The Congregation (Leprous album)

The Congregation
Studio album by Leprous
Released May 25, 2015
Recorded Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Genre Progressive rock, progressive metal, avant-garde metal
Length 70:58
Label Inside Out Music
Leprous chronology
Coal
(2013)		 The Congregation
(2015)

The Congregation [1] is the fourth studio album released by the Norwegian progressive metal band, Leprous. The album was released on 25 May 2015 in Europe and 2 June 2015 in North America. This album was partially recorded at Fascination Street in Sweden, and the vocals developed with Heidi Solberg Tveitan and Ihsahn at Mnemosyne Studios in Norway. Just like their previous two releases, Bilateral and Coal, The Congregation was mixed by Jens Bogren. [2]

The cover artwork was designed by French artist Nihil. It was nominated for the 2015 Spellemannprisen in the "metal" category.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tor Oddmund Suhrke, except "The Flood" & "Within My Fence", co-written by Einar Solberg; "Down", written by Solberg; and "Lower", written by Solberg and Elbereth Lasombrae, all music composed by Solberg, except where noted.

Standard edition
No. Title Length
1. "The Price" (Einar Solberg & Baard Kolstad) 5:14
2. "Third Law" (Einar Solberg & Tor Oddmund Suhrke) 6:19
3. "Rewind"   7:07
4. "The Flood" (Einar Solberg & Tor Oddmund Suhrke) 7:52
5. "Triumphant"   4:26
6. "Within My Fence" (Einar Solberg & Martin Skrebergene) 3:17
7. "Red"   6:36
8. "Slave"   6:38
9. "Moon"   7:13
10. "Down" (Einar Solberg & Baard Kolstad) 6:26
11. "Lower"   4:34
12. "Pixel (Bonus Track)" (Einar Solberg & Tor Oddmund Suhrke) 5:16
Total length:
 70:58

Credits

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] 167
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 78
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[7] 66

References

  1. ↑ "Leprous Discography". Leprous.net. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  2. ↑ "Artwork/Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  3. ↑ Talseth, Thomas (5 January 2016). "Spellemannprisen: Kygo forbigått i fjor – mest nominert i år". VG (in Norwegian). Schibsted. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Leprous – The Congregation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Leprous: The Congregation" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Leprous – The Congregation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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