Coal (Leprous album)

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Coal
Coal cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 May 2013
Recorded2012–2013
Genre
Length55:45
Label Inside Out Music, Century Media Group
Leprous chronology
Bilateral
(2011)
Coal
(2013)
The Congregation
(2015)

Coal [1] is the third studio album by Norwegian progressive metal band Leprous, released on 20 May 2013.

Contents

It is the last album to feature drummer Tobias Ørnes Andersen, who was featured on all albums until then, and bassist Rein Blomquist.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leprous.

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Foe"5:15
2."Chronic"7:19
3."Coal"6:50
4."The Cloak"4:09
5."The Valley"8:59
6."Salt"4:30
7."Echo"9:41
8."Contaminate Me"9:02
Total length:55:45
Limited edition CD/Vinyl LP
No.TitleLength
9."Bury"4:45
10."Foe" (Remix)4:02

Personnel

Other musicians
Technical

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References

  1. "Leprous Discography". Leprous.net. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.