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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.
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  • bugatty7373

    The new album is great, but I still think Bilateral is much better. [3] Nevertheless, I can't wait for October to come to see them live again. I saw them in 2011 opening for Amorphis and they ended up being the best band I saw that night.

    6 hours ago Reply

  • PsychoLold

    To me, "The Cloak" seems like the wrong choice for a song to make a music video for.

    Yesterday 7:32pm Reply

  • auksta

    The new album is great, but I still think Bilateral is much better. [2]

    Yesterday 6:42pm Reply

  • MateusMC

    The new album is great, but I still think Bilateral is much better.

    Yesterday 5:58pm Reply

  • MikeDoyle

    There is so much repetition and recurring themes - but in the best way possible. Excited to dig into this for a while.

    Yesterday 3:35pm Reply

  • Kuregu

    I told myself I'd wait until they released a bit more before I called them a favourite band. And here they are, just being consistent as fuck. Fantastic album. It's about time I bought everything of theirs I possibly can.

    Yesterday 3:27pm Reply

  • pinkiiiFR

    Oh God ! New Album is Unbelievable .

    Yesterday 12:57pm Reply

  • Gapkilla

    When I die, I want Cloak to be played at my Funeral.

    Yesterday 10:49am Reply

  • merilet

    Just 1 listen made me love it. I'd better stop listening to it. NO.

    Yesterday 10:14am Reply

  • enjnthlf

    Amazing new album, these guys just don't seem to fail! [2]

    Yesterday 9:49am Reply

  • Komodog

    Einar can't be human. No way a normal man can sing like this <3

    Yesterday 6:33am Reply

  • knight_88

    New album is fantastic.

    Yesterday 6:30am Reply

  • GoreDaemon1

    New album here

    Yesterday 5:04am Reply

  • xapz

    I think it's available on musicload.de. MP3s HERE I COME

    17 May 2:32pm Reply

  • Kuregu

    Ah, that's much better from Einar. Chronic is brilliant but I did think there wasn't much going on vocally like I'm used to in Leprous. Excellent.

    14 May 11:11pm Reply

  • dirtclaw

    yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss

    14 May 9:06pm Reply

  • DonCappuccino

    The Cloak is really beautiful, the vocals are indeed breathtaking. It is progressive rock with some heavy accents. Chronic is also amazing. So I have high expectations for Coal, what I've heard was even better than Bilateral!

    14 May 8:43pm Reply

  • Aaantoni

    The Cloak is absolutely perfect. nuff said.

    14 May 8:41pm Reply

  • ShortSonata

    The vocals on The Cloak are utterly breaktaking.

    14 May 7:43pm Reply

  • MateusMC

    http://www.progrockmag.com/video/video-premiere-leprous-the-cloak/ <- video of the song "The Cloak"

    14 May 4:40pm Reply
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