I found it difficult to select my favourite tracks on this album because they are all excellent. So, I just picked the two longest ones, because you get more bang for your buck with those! When I reviewed their first album, I scored it 9/10 but this one is getting a 10.
This album is definitely going to be in my album of the year contenders list as I cannot fault it in any way. I don’t dish out full marks very often, but I have no option but to do so in this case. I have a new band to follow, and they have a new fan.
With the new album, “Melodies of Atonement”, the band from Norway offers an unmistakable Leprous experience – and it’s the one you want to dive into.
The barrage of blasting on the drums and running nature of the guitar riffs is technical enough to have the nerds satisfied, while the hostile, corrosive sound and evil chord progressions always keep the portals to hell open for those more ritualistically inclined.
I think what makes this album interesting is the way it manages to combine what may seem as pretty generic symphonic metal tropes with a modern djent and metalcore blend of sounds and heavy electronic effects.
Italian progmetal masters Kingcrow comes back as the 10th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary!
Legendary norwegian band Extol is the 9th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Major Parkinson is the 8th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Tiberius is the 7th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Mayfire is the 6th band confirmed for ProgPower Europe 25th Anniversary edition!
Releases of the Week 43/2023 with Violent Jasper, Ramage Inc., Sky Empire, Crossing the Rubicon, Nick DePirro, Burak Ozmucur, Vokonis, Sorcerer, Wayfarer, Three Eyes of the Void, Colin Edwin / Robert Jürjendal & Ulver
Releases of the Week 42/2023 with Lalu, District 97, Owdwyr, Monosphere, Volkor X, Head With Wings, Divided By Design, Outrun the Sunlight, Ozric Tentacles, Myrkur, Vertrebra Atlantis, Splice & Sylvatica
Releases of the Week 41/2023 with Grinded Grin, Stortregn, Torn Soul, Tardigrade Inferno, Marco Sfogli, The Totemist (Rabea Massaad), On Thorns I Lay, Kaunis Kuolematon, Gévaudan, Electromancer & Venera
Releases of the Week 39/2023 with Feather, Obsidian Tide, The Hirsch Effekt, Wizards of Wiznan , Shan, Haunt the Woods, Mankind, The Sound of Things Fallen, Earupt, Blackbriar, Steven Wilson & Collapse Under The Empire
Instrumental renaissance and gaming inspired tunes in a 3-piece of 16-string guitar,10-string bass and drums? This is as proggy as it gets! Felix Martin premieres his new single “Gatherpiece”.
Instrumental, progressive, and technical metal fans take note as US based Deorbit are now streaming their debut album “Retrogradient”!
Avant-garde progressive metal band Dissona premieres guitar & bass playthrough of ‘Renaissance’, the third single off of upcoming EP “Dreadfully Distinct”.
Swiss based Trance Metal trio Rage of Light are celebrating the release of their brand new 4-track EP “Opaque” today with the premiere of a video for the epic title track.
Italian Krautrockers Oslo Tapes premiere brand new video for ‘Deja Neu’, first glimpse of upcoming fourth album “Staring at the Sun Before Goin’ Blind”
Review – Midsummer Prog Festival 2022: Great weather, food stands, normal and special beers and of course a lot of friends that haven’t seen each other for a long time, with these ingredients the festival and its lineup could not disappoint.
Concert Review: Novena Album (Re-)Launch Show – Sat, 30 Oct 2021 with Novena, Countless Skies, IHLO and Azure.
The sound is as crystal clear as it’s bone-crushingly heavy when it needs to be. The light show and camera work is mesmerizing. And VOLA are playing hit after hit. What a show!
A voyage in 5 jackets and 7 albums: Voyager managed to capture the immense fun of their live shows for audiences around the world – and leave us craving for more.
…this pre-release livestream for “Aphelion” proved to be the perfect tool to hype up the Leprous fanbase even more if that was even possible.
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