History Music / Leprous

Musically, their brand of Prog features rather extensive use of keyboards and prominent drum polyrhythms, particularly after Baard Kolstad joined the band. Lyrically, many of their songs focus on personal themes such as loneliness, depression, and anger. Their album ‘’Bilateral’’ is often heralded as one of the premier pieces of Progressive Metal of the 2010s. Though they have had many lineup changes, Einar Solberg and Tor Oddmund Suhrke have kept the band going for nearly two decades, despite starting the band in their teenage years.

Musically, their brand of Prog features rather extensive use of keyboards and prominent drum polyrhythms, particularly after Baard Kolstad joined the band. Lyrically, many of their songs focus on personal themes such as loneliness, depression, and anger. Their album "Bilateral" is often heralded as one of the premier pieces of Progressive Metal of the 2010s. Though they have had many lineup changes, Einar Solberg and Tor Oddmund Suhrke have kept the band going for nearly two decades, despite starting the band in their teenage years.

* UncommonTime: Frequently. For example, "Triumphant" is entirely 9/4, "The Sky is Red" is largely in 11/4, "From The Flame" features verses played in 13/8, among many others.

* LeadDrummer: Baard Kolstad is probably the most famous member of the current iteration of the band along with Einar, and many of the tracks are very much driven by the drums rather than the Guitar.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: All over. As low as a 3 on "I Lose Hope", as high as a 9 on parts of "Contaminate Me", but usually between a 4-8, getting lower on later albums.

* UncommonTime: Frequently. For example, "Triumphant" is entirely 9/4, "The Sky is Red" is largely in 11/4, "From The Flame" features verses played in 13/8, among many others.

Leprous is a ProgressiveRock[=/=]ProgressiveMetal band from Norway, known for many of its members being part of the backing band to Music/{{Ihsahn}} (Leprous lead singer Einar is Ihsahn's brother-in-law) before becoming a part of a highly acclaimed prog band of their own. The band was formed in 2001, and have released two demos, six studio albums, and one live album.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: It's a joke among fans that it's rare to see Baard actually [[WalkingShirtlessScene wearing a shirt]]. One video of him performing a Leprous song features him breaking at least three sticks in a single song.

* LighterAndSofter: PlayedWith. While musically the tracks on ''Pitfalls'' are a lot lighter, the lyrics are still focused on heavy subjects like depression and fear.

* ''Bilateral'' (2015)

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: It's rare to see Baard actually wearing a shirt. One video of him performing a Leprous song features him breaking at least three sticks in a single song.

* UncommonTime: All over. For example, "Triumphant" is entirely 9/8, "The Sky is Red" is largely in 11/4, "From The Flame" features verses in 11/8, and so on.

Leprous is a ProgressiveMetal band from Norway, known for many of its members being part of the backing band to Music/{{Ihsahn}} (Leprous lead singer Einar is Ihsahn's brother-in-law) before becoming a part of a highly acclaimed prog band of their own. The band was formed in 2001, and have released two demos, six studio albums, and one live album.

Leprous is a ProgressiveMetal band from Norway, known for many of its members originally being essentially the backing band to Music/{{Ihsahn}} (Leprous lead singer Einar is Ihsahn's brother-in-law) before becoming a highly acclaimed prog band of their own. The band was formed in 2001, and have released two demos, six studio albums, and one live album.

Leprous is a ProgressiveMetal band from Norway, known for originally being essentially the backing band to Music/{{Ihsahn}} (Leprous lead singer Einar is Ihsahn's brother-in-law) before becoming a highly acclaimed prog band of their own. The band was formed in 2001, and have released two demos, six studio albums, and one live album.

Musically, their brand of Prog features rather extensive use of keyboards and prominent drum polyrhythms. Lyrically, many of their songs focus on personal themes such as loneliness, depression, and anger.

* Einar Solberg - Vocals/Keyboards
* Tor Oddmund Suhrke - Guitars

* SelfBackingVocalist: Einar.

Musically, their brand of Prog features rather extensive use of keyboards and prominent drum rhythms. Lyrically, many of their songs focus on personal themes such as loneliness, depression, and anger.

* LargeHam: ''''Einar''''. Go to the comments section for just about any track off ''Pitfalls'' and count the number of comments containing "AAAAA" or "EEEEEE" in reference to the notes Einar sings.

* LargeHam: Einar. Go to the comments section for just about any track off ''Pitfalls'' and count the number of comments featuring "AAAAA" or "EEEEEE".

* LighterAndSofter: Subverted. While musically the tracks on ''Pitfalls'' are a lot lighter, the lyrics are still focused on heavy subjects like depression and fear.

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Leprous is a ProgressiveMetal band from Norway, known for originally being essentially the backing band to [[Music/{{Ihsahn}}]] (Leprous lead singer Einar is Ihsahn's brother-in-law) before becoming a highly acclaimed prog band of their own. The band was formed in 2001, and have released two demos, six studio albums, and one live album.

Stian Lonar - Bass (2001-2002)
Truls Vennman - Drums (2001-2005)
Esben Meyer Kristensen - Guitars (2001-2003)
Halvor Strand - Bass (2002-2010)
Kenneth Solberg - Guitars (2002-2003, 2003-2004)
Øystein Landsverk - Guitars, Vocals (backing)(2004-2017)
Tor Stian Borhaug - Drums (2005-2007)
Tobias Ørnes Andersen - Drums (2007-2014)
Rein T. Blomquist - Bass, Vocals (backing)(2011-2013)
Martin Skrebergene - Bass (2013-2015)