Leprous - v. The Longer the Pitfalls

[FlyingBIZKIT]

That’s some really awesome album art. Fuck yeah!

Also I just realized I think The Sky is Red is their second longest song, just shorter than White

[Crow]

Hope it's not Malina 2: The Congregation Extra Soft Remaster Deluxe

[FlyingBIZKIT]

Hope it's not Malina 2: The Congregation Extra Soft Remaster Deluxe

I personally hope it’s Malina III: Stuck Again

[cramx3]

 

[The Walrus]

A new musical journey has started...

LEPROUS – “Pitfalls”

Street date: October 25th

Tracklisting:
1. Below (05:53)
2. I Lose Hope (04:44)
3. Observe The Train (05:08)
4. By My Throne (05:45)
5. Alleviate (03:42)
6. At The Bottom (07:21)
7. Distant Bells (07:23)
8. Foreigner (03:52)
9. The Sky Is Red (11:22)

Duuuude. Awesome! The back half of 2019 is so ridiculously stocked with exciting releases... The next couple months are going to be crazy!

[Crow]

Also that's by far their worst album cover, finally supplanting the awkward looking TPS cover

[LordCost]

Einar said months ago that they totally lost the taste for long and all over the place compositions talking about playing Forced Entry live. I am surprised to see the length of the closer. I hope it's not like Anathema's Back To The Start, which I thought was an epic closer reading the track list but it was not.

[Train of Naught]

The album title just sounds like a metalcore/djent band, the closing track makes me very scared that they made a forced long song to please people even though they seem to have moved away from very long songs for a long time, and the song titles mostly sound cringy af.

But nonetheless, very hyped!

Also that's by far their worst album cover, finally supplanting the awkward looking TPS cover

UMMMMMM Tall Poppy Syndrome's cover is so much uglier man, though I do agree this is pretty bad. Is that buddha?

[Evermind]

Eh, I think the cover is alright. In line with Coal and The Congregation I guess. They never had amazing covers, in my opinion, so this will have to do as long as the music is alright.

[Elite]

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

[The Walrus]

I think Leprous has had dope artwork... Coal and Malina are beautiful. I really like this too

Ya'll have backwards Leprous opinions   

[cramx3]

The long final track could just be a more standard length with a long outtro or something too. 

[Train of Naught]

The long final track could just be a more standard length with a long outtro or something too.

I think I'd love a The Art of Dying type song structure. That's an all-time classic in my book. Long brooding intro, crushing middle/main body of song, beautiful outro riff with crazy drum performance. If anyone can live up to Mario Duplantier's drumming, it'd be Baard! Alternatively, something like The Architect with a really good slow-building atmospheric section that bursts out into sheer aggression. We know Einar is capable of it since he was the one singing on that exact section in The Architect.

[Crow]

The thread title is giving me an aneurysm thanks

Malina's cover is great, probably second only to Bilateral

There, I said one nice thing about Malina now y'all can get off my backs about it 

[Nick]

The thread title is giving me an aneurysm thanks

My work here is done.

[Buddyhunter1]

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

song of the year 2019, confirmed

[cramx3]

The long final track could just be a more standard length with a long outtro or something too.

I think I'd love a The Art of Dying type song structure. That's an all-time classic in my book. Long brooding intro, crushing middle/main body of song, beautiful outro riff with crazy drum performance. If anyone can live up to Mario Duplantier's drumming, it'd be Baard!

Funny, I just saw Gojira over the weekend and my uber driver to the venue told me he picked him up earlier from the venue to take him and his wife to Walmart  The driver had no idea who he was, but they spoke a bit about how his wife flew in for this and some shows while they are on tour just now.  He also told me he was french, so I didn't think he was lying.

[Crow]

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

song of the year 2019, confirmed

Can't believe SW was hired for production and mastering

[FlyingBIZKIT]

“Below”
“At the Bottom”
“Lower”
“The Valley”
“Down”
Pitfalls.



We get it! Sheesh!

[Crow]

Descending

[Train of Naught]

How many Leprouses does it take to screw in a light bulb?

2, one to illuminate and one to observe the train to see how they did it there





The reason I’m less active here is because I’m not funny anymore

[Crow]

Einar:
The TRAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNN OF DISAAAASTERRRR

[Evermind]

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

song of the year 2019, confirmed

Can't believe SW was hired for production and mastering

When October reaches here that's all I deserve
A train to observe
I'm in luck

[FlyingBIZKIT]

Observe the Train is going to be a ballad. MARK my words.

[Elite]

Seriously, I can't get over Observe The Train. Who thought of that title and then thought it would be a good name for a song? What the fuck?

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

[FlyingBIZKIT]

I’m curious as to what a good song title is. I guess I’ve never really thought about song titles being good or bad, unless it’s something like Crotch Duster

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

[The Walrus]

Seriously, I can't get over Observe The Train. Who thought of that title and then thought it would be a good name for a song? What the fuck?

OBSERVE THE TRAIN

Well... why isn't it a good name for a song? I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like Dragonforce or anything. "Observe the Train." Simple. I would think that title is benign for prog fans...

[ariich]

Until I hear the song and/or know what it's about, I find it hard to form any kind of opinion on whether it's a good song title or not.

[cramx3]

I don't think it's terrible, just interesting choice.  Can't really say much more until you hear the music and if it makes sense then

[Buddyhunter1]

Observe The Train

0:00 - Sample of a train horn in the distance, then it beginning to chug along until it builds up to a consistent rhythm
0:23 - Train sample is replaced by a rhythmic, syncopated guitar riff
0:48 - Guitars cut out, Baard does a floor tom solo for an entire minute
1:48 - Verse with Einar whining
2:34 - Chorus "Observe the traaaain, observe the TRAAAAAAAIN as it goes DOWN, DOWN, LOOOOWEEEER" repeated four times
3:01 - Reprise of the first riff
3:26 - Suddenly, the instrumentation goes silent and a soft mellotron fades in
3:48 - ...could it be?!
4:00 - Steven Wilson guest verse, singing over mellotron and more floor toms until the end of the song


My uncle works at Leprous so I know this is all true.

[Crow]

90% sure the actual song is going to disappoint now, compared to the above

[RoeDent]

Wot no David Longdon guest vocal?

[Evermind]

I seriously think the title is hilarious, but it may make sense when we hear the actual track, so I'll give them a pass for now.

[Elite]

I seriously think the title is hilarious, but it may make sense when we hear the actual track, so I'll give them a pass for now.

This, except I find it funnier to make fun of it than to give it a pass.

[FlyingBIZKIT]

OBSERVE THE HYPE TRAIN