Saturday, August 27, 2011

LEPROUS - BILATERAL (2011)

genre : extreme progressive metal
similar bands : Dream Theater, Haken, Ihsahn
origin : Norway
strong spot : cover, songwriting, vocals, technical performance
weak spot : I would prefer much more growls


Leprous' debut was one of the most promising debuts I came across since I started this blog. Therefore,you can understand my curiosity about this one, their 2nd album, which I really enjoyed to its last moment. Leprous have turned to more progressive paths with ''Bilateral'' but their music is still powerful, passionate and easy to grasp. The performance of the whole combo and especiall the vocalist is ideal and there is not a single filler  track. Clever songwriting, diverse arrangements, non-common melodies. If I had to compare it to their debut? hmmm, I am sure the new album will appeal to more fans, especially the progressive ones but when coming to musical essence and songwriting I would rate their debut slightly higher.
9 out of 10 goatheads 

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