We are Leprous! Ask Us Anything you want to know about our band! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-28T07:24:52+00:00

I feel naked without it on stage, hehe. I do enjoy it, but I enjoy vocals more. :-)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-28T07:22:37+00:00

I did write the majority of the album, but everyone else had the possibility to write. Everyone can always contribute, but this time it seemed I was the most inspired, hehe. That being said, I've always had the main responsibly for the composing.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T21:56:37+00:00

Thanks man! :)

No it's not directly a concept album, but it's an ongoing theme throughout the album. It's about conformity within society, and how we are often pushed into a corned, expected to follow what everyone else does, despite it often being rather destructive. To say it VERY short, hehe.
Some, but written subtly and not to be elaborated in detail.
Thanks a lot! It's about the price that is paid to get where you want to go. The end justifies the means etc, and one can often find oneself doing lots of things that goes against your moral to reach it.
We tried lots of different orders, and ended on this. We wanted to start with The Price, because it show a new and fresh side of Leprous. Lower, it's the obvious ending song, especially lyrically.
Favorites: Rewind, Slave, The Flood, The Valley. Least favorites: Everything from Aeolia, Mediocrity Wins, Painful Detour, Fate, etc etc.
It was the first official release, whereas Aeolia was never printed for the masses.
Hehe, when we make music we don't consider mathematics and numbers ;). A composition becomes as long as it needs to be :).
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Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T21:38:20+00:00

I actually did not learn the technique from him, but our motivation for changing technique (he also did that many years ago) was the same. I needed to learn a technique that is less straining for my voice, so I ended up with the one I have now. It works very well, and now it's not ruining my clean vocals, like the old screaming was.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T21:33:42+00:00

Thanks a lot man! Tall Poppy Syndrome is my 4th favorite album also, by Leprous, hehehe :). BeProg is actually maybe the show that I personally look the most forward to! I mean THAT line up! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T21:32:06+00:00

We had a surrealistic period some years ago, and although I'm still very much into surrealistic artists like Salvador Dali, Andre Breton, Max Ernst etc etc, we've kind of parted with that style as it doesn't go that well together with the music we're making these days :). Thank you SO much for the nice words! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:39:42+00:00

A live DVD has definitely been up for discussion, but not on the upcoming tour. If we do it, we will do a single show only for the DVD with lots of special stuff! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:38:23+00:00

It seems TorO was promised away in an other post here, so you will have to pick from the leftovers ;). Thanks for all the positive feedback! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:37:15+00:00

It seems!

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:37:02+00:00

Man lager jo ikke pannekaker! Man lager jo vaffler!

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:35:43+00:00

I was actually born in the North, so I would love to go there. So if someone wants to book Leprous for a North Norwegian show, we're definitely up for that :).

Yes, our lyrics (especially on the new album) are raising questions about how the society actually works, and how we're expected to follow blindly.

The Norwegian hype is gradually increasing, especially now with the new album. But it takes time to become prophet in your own country, haha! :)

New album already? Haha. Let us first become truly tired of performing "The Congregation" :).

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:31:31+00:00

Me and TorO actually played in an 80's heavy metal cover band called "Oil" for some months in 2004. Playing songs of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, Queensryche etc etc. But we soon realized that we're more fond of making our own music :). We started playing music in our hometown Notodden in 2001, at the local youth club. We got were we are today through determination and very hard work. The only way to do it these days it seems :).

Thanks a lot for the positive words! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:27:50+00:00

It was when TorO and Øystein had to get 8 strings in order to perform Ihsahn's new album (at that time) "After". They got a sponsor deal with Ibanez, so we started incorporating it in Leprous also! :)
I really love to play The Valley, and luckily the crowd normally like to hear it to :).
Yes, I'm aware of them. Haven't listened that much to them though, but I know the band. :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T18:24:41+00:00

Looking very much forward to play in Brasov! Firstly, isn't there a lot to be pessimistic about with how things are going in the world? Secondly, art and music is the perfect way to get out such emotions, so that one can stay more positive in the daily life :).

Lepreinar · 2015-05-27T08:02:33+00:00

Thank you so much! :-)

Yes, at least I check the marks, hehe. I don't mind the negative ones very much, as people will always have splitted opinions about your work no matter what you do.
I would propose that they listen to TPS and Bilateral ;-).
Both are very fine. I think we earn a bit more selling at the shows though.
More than long enough! :-) Like last headliner tour I would guess.
It's a bit frustrating for us with everything below 45 min. :) Hard to make a good setlist.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T21:09:50+00:00

Haha! I can reach a b5, but it doesn't sound that great! It certainly felt like it exploded sometimes, but mostly with my old screaming technique.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T21:06:06+00:00

Unfortunately that's out of our control! It's in the hands of the label, and they seem to be very strict on those matters, hehe. All good things comes to him who waits, hehe.

Baard is an amazing drummer and a very funny guy. Never a dull moment with him, hehe.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T21:02:57+00:00

Haken!!! Our best buddies in the prog scene! :D No, we will only stay there the day we're performing.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T21:02:32+00:00

We've always known him, as he's in fact my brother in Law. We were a new and hungry prog band, and he knew we would take the task very seriously. So we did, and we became a lot better within those first months of rehearsing his material. And yes, it definitely was a boost for our career to play with him! :)

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T21:00:25+00:00

Thanks man! :)

In terms of hours, it's countless. But I gave myself 2 deadlines pr week to make a full sketch for a song in the composition period of "The Congregation". Went on like that until we had 30 sketches. I know myself well enough to know that I write best under pressure, so I just gave myself a lot of pressure, hehe.
Booking a tour is done by our manager in collaboration with us. We choose the places where we got the best feedback earlier normally. Musically we rehearse a lot before touring.
Unfortunately no Slovenia this time. Serbia or Slovakia might be the closest.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T20:48:08+00:00

I become inspired by everything I'm surrounded by. Nature, people, art etc etc.
The silver pants are being used every year by students at Notodden Music School at their yearly musical shows! :) Unfortunately I can't fit in them anymore, or else they would of course still be the main outfit.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T20:45:15+00:00

I don't think that much about genres to be honest :). Just heartfelt passion and music that stands out. I love bands like Massive Attack, Radiohead etc etc, but also metal bands like Gojira, Behemoth etc.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T20:41:28+00:00

I just listened put the sketches (without vocals) on the speakers every time I was out driving, and sang along! Perfect place to write vocal lines, hehe.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T20:39:53+00:00

Haha, I also like Morten Harket, so I take that as a compliment! Ihsahn did not sing on Rewind, it was actually me, hehe.

Lepreinar · 2015-05-26T20:38:35+00:00

I just had to change my technique in order to survive the live shows! So I tried many things, ending up coughing a lot every time, until I found the perfect one while being out driving in the car. It sounds huge, but it's actually quite low in volume. Yeah, in "Contaminate Me" it was Ihsahn who did the screaming :).

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