Saga, we had Legend Land. It’s the mini album with five new songs … or was it six? I can’t remember. (laughs) But for a full-length album, there was just too much time between Vinland Saga and Njord. We don’t want to have this break again.
I think we can all agree with that. And it was three years from Legend Land to Njord, almost twice as long as the time from Njord to Meredead. If the next album were to come out as quickly as Meredead, it would be released by the end of 2012.
Leaves' Eyes
Fifth Album