Leprous
On Tour
-
Search on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
289,225 plays (7,464 listeners)
Notodden, Norway (2001 – present)
Leprous is a young, five piece band hailing from the metal town of Notodden, Norway, home of bands such as Emperor, Zyklon, Ihsahn, Peccatum, and many more.
Since Leprous was founded in 2001, they’ve gone through a few changes in the line-up, and now consists of Einar Solberg (synth/vocals), Tor Oddmund Suhrke (guitar), Rein Blomquist (bass), Øystein Landsverk (guitar) and Tobias Ørnes Andersen (drums), with their ages ranging from 19 to 24 years.
The young quintet have already made themselves visible on the Norwegian prog- and metal scene, and twice the band has made the finals in the Norwegian Rock Championship. Besides Leprous, the guys in Leprous are currently working as a session band of solo artist “Ihsahn”, also known as the front figure of the legendary black metal band Emperor.
“This band sounds like nothing else out there, and will probably reach far …”
Yngve M. Jacobsen - www.heavymetal.no
In August 2008, Leprous recorded their debut album “Tall Poppy Syndrome”. As a result they caught the eye of several record companies, and ended up signing with the American label Sensory Records for a May 2009 release.
Prior to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, Leprous have recorded two demos which both received great accolades from the worldwide media, with the demo (self-financed full length album) “Aeolia” among other great reviews received a perfect 10 out of 10 score from the Norwegian webzine www.metal-norge.no. The band at that point decided to hold off on the search for a label to release their albums though, as they knew that they could create even better songs.
Since Leprous was founded in 2001, they’ve gone through a few changes in the line-up, and now consists of Einar Solberg (synth/vocals), Tor Oddmund Suhrke (guitar), Rein Blomquist (bass), Øystein Landsverk (guitar) and Tobias Ørnes Andersen (drums), with their ages ranging from 19 to 24 years.
The young quintet have already made themselves visible on the Norwegian prog- and metal scene, and twice the band has made the finals in the Norwegian Rock Championship. Besides Leprous, the guys in Leprous are currently working as a session band of solo artist “Ihsahn”, also known as the front figure of the legendary black metal band Emperor.
“This band sounds like nothing else out there, and will probably reach far …”
Yngve M. Jacobsen - www.heavymetal.no
In August 2008, Leprous recorded their debut album “Tall Poppy Syndrome”. As a result they caught the eye of several record companies, and ended up signing with the American label Sensory Records for a May 2009 release.
Prior to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, Leprous have recorded two demos which both received great accolades from the worldwide media, with the demo (self-financed full length album) “Aeolia” among other great reviews received a perfect 10 out of 10 score from the Norwegian webzine www.metal-norge.no. The band at that point decided to hold off on the search for a label to release their albums though, as they knew that they could create even better songs.
Shouts:
263 shouts
Top Albums
-
Bilateral
Leprous
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $7.99
- 7digital $7.99
- iTunes $7.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $13.61
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
ditule2 wrote:
I am happy that I heard this band on tour with Amorphis. They are amazing!!
-
AssHole74 wrote:
Bilateral is Amazing. But i think Tall Poppy Syndrome is Better [2]
-
Frostwake wrote:
Mother of god... Eye of the Storm is one of the best songs ever, I am at a loss for words... If you dont have Aeolia, just listen to it on youtube or something, its worth it... My favorite album overall is TPS, but this is their absolute best song
-
snewso wrote:
ha, I started with Bilateral and loved it, many times, now i can't stop listening to TPS. can't find aeolia though :(
-
Jean-esse wrote:
Bilateral is Amazing. But i think Tall Poppy Syndrome is Better
-
JonteJH wrote:
Check out Aeolia too. Their first release
-
Gapkilla wrote:
The song Tall Poppy Syndrome kicked me in the balls. /m/ -_- /m/
-
AssHole74 wrote:
Gapkilla, I thought it too, but then I listened TPS several times and that as brilliant as billateral (if not better)...
-
Gapkilla wrote:
On it!
-
Oliveeeeeeeeer wrote:
Tall Poppy Syndrome is bloody amazing, Gapkilla. Just give it a go - for me, that album just never gets boring.
-
Gapkilla wrote:
I already have Bilateral and I want to get Tall Poppy Syndrome but, I'm afraid I won't like it as much as Bilateral. =/
-
Gapkilla wrote:
damn, these guys are pretty good. Heard a few songs on youtube and loved them. Getting bilateral....NOW!
-
JohnLateralus wrote:
Sexy Level: 9.3/10
-
_Dumal_ wrote:
Indeed, I just looked it up. I wonder why do they call it a demo, tho, if it's more than an hour long. I've never seen a demo that is longer than most albums. Maybe because it was self-released, under no labels, they called it a demo? Nevertheless, it's obviously an album. Even if not even the band itself calls it that way.
-
SceneryOfLoss wrote:
@_Dumal_: It's a second album. The first you talk about was a demo.
-
Finiteguts wrote:
hello gods !
-
_Dumal_ wrote:
It's not a second album. It's their third album, and they also have an early EP (Which I unfortunetaly can't affor to buy, nor can I find it for download anywhere on the internet).
-
snewso wrote:
tracks 4,5, & 7 are my personal favorites.
-
xVictimOfADownx wrote:
I don't think this is the best album of the year, but it's really interesting stuff [2]
-
AnachronOrange wrote:
It's pretty good for a second album. Can't wait to see where this band goes in the future.
Videos
-
Play
Restless (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
-
Play
White live@Skuret, Oslo, May…
1 shout
-
Play
Phantom Pain live in…
-
Play
Passing live@Skuret, Oslo, May…
Events
-
Mar
15
Trondheim Metal Fest
verkstedhallen, Trondheim, Norway
10 going
1 shout
- Jun 2 Leprous Garage, Bergen, Norway
-
Jun
22
Graspop Metal Meeting 2012
Boeretang, Dessel, Belgium
362 going
979 shouts
Listening Now
Top Listeners
-
Darkneo16x
Top Listener
-
SoldiersOfFilth
Top Listener
-
Adamanska
Top Listener
-
sicherha
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
supernienja, taavipaal and Atea_ added Leprous to their libraries. 3 hours ago
-
InsaneAlpha tagged Leprous with seen live and progressive metal. 15 hours ago
-
mathiasmmh, JB05, SingLoco and 3 other people added Leprous to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
DarkLandPoetry tagged Leprous with ‘avant-garde metal’. Friday evening
-
Caustos tagged Leprous with extreme progressive metal and progressive metal. Friday afternoon
-
Caustos and Luna6645 added Leprous to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
-
atherna tagged Leprous with ‘seen live’. Wednesday evening
-
atherna, MaGna720 and ElSen0r added Leprous to their libraries. Wednesday evening
-
DarkLandPoetry tagged Leprous with avant-garde metal and progressive metal. 9 days ago
-
DarkLandPoetry added Leprous to their libraries. 9 days ago
Related Journals
-
Top 10 Albums of 2011
by ZadionApocalaya |
19 Jan 2012
-
Top année 2011
by dreamer_anyway |
15 Jan 2012
| 2 comments
-
Top 10 releases for 2011
by Marco_Sixxx |
8 Jan 2012
Groups (11)
-
Leprous
42 members
-
Vegard "Ihsahn" Tveitan
249 members
-
You can't kill the metal!
872 members
-
Prog Sphere
285 members
-
Noche de Rock
101 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
