![]() But with an exceptional set focusing on the more epic outtakes from Leprous’ back catalogue, Solberg and co blew the audience away, earning a standing ovation and more than a few teary eyes. ![]() It was no mean feat for Leprous to open for two of the most lauded acts in modern day prog, with arguably the best singers. ![]() Earlier this year they found themselves playing with TesseracT and the Devin Townsend Project on a special tour where Townsend played Ocean Machine in full. We’ve never been minimalist in our approach in any sense – we’ve always been more focused on atmosphere than being prog with a big ‘p’.”Ī willingness to embrace sonic peaks and huge, emotive choruses, set against a backdrop of rhythmic complexity and atmosphere-creating keys with splashes of metallic zeal, has given Leprous a distinctive sound, also thanks in part to Solberg’s impressive pipes. “We’ve always been a bit over-the-top and that’s just who we are. “We’ve always done big, grandiose songs,” Solberg chuckles. But if there’s one element of extreme metal that Leprous have carried with them through all these years it’s the notion to surprise, delight and sometimes shock with the posturing of their sound, aiming for something that goes further than skin deep.
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