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The 10 best prog metal albums of 2024

Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year

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Leprous share drum playthrough video for Atonement

Norwegian proggers Leprous will tour Europe, Latin America and return to North America in the first half of 2025

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“We released a single and some fans complained there was too much pop, it was boring and they missed the odd time signatures … The funny thing is, the verse is in 13/8!” Leprous continue to be progressive even if it doesn’t seem to be prog

Latest album Melodies Of Atonement sees the Norwegians continuing to strip back and seek catchier elements of themselves – including taking influence from hip-hop

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“He taught me how to play songs by Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and King Diamond… though I remember giving up on some of the John Petrucci solos!” Tor Oddmund Suhrke on guitar lessons with Ihsahn and casting musical illusions with Leprous

Melodies of Atonement finds Leprous taking the complex and making it sound simple – and if that confuses prog purists then so be it, says Suhrke. There is no reversing the evolutionary wheel…

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“Being a musician, you feel like you’re failing if you don’t achieve your dreams – that’s why we chose Dream Chaser as the album title”: Rendezvous Point face down their fears with their third album

After comparisons with Leprous, because the bands share a drummer, they’re now expecting comparisons with Muse and Rammstein – but the Norwegian quintet believe they have something more cool and fun than that

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Jon Anderson graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus IQ, Alan Parsons Project, Leprous, Pure Reason Revolution, Meer, Dave Foster Band and loads more...

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"I imagined cutting my hair to have a green reverse mohawk like Keith Flint." Leprous vocalist Einar Solberg picks the 10 records that changed his life

The songs that turned Leprous’s leader from teenage raver to prog metal maestro

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Every Leprous album ranked from worst to best

Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it

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“It might be the most accessible thing they’ve put out, but they’ve hardly turned into a garage rock band”: Leprous ditch the excess baggage on Melodies Of Atonement

Einar Solberg isn’t sure their eighth album is prog, although there’s plenty of evidence to argue otherwise

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"Melodies Of Atonement feels like a culmination of two decades’ worth of experience, energy and insight." Leprous show exactly how they've become prog metal royalty

Norway's Leprous might be ditching some of their heaviness, but Melodies Of Atonement is a prog metal masterclass nonetheless

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Leprous share video for brooding new single Like A Sunken Ship

Norwegian prog metal quintet Leprous will release new album Melodies Of Atonement in August

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Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Focus, Gryphon, Tim Bowness, Leprous, Yes, Saucerful Of Secrets, Jadis, ELO, Caligula's Horse, Azure and loads more...

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10 awesome independent UK festivals still to come in summer 2024

Think festival season is nearing its end? Pfft, it's just beginning

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Leprous share video for brand new single Silently Walking Alone

Norwegian prog rockers Leprous also announce seven unique shows in Europe in early 2025 to celebrate the release of new album Melodies Of Atonement

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“The lyrics are my inner voice telling me that everything is my fault”: Prog metal mavens Leprous explain the powerful themes of new single Atonement

As they start their Melodies Of Atonement campaign, Leprous leader Einar Solberg tells all about the emotional journey behind the prog metal stars’ upcoming album

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Leprous share first new music from upcoming album. Watch their video for Atonement here

Norwegian prog rockers Leprous will release new album Melodies Of Atonement in August

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Every Leprous album ranked from worst to best

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Leprous announce new album Melodies Of Atonement will be released in August

Norwegian prog rockers Leprous will tour North America in September and October

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Leprous announced as Sunday headliners for Radar Festival

This year's Radar Festival takes place at Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse from July 26-8.

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“A band can be one thing for so many years then change into something completely different”: Once a bit metal, Leprous now have more in common with Marillion than with ritualistic rebellion against ideology

Yes, they were Ihsan’s backing group… yes, they use to play extreme music and wear corpse paint… but lead singer Einar Solberg explains they’re really a grandiose prog unit.

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Einar Solberg reworks Leprous's The Congregation for voice and piano

Einar Solberg will release The Congregation Acoustic in February

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"Purists who think that anything invented after the Mellotron might not like it. But if prog is to have a future beyond legacy acts, it needs fresh ideas": Voyager's Fearless In Love is the most energised music of their career

Voyager's Fearless In Love: They may not have won Eurovision, but the Australian keytar kings (and queen) have delivered the feelgood sound of the summer

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"This album almost destroyed our lives!" Earthside return with first new album for eight years

Cinematic US prog rock quartet Earthside will release new album Let The Truth Speak in November

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"I listened to my dad's prog records. That's what I wanted to play." Cellar Darling on the music that drives them

Swiss prog trio Cellar Darling have made big strides since the three members quit Eluveitie. 2019's The Spell is their proggiest album yet

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