### Leper: End progress

#### 08/05/14 || Cobal

If you’ve been follow my writing at GD, you know for a fact I have some special interest in the global underground. Indeed, I’d much rather write about some rare act with bizarre middle-eastern music than falling into the common places in metal. But what am I thinking here? Of fucking course you follow my writing, yo pansy.

The thing is the underground has something that the mainstream will never be able to offer: true variety. Speaking of which, I decided to cover another black metal record incorporating one of the most unlikely music forms out there.

Blackened ska — as some already dare to call it — is a weird idea and far from being anything but an experiment for the time given. And yet, it’s a damn fine idea if you ask me. It’s exciting to come across sthg relatively new and that has only a few exponents worldwide; exponents which you can count with your own fingers — literally. I’ve been sweeping the web in search of all this kind of music, and after weeks of search, I think I can say “End Progress” is as good as it gets.

A Canadian trio from British Columbia, Leper shares members with Iskra, probably the most representative anarchist metal band out there and this is their second full-length. “End Progress” is in fact a green-anarchism and primitivism manifesto, with lyrics that spare no time to deliver a most radical and explicit message. Now while I’m more or less comfortable with such ideas, you have to give them some credit for changing the conversation if you aren’t.

When it comes to the music, pretty much everything I said about some other similar record is also valid for this one, except better. Punk, black metal and ska are the main ingredients here, and it also has the beauty of going all the way in the parts that actually need it with some grindcore-ish vibe. As well, this record makes justice to the four strings and that’s maybe because bass plays a huge role in ska. The lines are always present, and it even gets some stellar moments here and there. To wrap it up, there’s no waste in checking this one out. I’m already looking forward to listening more from these people.

Cheers.

- Information
- Released: 2009
- Label: Creepcore
- Website: Leper Facebook
- Band
- Grimey: guitars, vocals
- Scurra: bass, vocals
- C. Creepcore: drums, vocals

- Tracklist
- 01. War Of 2010
- 02. Wild And Free
- 03. Sedition Not Sedation
- 04. Destroy What Destroys You
- 05. End Progress
- 06. De-Civilize
- 07. Face Yourself
- 08. Resist The SPP
- 09. Inspire//Change
- 10. …We Already Live In Ruins