Their first album "Tall Poppy Syndrome" (2009) is a Melodic Prog/Death Metal with growls. Next Album "Bilateral" (2011), "Coal" (2013), and "The Congregation" (2015) are absolutely masterpieces. Check "Slave" (Live Performance) or "The Price" (music video) for the next reaction.
Even though I also prefer your list of their greatest moments I have to admit that all their albums are masterpieces. I'd say that "Malina" is one of their absolute greats also.
I admit it, I'm a Leprous fan. I celebrate the band's entire collection. For my money it doesn't get any better than when they sing "When A Man Loves A Woman"!
If you want a Leprous song more up your (normal) alley, “Contaminate Me” live is something you’ll dig. And yeah, they’re kinda a genre of their own when you start digging. A lot of rhythm play and jumping from heavy to borderline ambient and even what I’ve heard called “depressing groove.” Also Baard is one of the most creative drummers I’ve ever heard.
I strongly second "Contaminate Me". The live performance from "Rockerfeller Music Hall"is phenomenal and features not only Ihsahn on harsh vocals but also features their former drummer and Baard side by side.
The bit about the double snare was spot on, drummer said in interviews that he needed a second snare for a different tone. If you want to delve into harder Leprous, there's always Slave or The Sky Is Red live. Tons of synchronized headbanging, incredible drumming and pretty rad tunes too...
I'd say The Sky Is Red, or Moon for that matter, drum playthrough is well worth a watch if one wants to take a closer look at Baard Kolstad. He's, in my opinion, one of the world's best active drummers.
This band has found a VERY special place in my heart over the past year when I discovered them. I just booked a ticket today to see their livestream of what I expect will be from the new album just a couple days before it comes out. Super glad to see you enjoyed them Tank. There are a ton of great songs you could check out from their back catalog that would blow you away all over again. This band is constantly evolving and I'm super interested to see where they go but this single and Castaway Angels has me super excited for Aphelion.
@@robdurfee6861 Indeed. I also listen to Castaway Angels all the time since it came out. Aphelion is gonna be an album you need to listen straight through... And again... And again...
Fun fact, Ihsahn from emperor is closely befriended with this band. His wife is the sister of the vocalist of Leprous. And he has beautiful aristides guitars, like the guitarist of leprous haha
LEPROUS is just amazing. They've turned kinda softer and softer with each album, but the main sound is still the same. Baard Kolstad is amazing drummer, just...wow! AND they are Ihsahn's live band aswell. Really do check out some more. "Bilateral" and "Coal" are great albums
Leprous is one of those bands that's so unique there is literally no good comparison. It took me a minute to hop on board with them personally, but I'm a full passenger now. Glad to see you had such a positive reaction on a first listen! Definitely suggest "The Price" as a good hook. The first song I heard was "Rewind" and I was actually shook after hearing it; I suggest that for off-camera. The feelings they're able to evoke are ones I never thought I had.
Well I've fallen down a Leprous rabbit hole today. Thanks for doing this reaction, and thank you to Hupfi for introducing you! Super groovy music and I'm into it.
Yes! Finally Leprous on your channel! I love them, their album Pitfalls is great! Baard Kolstad is for me one of the best drummers! There are many drum playthrough videos on youtube!
One of the best things about Leprous in my opinion, is that all of their work is pretty different from one another, yet still maintains their core sound which is always brilliant. If you ever get back to this band, which I highly recommend, based on each of their albums would be Phantom Pain, Forced Entry, Coal, Rewind, Coma and finally The Sky Is Red. My personal favorites from each of their 6 albums leading up to what you listened here on their 7th album. Keep doing what you're doing dude, it's a fun time watching.
Was staring at the screen for a minute to catch what I was feeling listening to this! Nothing like what I was expecting. You don't hear this sound that often right now! I LOVE IT!
You really need to check out 'Slave' live from Rockefeller Music Hall. It's a brilliant performance, also featuring their former drummer alongside Baard (yeah, 2 drummers!) 😁 Great review, btw. Love your enthusiasm!
Can't wait to watch this! Leprous is one of my favorites and they are awesome live. You should also listen to other new single Running Low, it has a cello solo and adds brass instruments for part. Thanks for doing some Prog for us Prog nerds!
Welcome aboard the Leprous train, man. I hope you get to see them live at some point, they're really killing it. In twenty years or so I only travelled abroad four times just for a gig, and these fellas were last. So worth it! One of the last shows I saw before covid too, miss it so much.
Einar's voice is so unique because he almost sounds like he's always singing in a falsetto when he's usually not. As for the song, I prefer more belty leprous, and am not as big of a fan when Einar goes very quiet. You've just glimpsed a rabbit hole. Enjoy.
@@complexdevice Man, I wish I knew how to transition that fluidly. I need like...maybe an eighth of a beat just to transition from false chords to cleans. And my voice is entirely too deep for some of these notes, yet this man can hit notes in my mid/low range (i.e. the line "feels like a bottomless hole" in Nighttime Disguise) with apparent ease. Einar is not of this realm.
Saw them live just before the pandemic began, and they sounded perfect. They were previously heavier and more progressive in earlier albums. But these songs are fantastic. If they had a different name, they’d be huge. I’d suggest Waste of Air or Forced Entry as good early starting points.
These guys really just dont do the same thing twice. Just when you think you have them figured out, they evolve. Its been pretty amazing to follow. I've been a fan for a decade now and Malina is probably my favorite album cause I'm a bit of a prog rock junkie, but honestly all their stuff is soo unique I'd check them out.
Awesome band. One of the best live bands I've ever seen. They absolutely NAIL this stuff live. They even harmonize like a fucking choir of angels (while playing complex polyrythms) . Oh...and Bard is defintely one of the best and most interesting drummers around, incredibly skilled and inventive.
Leprous, fuck yeah! One of my favorites! Please do more reactions. Others will probably recommend their heavier songs like "Slave" or "Contaminate Me", but imo if you start with their latest you have to go backwards. My recommendation would be their first single of this new album- "Castaway angels", it's a studio session video.
Tank, my guy, again you’ve done it. You got me in to Nightwish, now this. Love the channel. Love what you do. Love that there’s another big bearded guy that will get emotional over good music. Thanks buddy. You’re doing great.
I learned about Leprous from Ola Englund's TH-cam (at some point he mentioned that his wife introduced him to the band, and it's great Lego building music - that's good enough for me). Their 2017 album, Malina, is just about perfect to me.
Leprous is so fucking good. If you want more, I recommend "Slave" or "Contaminate Me" the live at Rockefeller Music Hall versions for both. Contaminate Me features Ihsahn.
damn... your first Leprous song and you didn't even with Baard not wearing a shirt. That is sacrilege! check out their older stuff as well! Slave live at Rockefeller never fails to put me in awe.
I am LOVING this. I also love that you provide a lot of info about the band and the gear they use. Please, if you enjoyed this one, I'd love to see more Leprous reactions from you! My favorite albums are The Congregation and Malina. My personal recommendations for the next songs to react to are: Rewind, The Price or Slave (which has a very popular live version from Rockefeller Music Hall). Their newer stuff is generally less heavy I'd say but definitely awesome in terms of musicality
I said it once, saying it again, it‘s ridiculous how many cool music is out there somewhere, I would never found without this channel. I liked it a lot!
Oh boy, you're in for a journey. Their earlier albums feature heavier music, and even though over time their repertoire evolved and became softer, so to speak, they didn't lose musicality at all I never really expect bands to stay the same over their history. People change, and considering that music is generally a form of expression, it changes with them. It's very much the case here - they haven't stagnated, only moved forward, staying true to themselves. As for the recommendations, Bilateral, Coal and The Congregation are all solid picks, it's a wealth of wonderful music.
Leprous was the 2nd to last band i saw live before Covid hit, and they will be the next band i see in about 4 weeks. Saw them for the first time 11 yrs ago and i've been a fan since.
It is sometimes funny to hear the phrase " checking out new stuff" of a band that has been on the road for soooo long (and changed their style in that process). It is one of the better Norweigian bands out there. Great musicians. They have a great Rockefeller Center live album with one of my favorites " Slave" (live). The band has definitely one of the best drummers on the scene as well.
Leprous is such an epic live band. I haven't heard of 'em but 2014 I saw them at Euroblast festival in Germany. Out of nowhere, I was simply blown away, especially the song "The Valley" stuck to my mind.
Leprous is one of the best bands lately, thats for sure! All of they albums are firkin amazing and you should give a try to all of them! I promised you that you will be not disappointed! Trust me...
Leprous has evolved a lot over the years, and their sound changes significantly from album to album. Their older stuff was a lot more metal/experimental prog (to be honest, I sort of bounced off of it), which you might dig more than your initial reaction. The Congregation is when I think they sort of turned around and went in a slightly less experimental, but still prog metal-y direction. Malina, the album that utterly hooked me on Leprous, was a step more towards prog rock with less metal. Their last album, Pitfalls, went full prog rock with a lot of atmospheric touches. This one proved to be divisive, and a lot of people didn't like how much they'd strayed from their earlier albums (personally, as primarily a proghead, I loved it). This new one coming out, Aphelion, looks to be keeping with their prog rock trend, but they're doing a lot of interesting things that remind me of their earlier albums in the songs they've released so far. I'm super excited! I'm glad you ended up digging the song in the end! I hope you check out more, as Leprous have become easily one of my all time favorites.
I actually love the fact, that you brought up dredg as an older go to! I just got into older records just a few Years ago and dredg caught my Attention in a sec! Just like Leprous, even tho they are not old at all. But it seems to perfectly fit in my Fav-Playlist which already included bands like dredg, rishloo, the mayan Factor and Leprous. I don't know why, but I absolutely dig this kind of artistic level, they all got going in their Music! Anyways, I'm just new here to your Channel and I don't know if you already checked out Rishloo or the Mayan Factor, but I would love to see you covering these guys in the future (if you didn't do it already) Greeting from Ger and keep it up! :)
I’m trying to figure out where the reactions to the new Trivium, Shadow of Intent, and Seven Spires tracks are. I’m gonna keep pounding the pavement for those, my guy. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
New Leprous and I missed it?! Thanks, Tech, could have missed that. I've been haunted from Einars Voice since his featuring on Esa Holopainens Silver Lake 'Ray of Light'. Really interesting song, that chorus may even resurrect the dead. Leprous gets me restless. 🤪🤘🏻
Excellent musicianship with ok vocals,never heard of them before. After this i will definitely listen to more songs. I am thankful that you did this one. That's what a reaction channel is good for discovering something new you would otherwise not even bother to listen to.
Oh damn, didn't think you'd be reacting to Leprous! This is one of the bands I picked up in the last year or so (along with Jinjer, Spiritbox, Opeth, Tesseract, etc.). I first listened to their 2019 album and it was really different from the prog metal I thought they would be. It was cool. I've taken my time getting into the other albums and only recently listened to some of their earliest stuff. They've changed over time but it's always unique and interesting. Slave is their most popular reaction song, there's a live performance video that's pretty cool.
Lol...when i saw the title i thought...do i really want to listen to death metal? Yea...there goes that 🤷♂️😏🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for listening to this and making a video about it 🥰👍
You really can't go wrong with Leprous. Their "Live at Rockefeller Music Hall" DVD is definitely the way to go to discover some of their older material. I am going to recommend a band, solely based off their emotional draw and sound; Sweden's "Imminence". Their song "Temptation" or even "Heaven In Hiding". You'll feel it!
New to me too, never even heard of them, and like you, would've classed them as some kinda death metal, or black metal since they're from Norway. Not what I'd spend money on, but can hear the musicianship in there, and I won't hate on people that like this stuff.
Their older stuff is way heavier. Personally I'll listen to anything they write but the best place to start for you might be their song "Contaminate Me."
Great reaction, I thought you'd appreciate this band. They've changed a lot over the years and it's fair to say they aren't really a metal band anymore, a far cry from their debut Tall Poppy Syndrome which was effectively an Opeth clone. I highly recommend their second album Bilateral, it's where they really developed their own sound and Forced Entry in particular is an absolute banger.
@@helenhunt5414 It hits literally every single musical beat that Opeth covered in their best years, the biggest difference is Einars voice, which is nothing like Mikael Akerfeldt's. I was so surprised, and glad, when Bilateral came out as it represented not only a massive shift in their sound but showed they were going to carve out a very unique sound.
@@andrewcarter1747 Beats don't matter that much, melodies matter and Tall Poppy Syndrome has waaaay better melodies🤷 I know people who say they are bored to death by Opeth, but they are huge fans of Tall Poppy Syndrome. So, definitely not a clone.
@@helenhunt5414 It doesn't, TPS is a dull album, they improved dramatically afterwards. I think you might have missinterpreted my use of beats, I was not referring to rhythm (and only the musically illeterate thing rhythmn doesn't matter) but the use of musical idea's, of which Opeth's influence on TPS was very strong.
@@andrewcarter1747 Well, you must have listened to TPS superficially if you use the word "dull". In any case our discussion is pointless - we speak different languages. Don't listen to TPS if you consider it dull, your loss afterall 🤷
I am liking what I’m hearing here. I haven’t enjoyed much of what has come out after their masterpiece of an album called the congregation that came out in 2015, and even though this is a big change from the sound I like from them I am quite enjoying the direction it’s going.
I had listened to a few tracks and I was like 'they are ok", but I saw them live and was hooked! They are now one of my favorites, all terrific musicians.
I never listened to these guys but I'm definitely checking more of them out! And based on this I think you'll like the band VOLA too, they are a Danish progressive metal band with a very interesting sound that I've never heard before.
Great work Tank! I've been going through the backlog of your videos and am loving the format. Wish everyone did Tank Facts! (and headbangs!) Now I was left with the impression that you liked the feel of Leprous, but I also know you like the heavier stuff, and there's a certain song by Persefone - "Living Waves" that might satisfy that desire. Here's hoping this fresh comment on an old video piques your interest :)
That was neat. I like hearing some extra variety here now and then. Ex-Delain guitarist Timo Somers plays an Aristides. He's really good. Go look him up sometime.
hi tank, i come more from electronic music, then at some point I decided to go on a metal trip, from rammstein to unleash the archers to the band "null positive". "null positive"; this band is out of this world. would be super super cool, is a drug. if you did a raction. i start with the song "hate". Whenever I go to the internet, the first thing I do is look if there is already a reaction from you :) only then will my emails come :) best greetings from germany from michael :)
Although I've heard the name "Leprous" before, I've never listened to any of their songs and I certainly expected something heavier, too. I guess the song as a whole will need some time to grow on me but I do love the cello (in general) and Raphael is a great cellist. i love his covers of Opeth's "Harvest" and Lamb of God's "Walk With Me In Hell". He also did a cello cover of Bleed. ^^
I recommend to check them out, but start from the beginning. They went kinda softer and softer on each album, but the main idea and sound is still the same. Great band nevertheless. AND they are Ihsahn's live band.
@@pollystrange8298 Here is a link to their first album - it'll be heavy enough. Then listen to the second one - Bilateral. All their albums are brilliant. This is the best band in the world. open.spotify.com/album/2qdDgPLpiK0iY5ZqfJya8n?si=ofAwyGYCTO-P0Ta-RIT-rg&dl_branch=1
They one more single out from the new album you should check out... Its wierd...and wonderfull :) At first i did not like it, but a few listens did it.. There are so many strange elements in it.. Super catchy rifs, popie chorus, cello, wierd time signatures, creepy tones out of a horror movie, and elements that could have come from a james bond movie... Its a wierd mix.. But it comes together masterfully in a strange way .. I love how much info You gives us, and the work You put down on background check :) Subbed :)
Nice! One of my absolute favorite bands with my favorite singer of all time.🤘🏻😍 Can't never go wrong with Leprous.☺️ Please check out Leprous - Aquired Taste (Live at Rockefeller Music Hall).🤘🏻
For some reason I just cannot personally get into what Leprous is currently putting out although I still appreciate it. Their older stuff however is great as it is more metal than just their current prog rock/pop. Forced Entry is maybe their best song in my personal opinion!
And here I thought the practice of castrating little boys to preserve their high child voices through adulthood was abandoned after the early days of italian opera... 😅 Nah ... just kidding! This was really weird but in a really cool way! Got used to his voice pretty quickly and must admit, it fits perfectly! Pretty cool song too! So to sum up ... as we say in Germany: NICE! 😅
The whole band are very talented musicians, but Baard Kolstad is one of my favorite newer drummers. Super versatile and has a great unique sound. Some great drum work from him in Borknagar too.
Their first album "Tall Poppy Syndrome" (2009) is a Melodic Prog/Death Metal with growls.
Next Album "Bilateral" (2011), "Coal" (2013), and "The Congregation" (2015) are absolutely masterpieces.
Check "Slave" (Live Performance) or "The Price" (music video) for the next reaction.
Great summary and the next two Malina and Pitfalls are less heavy, but damn near perfection in their own right.
Even though I also prefer your list of their greatest moments I have to admit that all their albums are masterpieces. I'd say that "Malina" is one of their absolute greats also.
I admit it, I'm a Leprous fan. I celebrate the band's entire collection. For my money it doesn't get any better than when they sing "When A Man Loves A Woman"!
If you want a Leprous song more up your (normal) alley, “Contaminate Me” live is something you’ll dig.
And yeah, they’re kinda a genre of their own when you start digging. A lot of rhythm play and jumping from heavy to borderline ambient and even what I’ve heard called “depressing groove.”
Also Baard is one of the most creative drummers I’ve ever heard.
I strongly second "Contaminate Me". The live performance from "Rockerfeller Music Hall"is phenomenal and features not only Ihsahn on harsh vocals but also features their former drummer and Baard side by side.
Slave is another great live performance of theirs.
Don't forget "Castaway Angel". That's a masterpiece as well
I call their style " James Bond prog rock"
The bit about the double snare was spot on, drummer said in interviews that he needed a second snare for a different tone. If you want to delve into harder Leprous, there's always Slave or The Sky Is Red live. Tons of synchronized headbanging, incredible drumming and pretty rad tunes too...
Oh I have. Jumped right in to it after I watched this reaction.
Check out their song Castaway Angels, the guys are in a studio in Norway and they did it in one take! Stunning!
Or listen to their first two albums. Bilateral got me into them and I listened to that album a lot. It‘s very different from what they Sound like now.
@@irenemcgrath7739 Castaway Angels is so beautiful, and the dynamics of it always makes my hair stand up.
I'd say The Sky Is Red, or Moon for that matter, drum playthrough is well worth a watch if one wants to take a closer look at Baard Kolstad. He's, in my opinion, one of the world's best active drummers.
This band does no wrong. Top notch musicianship all the way around. Glad you finally got around to checking them out, Tank.
This band has found a VERY special place in my heart over the past year when I discovered them. I just booked a ticket today to see their livestream of what I expect will be from the new album just a couple days before it comes out. Super glad to see you enjoyed them Tank. There are a ton of great songs you could check out from their back catalog that would blow you away all over again. This band is constantly evolving and I'm super interested to see where they go but this single and Castaway Angels has me super excited for Aphelion.
Running Low was a great single too
@@robdurfee6861 Indeed. I also listen to Castaway Angels all the time since it came out. Aphelion is gonna be an album you need to listen straight through... And again... And again...
Fun fact, Ihsahn from emperor is closely befriended with this band. His wife is the sister of the vocalist of Leprous. And he has beautiful aristides guitars, like the guitarist of leprous haha
Hell, around the time of his album After, Leprous were effectively his backing band.
@@andrewcarter1747 Yep I saw them at Wacken as Ihsahn's backing band. Very cool.
This band just hits the spot for me like no other. Glad you got to check it out and enjoy it too man 🙌
Absolutely love this band!
LEPROUS is just amazing. They've turned kinda softer and softer with each album, but the main sound is still the same. Baard Kolstad is amazing drummer, just...wow!
AND they are Ihsahn's live band aswell. Really do check out some more. "Bilateral" and "Coal" are great albums
Leprous is one of those bands that's so unique there is literally no good comparison. It took me a minute to hop on board with them personally, but I'm a full passenger now. Glad to see you had such a positive reaction on a first listen! Definitely suggest "The Price" as a good hook. The first song I heard was "Rewind" and I was actually shook after hearing it; I suggest that for off-camera. The feelings they're able to evoke are ones I never thought I had.
Well I've fallen down a Leprous rabbit hole today. Thanks for doing this reaction, and thank you to Hupfi for introducing you! Super groovy music and I'm into it.
Great song!! My colleague recommended Leprous to me few years ago, and I had the same expression on my face like you did. :) This band is awesome!
Yes! Finally Leprous on your channel! I love them, their album Pitfalls is great! Baard Kolstad is for me one of the best drummers! There are many drum playthrough videos on youtube!
One of the best things about Leprous in my opinion, is that all of their work is pretty different from one another, yet still maintains their core sound which is always brilliant.
If you ever get back to this band, which I highly recommend, based on each of their albums would be Phantom Pain, Forced Entry, Coal, Rewind, Coma and finally The Sky Is Red. My personal favorites from each of their 6 albums leading up to what you listened here on their 7th album. Keep doing what you're doing dude, it's a fun time watching.
Was staring at the screen for a minute to catch what I was feeling listening to this! Nothing like what I was expecting. You don't hear this sound that often right now! I LOVE IT!
You really need to check out 'Slave' live from Rockefeller Music Hall. It's a brilliant performance, also featuring their former drummer alongside Baard (yeah, 2 drummers!) 😁 Great review, btw. Love your enthusiasm!
Can't wait to watch this! Leprous is one of my favorites and they are awesome live. You should also listen to other new single Running Low, it has a cello solo and adds brass instruments for part. Thanks for doing some Prog for us Prog nerds!
Welcome aboard the Leprous train, man. I hope you get to see them live at some point, they're really killing it. In twenty years or so I only travelled abroad four times just for a gig, and these fellas were last. So worth it! One of the last shows I saw before covid too, miss it so much.
Einar's voice is so unique because he almost sounds like he's always singing in a falsetto when he's usually not. As for the song, I prefer more belty leprous, and am not as big of a fan when Einar goes very quiet. You've just glimpsed a rabbit hole. Enjoy.
He's got great control and can slide from chest voice to head voice effortlessly.
@@complexdevice Man, I wish I knew how to transition that fluidly. I need like...maybe an eighth of a beat just to transition from false chords to cleans. And my voice is entirely too deep for some of these notes, yet this man can hit notes in my mid/low range (i.e. the line "feels like a bottomless hole" in Nighttime Disguise) with apparent ease. Einar is not of this realm.
Brilliant band, can't go wrong with them - pure bliss and delight every single album of theirs.
Timeless and eternal ❤️
Saw them live just before the pandemic began, and they sounded perfect. They were previously heavier and more progressive in earlier albums. But these songs are fantastic. If they had a different name, they’d be huge. I’d suggest Waste of Air or Forced Entry as good early starting points.
Einar's vocals never fail to snatch the soul right outta my body
I love Leprous so much. They're incredibly talented and their music is just so different.
I would recommend "the sky is red" live 2020, it's just eargasme. Greetings from Norway 🤘
These guys really just dont do the same thing twice. Just when you think you have them figured out, they evolve. Its been pretty amazing to follow. I've been a fan for a decade now and Malina is probably my favorite album cause I'm a bit of a prog rock junkie, but honestly all their stuff is soo unique I'd check them out.
Was just waiting to see your face , in the last minutes :D Awesome reaction!!
Ooh I love leprous. Just bought a ticket to their live stream. They sound so great..thanks for checking them out!
Awesome band. One of the best live bands I've ever seen. They absolutely NAIL this stuff live. They even harmonize like a fucking choir of angels (while playing complex polyrythms) . Oh...and Bard is defintely one of the best and most interesting drummers around, incredibly skilled and inventive.
Leprous, fuck yeah! One of my favorites! Please do more reactions. Others will probably recommend their heavier songs like "Slave" or "Contaminate Me", but imo if you start with their latest you have to go backwards. My recommendation would be their first single of this new album- "Castaway angels", it's a studio session video.
Tank, my guy, again you’ve done it. You got me in to Nightwish, now this. Love the channel. Love what you do. Love that there’s another big bearded guy that will get emotional over good music. Thanks buddy. You’re doing great.
I learned about Leprous from Ola Englund's TH-cam (at some point he mentioned that his wife introduced him to the band, and it's great Lego building music - that's good enough for me).
Their 2017 album, Malina, is just about perfect to me.
Always happy when i see a band from my home country on this channel 👌👌
Gonna get another one a few days after this one!
@@TankTheTech awesome!
Svensson... Sure you're not a Swede? 🧐😄
@@Kraakesolv yeah
@@janfredriksvensson Dodged a bullet!
so glad for reacting to leprous
Leprous is so fucking good. If you want more, I recommend "Slave" or "Contaminate Me" the live at Rockefeller Music Hall versions for both. Contaminate Me features Ihsahn.
damn... your first Leprous song and you didn't even with Baard not wearing a shirt. That is sacrilege! check out their older stuff as well! Slave live at Rockefeller never fails to put me in awe.
It was about time!
I am LOVING this. I also love that you provide a lot of info about the band and the gear they use. Please, if you enjoyed this one, I'd love to see more Leprous reactions from you! My favorite albums are The Congregation and Malina. My personal recommendations for the next songs to react to are: Rewind, The Price or Slave (which has a very popular live version from Rockefeller Music Hall). Their newer stuff is generally less heavy I'd say but definitely awesome in terms of musicality
I said it once, saying it again, it‘s ridiculous how many cool music is out there somewhere, I would never found without this channel. I liked it a lot!
It's insane. And I'm still discovering new music every week.
Oh boy, you're in for a journey. Their earlier albums feature heavier music, and even though over time their repertoire evolved and became softer, so to speak, they didn't lose musicality at all
I never really expect bands to stay the same over their history. People change, and considering that music is generally a form of expression, it changes with them. It's very much the case here - they haven't stagnated, only moved forward, staying true to themselves.
As for the recommendations, Bilateral, Coal and The Congregation are all solid picks, it's a wealth of wonderful music.
Leprous was the 2nd to last band i saw live before Covid hit, and they will be the next band i see in about 4 weeks. Saw them for the first time 11 yrs ago and i've been a fan since.
I love everything with this band, the old heavy stuff will always be number one, but the newer stuff is incredible aswell.
It is sometimes funny to hear the phrase " checking out new stuff" of a band that has been on the road for soooo long (and changed their style in that process). It is one of the better Norweigian bands out there. Great musicians. They have a great Rockefeller Center live album with one of my favorites " Slave" (live). The band has definitely one of the best drummers on the scene as well.
Leprous is such an epic live band. I haven't heard of 'em but 2014 I saw them at Euroblast festival in Germany. Out of nowhere, I was simply blown away, especially the song "The Valley" stuck to my mind.
Leprous is one of the best bands lately, thats for sure! All of they albums are firkin amazing and you should give a try to all of them! I promised you that you will be not disappointed! Trust me...
You gotta listen to more from them now! Such a fun band to listen to
Leprous has evolved a lot over the years, and their sound changes significantly from album to album. Their older stuff was a lot more metal/experimental prog (to be honest, I sort of bounced off of it), which you might dig more than your initial reaction. The Congregation is when I think they sort of turned around and went in a slightly less experimental, but still prog metal-y direction. Malina, the album that utterly hooked me on Leprous, was a step more towards prog rock with less metal. Their last album, Pitfalls, went full prog rock with a lot of atmospheric touches. This one proved to be divisive, and a lot of people didn't like how much they'd strayed from their earlier albums (personally, as primarily a proghead, I loved it). This new one coming out, Aphelion, looks to be keeping with their prog rock trend, but they're doing a lot of interesting things that remind me of their earlier albums in the songs they've released so far. I'm super excited!
I'm glad you ended up digging the song in the end! I hope you check out more, as Leprous have become easily one of my all time favorites.
Bring more Leprous. Old stuff, new stuff, on every step of their career there'll be something for you to pick.
I actually love the fact, that you brought up dredg as an older go to! I just got into older records just a few Years ago and dredg caught my Attention in a sec!
Just like Leprous, even tho they are not old at all. But it seems to perfectly fit in my Fav-Playlist which already included bands like dredg, rishloo, the mayan Factor and Leprous. I don't know why, but I absolutely dig this kind of artistic level, they all got going in their Music!
Anyways, I'm just new here to your Channel and I don't know if you already checked out Rishloo or the Mayan Factor, but I would love to see you covering these guys in the future (if you didn't do it already)
Greeting from Ger and keep it up! :)
I was an instant convert to Leprous when I saw them with Haken (and Bent Knee) a couple years ago. Absolutely monster live band.
One of my new favourite bands of the last 10 years. Glad you liked them. Einars vocals and Baards drumming is amazing as well as the whole band.
I’m trying to figure out where the reactions to the new Trivium, Shadow of Intent, and Seven Spires tracks are. I’m gonna keep pounding the pavement for those, my guy. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yes, Leprous!!! Finally!!! ♥️♥️
I've been several times at their lives, every time there are goosebumps all over the body )) Love this band so much :)
Leprous are so good! I found them 'on accident' and until now I've listened to and love their three latest albums. Can't wait for the new one 🔥
New Leprous and I missed it?! Thanks, Tech, could have missed that. I've been haunted from Einars Voice since his featuring on Esa Holopainens Silver Lake 'Ray of Light'. Really interesting song, that chorus may even resurrect the dead. Leprous gets me restless. 🤪🤘🏻
Excellent musicianship with ok vocals,never heard of them before. After this i will definitely listen to more songs. I am thankful that you did this one. That's what a reaction channel is good for discovering something new you would otherwise not even bother to listen to.
Oh damn, didn't think you'd be reacting to Leprous! This is one of the bands I picked up in the last year or so (along with Jinjer, Spiritbox, Opeth, Tesseract, etc.).
I first listened to their 2019 album and it was really different from the prog metal I thought they would be. It was cool. I've taken my time getting into the other albums and only recently listened to some of their earliest stuff. They've changed over time but it's always unique and interesting.
Slave is their most popular reaction song, there's a live performance video that's pretty cool.
Lol...when i saw the title i thought...do i really want to listen to death metal?
Yea...there goes that 🤷♂️😏🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for listening to this and making a video about it 🥰👍
I watch the drum playthrough of The Sky Is Red a few times a week. Baard is a magician.
This band is amazing. I HIGHLY recommend their track "Alleviate". I will say nothing about it...just let you enjoy the journey.
You really can't go wrong with Leprous. Their "Live at Rockefeller Music Hall" DVD is definitely the way to go to discover some of their older material. I am going to recommend a band, solely based off their emotional draw and sound; Sweden's "Imminence". Their song "Temptation" or even "Heaven In Hiding". You'll feel it!
New to me too, never even heard of them, and like you, would've classed them as some kinda death metal, or black metal since they're from Norway. Not what I'd spend money on, but can hear the musicianship in there, and I won't hate on people that like this stuff.
Their older stuff is way heavier. Personally I'll listen to anything they write but the best place to start for you might be their song "Contaminate Me."
@@complexdevice I'll give that a whirl, thanks
Great reaction, I thought you'd appreciate this band. They've changed a lot over the years and it's fair to say they aren't really a metal band anymore, a far cry from their debut Tall Poppy Syndrome which was effectively an Opeth clone. I highly recommend their second album Bilateral, it's where they really developed their own sound and Forced Entry in particular is an absolute banger.
Opeth clone? Really? I love Opeth, but none of their albums is on my regular on-repeat listen like Tall Poppy Syndrome.
@@helenhunt5414 It hits literally every single musical beat that Opeth covered in their best years, the biggest difference is Einars voice, which is nothing like Mikael Akerfeldt's. I was so surprised, and glad, when Bilateral came out as it represented not only a massive shift in their sound but showed they were going to carve out a very unique sound.
@@andrewcarter1747 Beats don't matter that much, melodies matter and Tall Poppy Syndrome has waaaay better melodies🤷 I know people who say they are bored to death by Opeth, but they are huge fans of Tall Poppy Syndrome. So, definitely not a clone.
@@helenhunt5414 It doesn't, TPS is a dull album, they improved dramatically afterwards. I think you might have missinterpreted my use of beats, I was not referring to rhythm (and only the musically illeterate thing rhythmn doesn't matter) but the use of musical idea's, of which Opeth's influence on TPS was very strong.
@@andrewcarter1747 Well, you must have listened to TPS superficially if you use the word "dull". In any case our discussion is pointless - we speak different languages.
Don't listen to TPS if you consider it dull, your loss afterall 🤷
Nice! Hope to see you react to more Prog in the future!
hope you get around to this band again sometime, they're just so versatile
I am liking what I’m hearing here. I haven’t enjoyed much of what has come out after their masterpiece of an album called the congregation that came out in 2015, and even though this is a big change from the sound I like from them I am quite enjoying the direction it’s going.
Dredg - yes, there song “Bug Eyes” is one of my all time favs! The chorus reminds me of some Don Broco songs.
Second guitar is an Aristides. Dope guitars.
Love this band !!
Nice new intro music. Every time I come check your videos, the subs have gone up.
Thanks! Orbit Culture was nice enough to approve me using their music for it.
AMAZING SONG🔥🔥🔥
I had listened to a few tracks and I was like 'they are ok", but I saw them live and was hooked! They are now one of my favorites, all terrific musicians.
I never listened to these guys but I'm definitely checking more of them out!
And based on this I think you'll like the band VOLA too, they are a Danish progressive metal band with a very interesting sound that I've never heard before.
Great work Tank! I've been going through the backlog of your videos and am loving the format. Wish everyone did Tank Facts! (and headbangs!) Now I was left with the impression that you liked the feel of Leprous, but I also know you like the heavier stuff, and there's a certain song by Persefone - "Living Waves" that might satisfy that desire. Here's hoping this fresh comment on an old video piques your interest :)
I was wondering: when the hell is he going to pause?!
Nice shot, as usual.
Thumbs up dude
In light of Kiuas reunion, you should check out some of their stuff. Great mix of power, prog, thrash and folk with a baller singer.
nevermind me, I'm just Leprous reaction stalking here. Love them live, just saw them in August for the second time. Ridiculously great sound on stage.
That was neat. I like hearing some extra variety here now and then.
Ex-Delain guitarist Timo Somers plays an Aristides. He's really good. Go look him up sometime.
Leprous: The Sky Is Red -- Live is your jam FYI.
You need to check out the drum play through for their song The sky is red, so fuckin amazing!
hi tank, i come more from electronic music, then at some point I decided to go on a metal trip, from rammstein to unleash the archers to the band "null positive". "null positive"; this band is out of this world. would be super super cool, is a drug. if you did a raction.
i start with the song "hate". Whenever I go to the internet, the first thing I do is look if there is already a reaction from you :) only then will my emails come :) best greetings from germany from michael :)
Love the shirt!
Although I've heard the name "Leprous" before, I've never listened to any of their songs and I certainly expected something heavier, too. I guess the song as a whole will need some time to grow on me but I do love the cello (in general) and Raphael is a great cellist. i love his covers of Opeth's "Harvest" and Lamb of God's "Walk With Me In Hell". He also did a cello cover of Bleed. ^^
I recommend to check them out, but start from the beginning. They went kinda softer and softer on each album, but the main idea and sound is still the same. Great band nevertheless. AND they are Ihsahn's live band.
@@wolverine669 Will do. Thank you.
@@pollystrange8298 Here is a link to their first album - it'll be heavy enough. Then listen to the second one - Bilateral. All their albums are brilliant. This is the best band in the world.
open.spotify.com/album/2qdDgPLpiK0iY5ZqfJya8n?si=ofAwyGYCTO-P0Ta-RIT-rg&dl_branch=1
could also check out: Ihsahn - Celestial Violence witch has Einar Solberg on part of the vocals. Awesome song!
Yes!!! Leprous is the shit! I saw them in Nashville actually, and they killed it.
They one more single out from the new album you should check out... Its wierd...and wonderfull :)
At first i did not like it, but a few listens did it.. There are so many strange elements in it.. Super catchy rifs, popie chorus, cello, wierd time signatures, creepy tones out of a horror movie, and elements that could have come from a james bond movie... Its a wierd mix.. But it comes together masterfully in a strange way ..
I love how much info You gives us, and the work You put down on background check :)
Subbed :)
First time watching one of your videos. But I instantly became a fan when I heard Minus The Bear in the intro.
Thanks a ton, man!
Dude you’re opening a very large rabbit hole jumping into prog… 😉👍
Ayyy the new intro!
🙌🙌🙌
Nice! One of my absolute favorite bands with my favorite singer of all time.🤘🏻😍 Can't never go wrong with Leprous.☺️ Please check out Leprous - Aquired Taste (Live at Rockefeller Music Hall).🤘🏻
For some reason I just cannot personally get into what Leprous is currently putting out although I still appreciate it. Their older stuff however is great as it is more metal than just their current prog rock/pop. Forced Entry is maybe their best song in my personal opinion!
This reaction makes me think that Tank should try out Eurovision 😆
Warming up the tear ducts for that voice...
I got into this band after Spotify kept nagging me with Castaway Angels, Now i gonna see them in my hometown on 3 Dec. :)
Dredg! Such a great band. Catch Without Arms was an amazing album.
One of my favorites in my late teens/early 20's. Loved that band.
The sky is red
Mandatory listen...
Didn't expect that. Not my favorite prog band, but I appreciate their musicianship especially drummer's skill.
LEPROUS - REWIND (LIVE)....trust me, it'll blow your socks off!!!
Leprous 🔥🔥🔥
And here I thought the practice of castrating little boys to preserve their high child voices through adulthood was abandoned after the early days of italian opera... 😅
Nah ... just kidding! This was really weird but in a really cool way! Got used to his voice pretty quickly and must admit, it fits perfectly! Pretty cool song too!
So to sum up ... as we say in Germany: NICE! 😅
The whole band are very talented musicians, but Baard Kolstad is one of my favorite newer drummers. Super versatile and has a great unique sound. Some great drum work from him in Borknagar too.