{"id":5135,"date":"2015-06-02T20:47:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T20:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2015-06-02T18:48:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:48:17","slug":"new-leprous-album-the-congregation-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/new-leprous-album-the-congregation-out-today\/","title":{"rendered":"New Leprous album  &#8220;The Congregation&#8221; out today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><\/p>\n<p>The new album by Prog Metallers LEPROUS &#8211; &#8220;The Congregation&#8221;<br \/>\nis out today, June 2nd, 2015 in North America via InsideOutMusic.  <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I&#8217;m convinced that The Congregation will be a better record than that new Tool disc. It&#8217;s truly difficult to show up an album with such a monumental amount of passion and craftsmanship as is unleashed here.&#8221; &#8212; New Noise <\/p>\n<p>  You can purchase the album either as digital, standard jewel case CD or as shirt-bundle options here:<\/p>\n<p>Amazon:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Congregation-Leprous\/dp\/B00JFRKPOK <\/p>\n<p>CD &#038; shirt bundles available here:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.manicmusiconline.com\/leprous-the-congregation<\/p>\n<p>iTunes:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/the-congregation\/id994997947<\/p>\n<p>The band had recently released an audio clip for the track<br \/>\n&#8220;Rewind&#8221; which you can check out on Metal Sucks here: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TQnC6uMlXx\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metalsucks.net\/2015\/04\/30\/exclusive-track-premiere-leprous-rewind\/\">Exclusive Track Premiere: Leprous&#8217; &#8220;Rewind&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"&#8220;Exclusive Track Premiere: Leprous&#8217; &#8220;Rewind&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; MetalSucks\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.metalsucks.net\/2015\/04\/30\/exclusive-track-premiere-leprous-rewind\/embed\/#?secret=TQnC6uMlXx\" data-secret=\"TQnC6uMlXx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<p>Also, you can check out the video clip directed by David Solbj\u00f8rg and Kjetil Kolbj\u00f8rnsrud of Twitchy Films for the album&#8217;s<br \/>\nopening track &#8220;The Price&#8221; on the IOM YouTube channel:<br \/>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_88934\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0G9Qd_84YZs?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is the track-listing for the 65 minutes long album release:<\/p>\n<p>LEPROUS &#8211; &#8220;The Congregation&#8221;<br \/>\n1. The Price<br \/>\n2. Third Law<br \/>\n3. Rewind<br \/>\n4. The Flood<br \/>\n5. Triumphant<br \/>\n6. Within My Fence<br \/>\n7. Red<br \/>\n8. Slave<br \/>\n9. Moon<br \/>\n10. Down<br \/>\n11. Lower<\/p>\n<p>LEPROUS have recorded the drums, guitars and bass for the album in Sweden&#8217;s Fascination Street \/ Ghostward Studios with David Castillo (Katatonia, Opeth) and the vocals together with Heidi Solberg Tveitan &#038; Vegard Tveitan at Mnemosyne Studios in Norway. Just like the preceding albums &#8220;Bilateral&#8221; and &#8220;Coal&#8221;, &#8220;The Congregation&#8221; was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Symphony X, Kreator). The album&#8217;s artwork was created by Nihil \/ www.nihil.fr<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive making-of studio video for &#8220;The Congregation&#8221; can be now seen here:<br \/>\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_58726\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYGC0SZI1fs?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LEPROUS line-up 2015:<br \/>\nEinar Solberg &#8211; Lead Vocal, Keys<br \/>\nTor Oddmund Suhrke &#8211; Guitars<br \/>\n\u00d8ystein Landsverk &#8211; Guitars<br \/>\nBaard Kolstad &#8211; Drums<\/p>\n<p>LEPROUS online:<br \/>\nwww.leprous.net<br \/>\nwww.leprous.net\/mobile<br \/>\nwww.facebook.com\/leprousband<br \/>\nwww.youtube.com\/leprouschannel<\/p>\n<p>INSIDEOUTMUSIC ONLINE:<br \/>\nwww.insideoutmusic.com<br \/>\nwww.youtube.com\/InsideOutMusicTV<br \/>\nwww.facebook.com\/InsideOutMusic<br \/>\nwww.twitter.com\/InsideOutUSA<\/p>\n<p>Visit the new Insideout Shop:<br \/>\nwww.InsideOutMusicShop.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new album by Prog Metallers LEPROUS &#8211; &#8220;The Congregation&#8221; is out today, June 2nd, 2015 in North America via InsideOutMusic. &#8220;I&#8217;m convinced that The Congregation will be a better record than that new Tool disc. 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