Jen G. Well when i’m listening to leprous with my friend ofc we aaaAAAAaaa the fuck out but that joke actually comes from one of the band members a long time ago, so for them its not funny anymore.
Hear, hear! Never understood the hate people get when a band tries something new. There are no rules that prohibit bands from exploring different ways they can present their style of music. Only true fans will appreciate the music they make even if it doesn't cater to their personal taste. I cannot wait to see what else we will get from Leprous in the future here.
@@Vermillionx Absolutely. I'm a life long follower of bands who stretch themselves & try out different things. Otherwise ideas, sounds can get stale for the musicians & listener.
My favourite Leprous albums are still Coal and Bilateral. But I enjoy most of their newer songs too. One good thing is that Einar seems to have given up on those godawful screams.
Einar saying that the most "Einar solo" album is The Congregation makes me want an Einar solo album! Every album is extremely good, but The Congregation is an absolute Masterpiece in my opinion
It's just called that way, you dingus! A german shepherd is also bred in other countries. At somepoint someone coined these types of compliments "german compliment" - Noone actually thinks every german gives backhanded compliments, so you are "safe" :D
I've seen this trend in most of my musician friends. At first, they start as diehard metal fans who think every other genre is garbage. The prospect of such fast and technically challenging music is usually what makes them want to learn an instrument in the first place. Eventually they all come to a point in which they dominate their instrument and know so much about the theory, that all music just start to show for what it is, without prejudices. By this point they've all tried to make their own music and gone the path of trying to make it as complex as possible and put every single technique and concept they've learned. After you do this is easy to see why this is not the path to making "great" music. Beyond how technically impressive it may be, does it move you? Does it captivate you? Does it give you chills? Do you want to listen to it non-stop? Usually the answer is no. So they fall back into "simpler" music. Now, with all their knowledge they more easily see what makes "pop" music deceptively simple. Reducing a song to it's core components, trimming fat, making the right arrangements, and making it express as much as it possibly can is *not* simple. After you learn this, it opens a whole world of new music.
Why are so many people aggressive towards other genres? Are they butthurt that their favorite genre isn't the most popular? I just don't get it. Music is music. And you can make a great song no matter what kind it is. At the end of the day, Leprous is one of very very few bands now-a-days who can literally take me to another place when I listen. So keep up the good work guys; You guys are killin' it (in the best of ways)
No, they're just too stuck within their home ponds. It's a human mind's natural instinct to challenge something, and when nothing's coming in your life, then you start finding artificial targets for pointless attacks.
After all these years I had the feeling I got a bit tired of the progmetal genre. I couldn’t mention a newly discovered progmetal band I liked in years.. and then there was Leprous!
Kegan Haynes I just found them yesterday and I’ve been playing the songs in my head all day. Unbelievable band, soo happy I found them, on accident as well, a gift lol
A lot of people including myself would say that The Congregation is peak Leprous. Then people also complain that Leprous is pop now. What I love is that Einar shuts down the pop comparisons to how the BAND sounds now when he has become more a part of the band than the composer. And I also say this as someone who thinks post congregation is just about as good as pre!
I've been a fan of Leprous for a while, but I didn't know that a significant portion of the fanbase prefers The Congregation until I watched Simen's bass playthrough of "I Lose Hope." I'm honestly not sure what my favorite album is, but it might even be Pitfalls. It could also be The Congregation or Bilateral, depending on the day. I dunno, they're just a great band.
I personally think each Leprous album is better than the last but that’s not to say that any aren’t good. I listened to their discography in order one at a time when I listened to them for the first time and with each album I thought “it can’t get better than this” and it blows me away every time. I personally think the best album is a regular toss up between Coal, Congregation, Malina and Pitfalls, but I’ve probably listened to Pitfalls and Coal the most.
As someone who only started listening to you since last week it has been a lot of fun to listen to your work starting from Pitfalls and going back. I'm excited for what you will bring out in the future ^^
When people say "pop" music, they are referring to what plays on like, actual, terrestrial, broadcast radio...but there is nothing good on that at all. There is a rare station here in the US that would play Leprous. I love introducing the band to people and I always give them the smooth soft songs first so they can discover the really good and brutal stuff that forks them in the heart and rips it out for them to look at before stuffing it back in and stitching it together better than it was before...
Or I just show them a couple Baard clips and they ask if they guy ever wears a shirt and I am laughing because they may as well ask why he is playing drums on their shoes right now
Leprous is not a repetitious band, thats because why i love their music. You get a different taste from each album. 10 years ago i was listening hardcore metal genres. But now it's so different. I grew up, my taste iproved and diversified while exploring life. So, i think bands are the same.
I understand Einar's frustration with metal elitists taking jabs at pop music. Pop genre is meta essentially rn. It wasn't a couple of decades ago. Pop music has artists that are generic but still do well. THat' because the genre is meta. Pop music also has artists that are genuine and work hard. They do well because their genra is meta. Rock also has artists that are generic and they don't survive because rock has fallen out of the main stream or has been falling out slowly. I take problem with the fact that people will hate on pop in general just out of spite that their favorite genre isn't getting as much attention. Pop artists work hard too. Just because you don't like the music doesn't mean they don't.
Man, I don't know why everyone fight about the progr genre and why is "not that great" or "progr is better than X" can you stop doing that, please? Every musician work their butttss off to be the best that they can do... Only the lord know how HARD it is to get a contract or create a name in a sea of bands... Do you imagine how many bands out dare will never have a chance?? I know nothing about musical/technical aspects but what I know is that music is just art and everyone should respect what others like and also each other. I think the guys felt bad with all of those passive aggressive comments. What is wrong with you? ._. like, for real? For me, Leprous is just a band that made me feel safe and understood with their amazing music. Einar is an amazing writer too, "The sky is red" is so well done!! Ah! Whatever, I just love these guys and their amazing work! :3 ❤️ Sending you all some love from Costa Rica! ✨
Awesome... I've read some of the comments before on RU-vid. Wasn't expecting you guys reacting to them. Really funny! 🤣 Keep doing your great job! Cheers
Pfft.. Leprous are the best band around currently. Every member brings pure fire to their role, everyone focus' on the drumming and vocals but as a package, Leprous are complete. It just means the Baard and Einar are phenomenal to stand out in excellence!
I really love how Einar loves pop music and defends it from the Prog gate keepers. I’ll bet he definitely vibes with Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, etc based on how he talks about pop music. No need to gatekeeper music!!
From my own experience, it's much easier to keep your accent in check when you are trying to control it. When singing you pay a lot of attention to how you sound like including the way you pronounce, when just speaking quickly you tend to cut corners and say it the way it comes out naturally. That would be my guess, at least. In my case, I think I could pass for some unidentified guy from the UK if I tried hard enough, but normally I just don't care and you can tell I have a slight accent.
Let's all get over with music genres in general. Especially when it is about bands like Leprous. They could be playing hide and seek (the game, not a music genre - yet) and it would still be an entertaining and fulfilling performance somehow.
Hello friends, I was lucky to see you in my country in Chile in 2019, and I was pleasantly surprised, because they sound excellent, you have great musicians, individually each of you has a unique talent, and your songs really give me chills Because you have too much Feeling, I have their song "Moon" as a ringtone, Imagine !!! 😹😹 Greetings and I hope to see you live again !!
Ok I am german too ;-). And I like you music so much. I hear metal and rock for at least the last 20 years and your musik is so much refreshing. Between the last years I never heard such special kind of music. Your music express real feelings and that is real art. And I dont lie.
3:40 Are you serious Einar? I could swear that Pitfalls are "more about you". Actually The Congregation are still my favorite album... so... Keep the good job man... 👏👏👏
I think the fact prog snobs diss pop music is that it seems you only ever hear the exact same chord progression (when there is any) and same rhythm in every song.
45 year old metalhead, thinks genre descriptions are very trivial...Teens love talking about it, feels knowledgable, confident, but in fact very meaningless really. Pop used to require much more tears and sweat in the past, so got much respect...But even pop songs could reflect on some peoples hearts, they were not manufactured only to sell better. Today its just a product, not a song anymore. Make no mistake ALL metal bands want fame and money...to say otherwise is naive. But the product can be much more real and sincere, and sophisticated in the musical sense. Long story short: I love Leprous, seen em live too, on a long concert, I had some uninterested minutes in between, but overall nothing to regret on my side. Keep up guys!
A german compilment for all of you guys. You all have perfect and impressive voice, especially Einar’s vocals.. I mean unbelievable.. but… wtf is that accent??
People don't like pop because it's far more about money than other genres (not that it is a genre but it's referred to as one regularly) and manufactured more so. Not that it doesn't happen in other types of music but they don't make as much money or get as popular as a result
