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Notodden, Norway |
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Progressive Metal |
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Page online:
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January 26, 2014
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Last update/review:
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September 24, 2021
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Leprous
This Norwegian progressive metal band has been racking up solid
reviews for their 2011 release
Bilateral, and those accolades are
well-deserved.
This is superb progressive metal, drawing in several familiar influences
but fusing them so that there's not a trace of cloning.
Think
Pain Of Salvation,
Riverside,
Dream Theater
(of course, but not as much as a lot of other prog bands),
even newer
Opeth
at times.
Fancy musicianship and odd time signatures are here, but this isn't
wild, incomprehensible tech metal -- the songs are defined and
supremely interesting.
Bands like this,
that push boundaries and forge truly original paths,
don't grow on trees -- Leprous are practically in a class
by themselves.
As an interesting side note, these guys serve as the live backing band
for none other than
Ihsahn.
Current Members
Einar Solberg
vocals/keyboards
Tor Oddmund Suhrke
guitars
Robin Ognedal
guitars
Simen Daniel Børven
bass
Baard Kolstad
drums (ex-Borknagar, guest for In Vain)
Former Members/Guests
Øystein Landsverk
guitars/backing vocals
Halvor Strand
bass
Rein Blomquist
bass
Tobias Ørnes Andersen
drums (guest for Ihsahn)
Discography
Tall Poppy Syndrome
2009
Sensory
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- Passing
- Phantom Pain
- Dare You
- Fate
- He Will Kill Again
- Not Even A Name
- Tall Poppy Syndrome
- White
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Øystein Landsverk
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Halvor Strand
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Tobias Ørnes Andersen
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Bilateral
2011
Inside Out
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- Bilateral
- Forced Entry
- Restless
- Thorn
- Mb. Indifferentia
- Waste Of Air
- Mediocrity Wins
- Cryptogenic Desires
- Acquired Taste
- Painful Detour
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Øystein Landsverk
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Rein Blomquist
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Tobias Ørnes Andersen
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Coal
2013
Inside Out
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- Foe
- Chronic
- Coal
- The Cloak
- The Valley
- Salt
- Echo
- Contaminate Me
- Bury
- Foe (remix)
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Øystein Landsverk
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Rein Blomquist
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Tobias Ørnes Andersen
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2013 Readers' Album
#62
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The Congregation
2015
Inside Out
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- The Price
- Third Law
- Rewind
- The Flood
- Triumphant
- Within My Fence
- Red
- Slave
- Moon
- Down
- Lower
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Øystein Landsverk
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Simen Daniel Børven
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Baard Kolstad
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Live At Rockefeller Music Hall
LIVE
2016
Inside Out
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- The Flood
- Foe
- Third Law
- Rewind
- The Cloak
- Acquired Taste
- Red
- Slave
- The Price
- Moon
- Down
- The Valley
- Forced Entry
- Contaminate Me
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Øystein Landsverk
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Baard Kolstad
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Malina
2017
Inside Out
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- Bonneville
- Stuck
- From the Flame
- Captive
- Illuminate
- Leashes
- Mirage
- Malina
- Coma
- The Weight of Disaster
- The Last Milestone
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Robin Ognedal
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Simen Daniel Børven
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Baard Kolstad
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Pitfalls
2019
Inside Out
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- Below
- I Lose Hope
- Observe The Train
- By My Throne
- Alleviate
- At The Bottom
- Distant Bells
- Foreigner
- The Sky Is Red
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Robin Ognedal
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Simen Daniel Børven
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Baard Kolstad
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Aphelion
2021
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- Running Low
- Out of Here
- Silhouette
- All the Moments
- Have You Ever?
- The Silent Revelation
- The Shadow Side
- On Hold
- Castaway Angels
- Nighttime Disguise
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-
Einar Solberg
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Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Robin Ognedal
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Simen Daniel Børven
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Baard Kolstad
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