Leprous

Buy it! If you dig prog-metal, buy this album!





Just...wow!

Really like these songs! This is now on my want list.

just ordered last night! Their first album is great as well!

exact33 wrote:

just ordered last night! Their first album is great as well!

You mean Tall Poppy Syndrome? That's actually their second album. Third, if you count their debut EP. I didn't know that until recently. I thought the last one was their first.

Eyesore wrote:

exact33 wrote:

just ordered last night! Their first album is great as well!

You mean Tall Poppy Syndrome? That's actually their second album. Third, if you count their debut EP. I didn't know that until recently. I thought the last one was their first.

i did not know that. have you heard their first?

exact33 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

exact33 wrote:

just ordered last night! Their first album is great as well!

You mean Tall Poppy Syndrome? That's actually their second album. Third, if you count their debut EP. I didn't know that until recently. I thought the last one was their first.

i did not know that. have you heard their first?

I haven't. They were self-released, so I've not seen them anywhere. I should try to find a download.

Got this today. I did not listen to any of this online (even this thread) to keep the suspense up as Tall Poppy Syndrome was such a trippy, cool record that grew on me exponentially; and all the advance reviews said this was a superior record; I wanted to experience the whole cd as a whole.
Wow. This is better on every aspect. Better playing, better songs, better production. And I know that this will still grow on me. Colour me impressed.

On a side note, Leprous is Ihsahn's live band.

Yeah, and this one has hooks, too, which is kind of rare in prog. I'm talking singalong kind of hooks, you know. I love this one.

Official video.



Such a killer song. This album will be in my top 5 this year.

Eyesore wrote:

Official video.



Such a killer song. This album will be in my top 5 this year.

yep. My top 5 is gonna be hard to choose from with this one, The Tangent, Haken and Toby Hitchcock.

I want that Toby Hitchcock. That good, huh?

Eyesore wrote:

I want that Toby Hitchcock. That good, huh?

I will come out and say I am a Pride of Lions fanboy and think Toby has one of the best voices out there. I have always wondered hat he could do if he had an album to really rock on and Mercury Down does just that. I think it is really really good.

New album coming!

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Norwegian progressive metallers LEPROUS will release their new album, "Coal", on May 28 in North America (May 20 in Europe) via InsideOut Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by acclaimed American artist Jeff Jordan, who produced the artwork for the band's last album, "Bilateral", in addition to working with THE MARS VOLTA.

Comments LEPROUS: "The artwork for this album was a hard nut to crack. We wanted something dark, melancholic but with a distinct character. We tried several solutions without finding the perfect supplement for the music, before we decided to contact Jeff Jordan once again. Jeff immediately had wonderful ideas that we decided to pursue. The artwork of 'Coal' is, in [our] opinion, the most iconic we've had so far."

LEPROUS has just finished filmed a video for the track "The Cloak" and, most suitably for the album's theme, the clip was shot in a mine.

Says the band: "We spent one very long day inside the Konnerud Hill Mines here in Norway, getting some very interesting footage. The video, just like the clip for 'Restless' on our previous album, was made by Twichty Films, but we promise you no fish or cake was harmed this time around. A dark, moist atmosphere, far into the deep..."

LEPROUS will perform at various prominent summer festivals (Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Tuska, etc.) and headlining a European tour from September to November 2013 to promote "Coal".

Eyesore wrote:

New album coming!

Quote :

Norwegian progressive metallers LEPROUS will release their new album, "Coal", on May 28 in North America (May 20 in Europe) via InsideOut Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by acclaimed American artist Jeff Jordan, who produced the artwork for the band's last album, "Bilateral", in addition to working with THE MARS VOLTA.

Comments LEPROUS: "The artwork for this album was a hard nut to crack. We wanted something dark, melancholic but with a distinct character. We tried several solutions without finding the perfect supplement for the music, before we decided to contact Jeff Jordan once again. Jeff immediately had wonderful ideas that we decided to pursue. The artwork of 'Coal' is, in [our] opinion, the most iconic we've had so far."

LEPROUS has just finished filmed a video for the track "The Cloak" and, most suitably for the album's theme, the clip was shot in a mine.

Says the band: "We spent one very long day inside the Konnerud Hill Mines here in Norway, getting some very interesting footage. The video, just like the clip for 'Restless' on our previous album, was made by Twichty Films, but we promise you no fish or cake was harmed this time around. A dark, moist atmosphere, far into the deep..."

LEPROUS will perform at various prominent summer festivals (Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Tuska, etc.) and headlining a European tour from September to November 2013 to promote "Coal".

rock!! A Must Have for me!

New video.



Great tune.

The new album's on Spotify now, if anybody wants to listen to it there. I'm halfway through it now, and so far it's exceeded my expectations. Really good stuff.

Can't say I've ever heard anything like this before. I love this!

Checked out a few songs and it's just not really my thing.