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igySK
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Topic: Let's Talk About Leprous - Bilateral Posted: February 01 2012 at 06:31 |
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One of my favourite recent albums, definitely worth checking out if you don't know them
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Negoba
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
Posted: December 08 2011 at 14:12 | |
I like Leprous and Bilateral is a step up from Tall Poppy Syndrome. (Incidentally, I read Teo's review about 5-6 times when I was an obsessive PA dude.) The review may have ruined the band for me because I was expecting so much after reading the review. They were much straighter than I expected. Good, but no real surprises. While very strong, it doesn't blow me away. Unexpect blows me away and this is nothing like Unexpect. The band Shaolin Death Squad sits somewhere midway between the two bands, and I would steer people who like Leprous and are willing to go a little more avant to that band. Unexpect is insanity and on a whole different level. Haken is a much better comparison. Enslaved also has some similarities as they've moved more prog and less black. I also hear Styx. I don't hear the Psychotic Waltz / DST that much either. But if anyone is interested in DST get Lullaby for the Devil, it's their best. PW best is Into the Everflow by far. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 08 2011 at 13:16 | |
I've not listened to Deadsoul Tribe in quite a while, but for some reason that is who came to mind while listening to this album this time around. Don't really know why. My ears/brain work in strange ways. I have all of the Deadsoul Tribe albums, but I've never gotten around to listening to Psychotic Waltz, other than a handful of songs. I really must do that one of these days.
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: December 08 2011 at 12:34 | |
Hard to pick out favourites since there are no weak tracks IMO, but the Bilateral, Forced Entry, Thorn, Mb. Indifferentia and Painful Detour are all brilliant. The only DST album I've got is A Murder of Crows and I havnt listened to that for years since I dont like it, but I wouldnt compare them to Buddy Lacky circa Psychotic Waltz. To an extent I can get the Haken comparison though. |
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: December 08 2011 at 12:31 | |
Yes, repeatedly (both of their new albums are amongst my most heavily listened to this year) and its still no. TPS reminded me a lot of Opeth but they've backed off the metal and shouty vocals a fair bit for Bilateral. Unexpect are an Avant-Tech-Death band with all sorts of goodly weirdness thrown in and whos vocal melodies are closer to classic Pain of Salvation (with added growls) than anything else. Personally Leprous arent that technical or extreme, they're just bloody good. |
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: December 08 2011 at 12:06 | |
I really like Leprous. I love Unexpect.
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 08 2011 at 10:11 | |
I've only heard a couple of Unexpect songs; if I recall the vocals were on the extreme side that I don't care for too much. They appear here and there on this Leprous album but don't seem to bother me at all. Anyhow, I am give Bilateral another spin now.
What are some of your favorite songs or parts of songs that really make you go wow!? I really like the opening track Bilateral, which I think is a great opener. Anyhow, I said originally that this album reminds me a bit of Haken. As I am listening to it again, at least vocally, it reminds me of Devon Graves (aka Buddy Lackey) and Deadsoul Tribe. Is anybody else reminded of him/them?
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rdtprog
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Posted: December 06 2011 at 05:34 | |
Did you listen to both bands recently? You can read reviews to know that i am not the only finding this similarity. And as far as i am concern, there are listed on the same categories (tech/extreme/prog metal) Just that Leprous have a lot more quieter moments, but when they show there more extreme side, there some Unexpect influence, (vocals harmonies, time signatures) Edited by rdtprog - December 06 2011 at 05:35 |
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sleeper
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Posted: December 06 2011 at 05:20 | |
^Err, what? They're nothing like Unexpect.
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rdtprog
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Posted: December 06 2011 at 04:28 | |
All the 3 cd's of this band are very good, great band. To me it's a more progressive version of Unexpect.
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: December 06 2011 at 03:06 | |
I agree with you! In my top 10 of 2011. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 05 2011 at 13:29 | |
I like it alot more than I expected to like it too.
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A Person
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Posted: December 05 2011 at 13:24 | |
I quite liked this album.
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Bonnek
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Posted: December 05 2011 at 07:52 | |
Prog Metal feast of the year, no doubt about it. |
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: December 05 2011 at 03:51 | |
I got this album in the mail just yesterday. After one spin I know this is one of my favorites of 2011. I wish I knew more about the band. Good singer, riffs and more melodic than most for sure, I'll be back.
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Chozal
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Posted: December 02 2011 at 18:41 | |
Listened to Bilateral several times. They have a very unique style, and the fact that lead guitar is pretty much absent of it all is worth mentioning when it comes to prog metal imo. I think it's a great disc every prog fan should give a listen to.
Unfortunately I can't really get truly fond of it. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the album never stops (as far as I remember). What I mean by that is that I felt like it was going roughly at the same train of speed and intensity throughout the whole disc, and however original they are, at one point my ears just want to rest from the Leprous sound. But they've got more than enough talent as well as a very likable singer. |
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CCVP
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Posted: December 01 2011 at 18:06 | |
Há, don't be harsh on yourself, some threads just don't take off as they should. . . . |
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MoodyRush
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Posted: December 01 2011 at 18:00 | |
I'll give it listen now as i study for my calc test.
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rushfan4
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Posted: December 01 2011 at 17:52 | |
I figured that it had over 100 reviews or ratings so it might be slightly better known than the Fond of Tigers album that I used for the 1st thread which only had 4 ratings. I guess I really don't know what I expect people to discuss. I suppose that there could be 40 pages of I like it, I don't like it posts, but I thought that it might make for an interesting discussion. What is your favorite track? Which instrument sounds the best? etc.... All of you musicians can discuss all of the different time signature changes, or the lack thereof, if that is the case. Not really sure. Preferrably, I'd like to see posts that say "hey thanks for bringing this to my attention I really like this" but I'd settle for "go back to listening to Rush you moron you have no idea what good music is".
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CCVP
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971 |
Posted: December 01 2011 at 17:43 | |
Well, not many people know the band, that could be a reason for the small amount of responses, but there are some few cases out there that simply have very few or no haters. The new DT album is a good example: it is nowhere near good and yet it has an unreal rating. It is almost as "good" as the other classics, which are much more accomplished and diverse, but when you take a look at the rating data, you can see that there are fewer negative feedback than the other DT albums, making it score very high. Just an example, please let us not de-rail this into a Dream Theater thread. Edited by CCVP - December 01 2011 at 17:44 |
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