The story behind it is probably not what you would expect.
“It means ‘raspberries’ in an old Slavic language. ‘Malina’ means about 50 different things, ranging from doomed heroines in Inuit mythology to Slovakian rivers, so a proper explanation is required… “Everyone seems to have a different theory, but it’s actually very simple,” Einar chuckles. That mystery has certainly helped to propel Leprous to the forefront of the modern prog scene, and the new album’s title has already sent many fans scurrying to Google to attempt to decipher exactly what Einar is writing about this time. There is something intrinsically mysterious about the songs Einar writes, both musically and in terms of the hazy and often surreal imagery that inform his lyrics. While Norway is still regarded as the home of black metal, Leprous have spent the last decade quietly going about the business of making genuinely strange, dark and beautiful music that has very little to do with their country’s most notorious subgenre, Emperor included.
