Liv Kristine Espenæs
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Liv Kristine Espenæs |
| Also known as | Liv Kristine |
| Born | 14 February 1976 |
| Origin | Stavanger, Norway |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Napalm Records |
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| Website | livkristine |
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976 in Stavanger, Norway), better known as Liv Kristine, is a singer/songwriter who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and is the former lead vocalist for the symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. She is known for her work in close association with her then-husband and leader of the German band Atrocity, Alexander Krull.
Interested in music from an early age, Liv Kristine joined the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy in 1994 as a backup singer, but was soon sharing lead vocals duties with Raymond István Rohonyi. She was fired from Theatre of Tragedy in 2003, a fact she learned about through the band's website. She had been living in Germany since 1996 and collaborating with the death metal band Atrocity, whose singer Alexander Krull she married on 3 July 2003. With the five musicians from Atrocity she formed a new band, Leaves' Eyes, in August 2003. She has also released five solo albums, the most recent of which was released in October 2014 through Napalm Records.
On April 16th, 2016, Leaves' Eyes stated that Liv Kristine, who formed and had the idea of the band project, was no longer the singer of the band.
In 2005, Liv Kristine was nominated for a Grammy award with Cradle of Filth for the song "Nymphetamine".
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