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Release Date
1 January 2011
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Length
12 tracks
Meredead is the fourth studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. It was released on April 22, 2011 on Napalm Records.
Title
The title is inspired by the Old English compound noun meredēað, literally "sea-death", which is attested (in the genitive plural meredēaða) in the passage rodor swipode meredēaða mǣst, literally: "the greatest quantity of sea-deaths scourged the skies", in Exodus, the second poem of the Junius manuscript, in the section telling the story of the Crossing of the Red Sea. Alternatively, meredēað could be translated as "sea of death" or "deadly sea" in view of a later passage in the same text: meredēað geswealh, literally "sea-death swallowed". On her website, Liv Kristine explicitly recommends Marsden 2004, and quotes the explanation for meredēað given in the book, saying that Meredead could be translated as "dead by the sea".
Personnel
Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull – lead and backing vocals
Alexander Krull – keyboards, programming, harsh vocals
Thorsten Bauer – lead, rhythm, acoustic guitars, bass
Anette Guldbrandsen - backing Vocals and Choirs
Carmen Elise Espenæs - backing Vocals and Choirs
Maite Itoiz - backing Vocals and Baroque Guitar
John Kelly - backing Vocals
Chirstina Roch - Uileann Pipes
Jann Kirchhof - Fiddle
Thorsten Bauer - Mandoline
Lingua Mortis Orchestra - choirmaster: Victor Smolski
Choirs performed by al dente - choirmaster: Veronika Meßmer
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