“AI is good at copying stuff and it’s going to get better. But AI is creating with logic and I’m creating with chaos”: Leprous’ Einar Solberg wants to be the most cinematic artist in prog

Einar Solberg in 2026.

With his remarkable second solo album Vox Occulta, Leprous’ Einar Solberg may not have found the meaning of life – but he might just have realised his dream of creating the most cinematic music in all of prog. He reveals it’s all about embracing chaos, randomness, orcs, orchestras, and the beauty of melancholy.

“The more I learn about myself, the more I realise I didn’t know,” says Einar Solberg. “When it comes to knowledge about your inner life, I think nobody quite figures that out in a full lifetime even if they dig deep enough; there’s always more to get.”