LEPROUS Sign Deal With Insideout Music

InsideOutMusic, the leading label for progressive music, is proud to announce a new worldwide deal with one of the most interesting and talented young progressive outfits in today's scene: LEPROUS from Norway.

Here is a statement from the band about the newly inked deal: "We're all very happy...no, delighted....no, enthusiastic..., no THRILLED to be a part of the InsideOut / Century Media family! InsideOut has always been the label we've considered the most suitable for our music, so this is really a dream come true for us! We're ready to take LEPROUS to new heights in 2011, and the signing with InsideOut / Century Media is just the first step."

LEPROUS is a young five piece band (ages range from 19 to 25 years) hailing from the metal town of Notodden, Norway, also home of bands such as Emperor, Zyklon, Ihsahn, Peccatum, etc. Originally founded in 2001, they've gone through a few line-up changes to now consist of Einar Solberg (synth/vocals), Tor Oddmund Suhrke (guitar), Rein Blomquist (bass, also in Above Symmetry), Øystein Landsverk (guitar) and Tobias Ørnes Andersen (drums).

The music of LEPROUS is not easy to classify. Various genres are included, from progressive rock, to jazz, to pure metal and the vocals alternate between clean singing and growling, adding heaviness to the music. Instead of drawing parallels to this or that, bands such as Opeth, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, The Dillinger Escape Plan or Shining (NO) should be seen rather as a songwriting influence than as comparison. It's all in the eye (or in this case, the ear) of the beholder...

LEPROUS have already made themselves visible on the Norwegian prog- and metal scene by releasing the self-financed full length demo CD "Aeolia" in 2007 and by making it to the finals of the Norwegian Rock Championship twice. In May of 2009, LEPROUS released their first real album "Tall Poppy Syndrome" via American label Sensory Records and that album quickly became somewhat of an underground cult-release, heralded as the best 2009 prog-metal release by many media people.

Read More News

Tags:  Leprous, InsideOut Music   

Jason Fisher    February 28, 2011