Leah- Of Earth & Angels (Loreena Mckennitt meets Delain)

Just recieved my CD couple of days ago and was even signed by Leah. Great release and all the comparisons are right on - celtic symphonic metal for fans of Delain, Loreena McKennitt and there's hints of Blackmore's Night in a couple of songs. Love it and love her voice!!!!!!!!!
 
This... is awesome.

... we should totally find a way to sneak her onto the schedule this year ... ;)

(And the *only* reason I smiley that is because I realize that logistically, it's probably impossible. I would absolutely be at the front of the room if she played!)
 
LEAH - KINGS & QUEENS ALBUM DETAILS REVEALED; BLIND GUARDIAN, DELAIN MEMBERS GUEST

Canada-based Celtic metal star, Leah, will release her new album, Kings & Queens, via Inner Wound Recordings on January 30th in Europe and February 3rd in North America.

Featuring musicians such as Timo Somers and Sander Zoer of Delain, and Barend Courbois of Blind Guardian and Vengeance, this 14-track masterpiece emerges as the heaviest of all her releases. Dabbling in worldly Celtic, middle eastern, and New-Age flavors, while lyrically laced with epic imagery of dystopias, fallen empires, spiritual warfare, love and destiny, this album proves to be very promising and is expected to be received by fans and critics as one of the top symphonic metal albums of the year.

The artwork for Kings & Queens was created by Jan Yrlund at Darkgrove Design (Delain, Apocalyptica, Sirenia).

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The new song sounds AWESOME, best one I've heard from them yet, I'm definitely going to invest in the new one when it comes out.
 
Everything I've heard so far suggests that this is going to be a HUGE step forward from the first album! I've got a feeling that this is going to round out a pretty awesome January for me.