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Leprous

About Me

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 and lead vocals), Tor Oddmund Suhrke (guitar and vocals), Halvor Strand (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 ..."
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.
“From start to finish, Tall Poppy Syndrome is an outstanding effort by a band that should be around for a long time” - 10/10 -
www.usaprogmusic.com
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. And now, a couple of years later, "Tall Poppy Syndrome" is ready to hit the shelves.
Backed by Intromental Management & Booking Agency, Leprous spent 2009 promoting the release with numerous shows throughout Scandinavia, and entering 2010 the band and management laid plans for bringing the music of Leprous even further out to fans, by lining up shows around Europe and USA, as well as setting the band up as main support on Swedish orchestral metal band Therion's fall 2010 European tour, taking the band through no less than 17 countries in 30 days.
The music of Leprous is not an easy one to classify. Various genres are included, from progressive rock, to jazz, to pure metal. The vocals alternate between clean and growling, something which gives the music a heaviness it otherwise wouldn't have. To compare Leprous to other bands is practically impossible, but the closest comparisons would be bands such as Opeth, Arcturus, Porcupine Tree, Van Der Graaf Generator or Emperor. An interesting listening-experience for the open-minded music fan.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/04/2006
Band Website: leprous.net, mail: [email protected]
Band Members:
Einar Solberg - Synth, Vocals

Tor Oddmund Suhrke - Guitar, Vocals

Øystein Landsverk - Guitar, Backing Vocals

Halvor Strand - Bass

Tobias Ørnes Andersen - Drums

Influences: · Mars Volta
· King Crimson
· Tool
· Peccatum
· Ihsahn
· StarofAsh
· Devil Doll
· Dillinger Escape Plan
· Radiohead
· Pain of Salvation
· Opeth
· Änglagård
· Porcupine Tree
· Mr Bungle (all Mike Patton projects)
· Chopin
· Beethoven
· Bach
· Rachmaninoff
· Tchaikovsky
· Muse
· Vivaldi
· Ärvo Pärt
· Jaga Jazzist
· Björk
· Massive Attack
· Seal
· Ulver
· Weather Report
· Pat Metheney
· Strapping young lad
· +++ ...
Sounds Like: Management: Intromental management
Record Label: Sensory Records / Laser's Edge
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour blog - 11/34

Tour blog - Day 11/34: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-1134-zagreb.html
Posted by on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:54:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 8, 9 and 10

Day 8, 9 & 10 from our tour blog is out now: http://leprousband.blogspot.co..m/
Posted by on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:22:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 7/34

We're almost on schedule again - day 7/34: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-734-elysee-montm artre-paris-france.html
Posted by on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:02:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 6/34

Check it out: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-634-aeroneu f-lille-france-021010.html
Posted by on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:13:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 5/34

Chek it out: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/..day-534-hof-t er-loo-antwerp-belgium.html
Posted by on Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:48:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 4/34

You can now read about day 4/34 on: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-434-sheperds-bus h-empire-london.html
Posted by on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:09:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 3/34

Day 3/34 is finally out (delayed due to poor internet connection): http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-334 -de-oosterpoort-groeningen.html
Posted by on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:49:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 2/34

Day 2 from our tour blog is now out:http://leprousband.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-234-013-tilb urg-holland-291010.html
Posted by on Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:43:00 GMT

Tour blog - Day 1/34

Check out the first post on our tour blog: http://leprousband.blogspot.com/It will be daily updated with all the latest news from the tour!
Posted by on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:53:00 GMT

Final warm up for the tour - Skuret, Oslo - 23rd of October!!

We've decided to do a concert at Skuret in Oslo Saturday 23rd of Oktober as a final warm up before the European tour. We hope to see you guys there! - Einar
Posted by on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 05:07:00 GMT