MELODIES OF ATONEMENT

"Silently Walking Alone" begins, it's LEPROUS; although the electronic side explodes in addition; Leprousian djent shears, the expressive voice. "Atonement" pushes the electro approach and lets Einar moderate the energy with the typical chorus; the violence is played on pop-new-dark wave verses, a delirium on his inner voices that make him wander. "My Specter" with this owl noise, a spectre of the night; a contemplative air with Einar juggling words; the explosive chorus, taking, Dantesque, apart. "I Hear the Sirens" for the sumptuous piece on a languid crescendo; the very emotional tense sound, bluffing; raw prog metal with a voice as a catalyst and the haunting keyboard. "Like a Sunken Ship" returns to the convoluted rock-pop of the last album; you need the cataclysmic chorus, the groovy riff and his growly voice to measure the power of the title, excellent mention again for the vocal.

"Limbo" wants to be commercial rock with a catchy swing, a monolithic synth and the nervous guitar that accompanies the dynamite drums; the finale with the rise brings grandiloquence and recalls the beautiful Leprousian hours. "Faceless" in bis repetita mode with a sad verse and the energetic chorus; the suave voice of Einar light and finally a solo worthy of the name, dark, vibrant. The catchy and stripped-down chorus, the hypnotic air, between ballad and musical torment. The finale is grandiose, explosive, demonstrative, to listen to religiously in concert. "Starlight" with a slow rise, a solo that marks during the crescendo; a rare latent break to settle down a little before taking the brutal prog metal path supported by his symphonic, theatrical voice. The second solo guitar comes out of the relative torpor with an ethereal ending. "Self-Satisfied Lullaby" a capella religious seconded by the velvety keyboard; a subtle, syncopated, latent synth-pop air with strange tones bordering on tribal accompanying Einar's unique voice. Dreamy voice, inserting itself into our mind, our ears, our unconscious; a beat like a break before the return of the synth and the high voice, on stripped-down LEPROUS. "Unfree My Soul" for the finale, a solemn ode piece with a drum pad prevalent on the soft, languid, intoxicating voice, like his father whom he accompanied to the end. A way to free one's soul, atonement being the only therapeutic way; an intense emotional title. Note "Claustrophobic" as a bonus on CD.

LEPROUS is direct, heavy, without frills; It is stripped down I insist and more focused on the explosions of impressive instruments and vocals. An opus that marks a break with their progressive enjoyable drifts of before, to be considered as a testament laid bare; violent and quickly flayed, ideal for those looking for the metallic side above all. Origin on Profilprog.