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| The Correct Leprous Album Ranking
There is no disputing this. Had fun with this list. | | 6 |  | Leprous
Tall Poppy Syndrome
Alright listen. This is great, just not the most realized or unique sounding. Commendable debut for sure, love Passing and White. Gud prog. | | 5 |  | Leprous
Coal
This is pretty underrated I think, but it has to go somewhere. The beginning of Leprous's staccato guitar and post-rock esque phase as they shy away from prog tropes, ends up being a great mix of both. Valley is probably their best song. Only thing is some parts on here drag, and the album is a little uneven in quality, especially compared to its predecessor. | | 4 |  | Leprous
Malina
Oh this fuckin rules. It's simply a great collection of songs, one banger after another. It's really interesting to see this band getting tired of metal as they experiment with dry guitar tones, strings, and electronics to vary up the musical pallet. Why #4 though? It does not really meet the musical or conceptual heights of other Leprous albums. I enjoy it while it's on, but I don't leave with much of a big picture. There is not a lot of tension, or grand feeling of achievement by the time it's over... ah but alas. | | 3 |  | Leprous
The Congregation
Just as I praise the band's use of varied musical pallets, we get to their most sonically homogenous album with The Congregation. However, this is consistency and focus done RIGHT. Their mastery of punchy staccato syncopations and tight songwriting shines bright here. The tone is moody, tense, and brooding throughout... which is also its downfall, as it is frankly too long. The ideas here are so great, and reflect an album that could very well be the band's best, until they beat it to death by the time the 65-minute runtime is over. Every individual song is pretty stellar though. | | 2 |  | Leprous
Bilateral
Well this is one of the best prog-metal albums of the last two decades. Though it is a wild card sonically, it SOMEHOW manages to stay focused and consistent sounding throughout its eclectics. Listening to this one feels like being transported to an alien world (greatly aided by the album art). The edge this has over The Congregation is how air-tight and varied it is to keep the run time fresh throughout. Genius songwriting all the way through. | | 1 |  | Leprous
Pitfalls
Yeah that's fucking right. I'm not even putting this here to be a contrarian Andy, I genuinely think this is Leprous's best album. It's also interesting to see how bent out of shape people get when they see metal bands travel into more diverse (and way more interesting) sound pallets and sonic philosophies. It is the best compositionally, production wise, songwriting wise, performance wise. It is also their best sequenced album, with a strong theme. Every song bangs. I can put this album on for anyone, and they WILL enjoy it (tried and true experiment). My dogs love this album. Your dogs love this album. The facts are all right here. | |
Ecnalzen
08.29.20 | Have only heard Coal so far. Been wanting to try out more of their stuff | kalkwiese
08.29.20 | Really appreciate this ranking here. Good job and even better explanations | Pikazilla
08.29.20 | Move 1 over after 6, and you got it nailed. | qwenta
08.29.20 | Pitfalls is their weakest album. Coal is better than malina.
The congregation>=coal>= bilateral > malina > tps | Pikazilla
08.29.20 | Bilateral too low | kalkwiese
08.29.20 | Pitfalls isn't even close to their weakest album tbh
Or maybe it is, because this band is so damn consistent lol | Pikazilla
08.29.20 | It's either pitfalls or malina, ye | qwenta
08.29.20 | Some tracks of malina and pitfalls are just boring. | Faraudo
08.29.20 | Pitfalls getting some well-earned LOVE? I'm all in for this list. | JDubb
08.29.20 | 1 is 1, imo. | LeddSledd
08.29.20 | Move 1 over 6, and you got it nailed [2]
Pitfalls isn't bad or even mediocre, its a great album, but not nearly as strong as their 4 previous.
Also, yet again, Coal is still too low :[ | Djang0
08.29.20 | For what it’s worth, for you Coal lovers, before Pitfalls was released this used to be my ranking:
Bilateral
Coal
Malina
Congregation
Tall Poppy | Djang0
08.29.20 | @kalkwiese thank you much for the praise! |
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