Norwegian Progsters LEPROUS have wrapped up work fortheir newest studio album, which follows up 2013's acclaimed "Coal" release.The album will be entitled "The Congregation"and is to be released on May 25th,2015 in Europe and June 2nd, 2015 in North America viaInsideOutMusic.
LEPROUSvocalist and keyboardplayerEinar Solberghas checkedin as follows about the album:
"This has without doubt been the mostchallenging album to write so far, if you count the amount of hours, blood,sweat and tears behind it. Which makes me extra proud to just havedeliveredthe master of what I consider to be the most daring, technical, fresh andmature album we've ever done. The music of "The Congregation" ismostly written by me on mycomputer, so that I this time around could use my earsinstead of my knowledge as the main writing tool. If you use your knowledge andyour usual methods to write every album, youwill eventually find yourselfstuck in a quagmire of old habits. Lyrically "The Congregation"covers the dangers and consequences of blindly following the flow, thus thealbum title willspeak for itself."
LEPROUS have recorded the drums, guitars and bass fortheir new album in Sweden's Fascination Street / Ghostward Studios with DavidCastillo (Katatonia, Opeth) and the vocalstogether withHeidi Solberg Tveitan & Vegard Tveitanat Mnemosyne Studios in Norway. Just like thepreceding albums"Bilateral" and "Coal","TheCongregation" was mixed byJensBogren at Fascination Street Studios(Opeth, Symphony X, Kreator).
Next to some previously announced festival appearancesand the newly added show at Fortarock in The Netherlands in June, LEPROUS arenow revealing the first dates for theirextensive European headlining tour insupport of "The Congregation" for September-October, alongside Rendezvous Pointand another yet to be announced main support act. Checkhere for the datesconfirmed so far:
LEPROUS European Tour 2015:
Fri.25.09.2015 Bergen (Norway) - Garage /www.garage.no
Fri.02.10.2015 Copenhagen (Denmark) - Forbraendingen /www.forbraendingen.dk
Sat. 03.10.2015 Cologne (Germany) - EuroblastFestival /www.euroblast.net
Sun. 04.10.2015 Baarlo (The Netherlands) -Progpower Europe /www.progpower.eu
Mon. 05.10.2015 Paris (France) - Le Divan Du Monde/www.divandumonde.com
Tue. 06.10.2015 Nantes (France) - Le Ferrailleur /www.leferrallieur.fr
Thu. 08.10.2015 Lisbon (Portugal) - RCA club /www.rcaclub.com
Fri. 09.10.2015 Madrid (Spain) - Caracol /www.salacaracol.com
Sat. 10.10.2015 Murcia (Spain) - Garaje /www.garajebeatclub.com
Sun. 11.10.2015 Barcelona, (Spain) - Apolo 2www.sala-apolo.com
Mon. 12.10.2015 Lyon (France) - Ninkasi Kao /www.ninkasi.fr
Tue. 13.10.2015 London, (UK) - Garage /www.mamacolive.com/thegarage
Wed. 14.10.2015 Manchester (UK) - Ruby Lounge /www.therubylounge.com
Thu. 15.10.2015 Bristol (UK) - The Fleece /www.thefleece.co.uk
Fri. 16.10.2015 Maasmechelen (Belgium) - Jan Hertog
Sat. 17.10.2015 Karlsruhe (Germany) - Substage /www.substage.de
Mon. 19.10.2015 Milano (Italy) - Legend Club /www.legendclub.jimdo.com
Sat. 24.10.2015 Bratislava (Slovakia) - MajesticClub /www.majestic.sk
Sun. 25.10.2015 Prague (Czech Republic) - NovaChmelnice /www.novachmelnice.cz
Mon. 26.10.2015 Warszaw (Poland) - Progresja /www.progresja.com
Tue. 27.10.2015 Riga (Latvia) - Rockcafe /www.rockcafe.lv
Wed. 28.10.2015 Helsinki (Finland) - Nosturi /www.elmu.fi
Fri. 30.10.2015 Stockholm (Sweden) - Bryggarsalen /www.bryggarsalen.se
Sat. 31.10.2015 Oslo (Norway) - John Dee /www.rockefeller.no
More dates to be added soon!
LEPROUS ' Live at EuropeanFestivals 2015:
Fri. 05.06.2015 Nijmegen (The Netherlands) -Fortarock Festival /www.fortarock.nl
Sat. 11.07.2015 Barcelona (Spain) - BeProgMyFriendFestival /www.beprogmyfriend.com
Sat. 03.10.2015 Cologne (Germany) - Euroblast Festival/www.euroblast.net
Sun. 04.10.2015 Baarlo (The Netherlands) - ProgpowerEurope /www.progpower.eu
LEPROUS added the following comment about the upcomingtour:
"So we'reheading out again, and we're more eager than ever to hit the road! It's a bunchof good cities we already know, and we simply can't wait to return. Thepreparations for thetour have already started, as to perform the new songs isa very challenging task. When we in addition are working to take our liveperformance up to a new level, I believe we havesome busy months ahead ofus."
A promotional video clip for the track "The Cloak" offthe previous LEPROUS album "Coal" can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9o2nVY8FZ0
LEPROUS line-up 2015:
Einar Solberg - Lead Vocal, Keys
Tor Oddmund Suhrke - Guitars
Øystein Landsverk - Guitars
Baard Kolstad - Drums
