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Alcest
Alcest is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, soon a trio, but following the release of their first demo in 2001, band members Aegnor and Argoth left the band, leaving Neige as the sole member. In 2009 drummer Winterhalter from Les Discrets joined Alcest's line-up, after eight years with Neige as the sole full-time member. Since its creation, Alcest has released six studio albums and a number of EPs and split releases. Their fourth album, 2014's ''Shelter'', marked a dramatic shift towards a distinctly shoegaze sound, however their subsequent album '' Kodama'' marked a return to their earlier blackgaze sound. The band are widely credited with pioneering the blackgaze/post-black metal genre, particularly through their EP '' Le Secret'' released in 2005. History Alcest was formed as a solo project by Neige in 2000.True, ChrisAlcest Biography, Allmusic, Macrovis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Alcest is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, soon a trio, but following the release of their first demo in 2001, band members Aegnor and Argoth left the band, leaving Neige as the sole member. In 2009 drummer Winterhalter from Les Discrets joined Alcest's line-up, after eight years with Neige as the sole full-time member. Since its creation, Alcest has released six studio albums and a number of EPs and split releases. Their fourth album, 2014's ''Shelter'', marked a dramatic shift towards a distinctly shoegaze sound, however their subsequent album '' Kodama'' marked a return to their earlier blackgaze sound. The band are widely credited with pioneering the blackgaze/post-black metal genre, particularly through their EP '' Le Secret'' released in 2005. History Alcest was formed as a solo project by Neige in 2000.True, ChrisAlcest Biography, Allmusic, Macrovis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodama (album)
''Kodama'' (Japanese for "tree spirit" or "echo") is the fifth studio album by French metal band Alcest. It was released on September 30, 2016 via Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album about "the confrontation of the natural world and the human world", inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film ''Princess Mononoke.'' Musically the album is a return to the band's earlier blackgaze style, due to Neige's feeling that he "needed to go for something more punchy, darker, and more personal too." ''Kodama'' is also the first Alcest album to feature Indria Saray performing on bass, though he has played with the band live since 2010. Promotion and touring The band toured Europe with Japanese post-rock band Mono throughout late 2016 in support of ''Kodama'', which included nine UK dates. The first single from the album '''Oiseaux de proie''' was premiered on August 4, 2016 along with an interview with Neige. The band premiered the second song from the album, "Je suis d'ailleurs", on August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelter (Alcest Album)
''Shelter'' is the fourth studio album by French shoegaze band Alcest. It was released on 17 January 2014 via Prophecy Productions. The album's name is related to the album's overall concept of shelter, "a safe place to escape, this secret thing we all have when life is going too fast and you are full of anxiety." The album marks a significant stylistic shift for the band, fully embracing the band's shoegaze and dream pop influences while eliminating the previous metal influences, with ''Rolling Stone'' writing that the album has "more in common genetically with Sigur Rós than Satyricon." Musical style, recording and writing The album's style sees the band delving deeper into their shoegaze influences and "leaving metal behind" entirely. Rolling Stone compared the album to "If the Cocteau Twins discovered a long-lost triplet who had slugged it out in space-pop groups and post-rock bands", comparing the style to Slowdive, Mogwai, and Sigur Rós. According to AllMusic's Thom Jure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Voyages De L'Âme
''Les Voyages de l'âme'' ( en, "The Journeys of the Soul") is the third studio album by Alcest, released on January 6, 2012 by Prophecy Productions. "Autre temps" was also released in a different version as a single, and was made into a music video. The album has been described as a musical synthesis of the previous two albums, blending shoegaze, post-rock, and black metal influences. Musical style and writing ''The New York Times'' described the album's sound as "a kind of slow, pretty, gauzy metal, with highly managed guitar distortion, cathedral reverb and high, clear voices, except for when Neige sings in a barbed scream." AllMusic's Thom Jurek described the album as combining "black metal's buzz, gorgeous shoegaze melodies, ambient soundscapes, and post rock feedback", and as a synthesis of the styles of the previous two albums. He also notes that the aggressive elements are employed in a "celebratory manner", and that with the use of harsh, screamed vocals, "the melodic be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Écailles De Lune
''Écailles de lune'' ( en, "Moon Scales") is the second studio album by French blackgaze band Alcest, released on March 26, 2010 by Prophecy Productions. It is the first Alcest album featuring Winterhalter on drums. Although it continues in the direction started with the first album ''Souvenirs d'un autre monde'', ''Écailles de lune'' marks a darker, louder transition into shoegazing, while also coming back to the band's black metal origins as it features harsh vocals like those found on their second release '' Le Secret''. Alcest mastermind Neige said of the album's concept, "This story isn't really a metaphor of death, as it would seem to be. For me, it is about a man who decides to leave one world for another one, literally. Like a passage to another reality, another state of existence... This time I was especially inspired by the seaside, the energy and the exaltation you can feel when you sit in front of the sea at night. It appears terribly fascinating, full of secrets an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcest / Les Discrets
''Alcest / Les Discrets'' (or ''Les Discrets / Alcest'') is a split EP by French shoegazing bands Alcest and Les Discrets, released on November 30, 2009 by Prophecy Productions. This is the release debut of Les Discrets; its leader Fursy Teyssier have previously worked with Alcest leader Neige numerous times, either as musician or cover artist. It is the first Alcest work of to feature drummer Winterhalter, although he only performed on Les Discrets' songs; he would join Alcest later the same year. Track listing Personnel ; Alcest * Neige – lead vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums ; Les Discrets * Fursy Teyssier – lead vocals, guitar, bass * Audrey Hadorn – vocals * Winterhalter – drums ; Production * Fursy Teyssier – cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game (box art), music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
''Souvenirs d'un autre monde'' (; English: "Memories From Another World") is the first full-length album by French band Alcest, released in August 2007. The title refers to the meaning behind the music of Alcest, as its leader and songwriter, Neige, sees it as a journey through his memories of a distant world he has been in contact with. Although it is representative of future works, the album differs greatly from Alcest's first release '' Le Secret'', distancing itself further from Alcest's original sound, and going more into post-metal and shoegaze-like direction while keeping some of the black metal part of the sound. It is the last release in which Neige plays all instruments, as he was joined by drummer Winterhalter on subsequent releases. Reception The album received generally positive reviews. Brian Way of Allmusic lauded the emotional aspect of the album, stating it expressed "yearning, nostalgia, triumph and blissful peace, all without a single lyric in (discernible) E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neige (musician)
Stéphane Paut, known professionally as Neige ( French: "Snow") (born 16 April 1985), is a French songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician, and record producer from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, now relocated to Paris. He is the founder of the black metal/shoegaze project Alcest and also the founder for the now-defunct Amesoeurs. Career Neige quickly started to gain public recognition for his involvement as a drummer and live rhythm guitarist for black metal band Peste Noire in the beginning of the 2000s. He also became involved with black metal band Mortifera in 2003 up to the ''Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera'' (2004) album for which he wrote two songs. In parallel, he really started to make a name for himself with his main bands Amesoeurs and Alcest. Alcest's first EP '' Le Secret'' (Drakkar Productions; 2005) and album ''Souvenirs d'un autre monde'' (Prophecy Productions; 2007) mixing numerous shoegaze rock and metal influences skyrocketed Neige to fame, which led him to lay Amesoeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions is an international record label, founded in Germany by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims promoting "transcendental ..captivating music".Prophecy Productions homepage Retrieved 8 December 2020. Its artists perform genres like dark rock, , and . History Since 1993, Martin Koller used the moniker Prophecy for his small, self-operated mail-order business. According to him, the actual birth of Prophecy Productions as a label was the release of the album ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Secret (Reissue)
''Le Secret'' (French for "The Secret") is an EP by French band Alcest, released in May 2005 through Drakkar Productions. It is Alcest's first release with creator Neige as sole member, as former members Aegnor and Argoth both left after the 2001 demo ''Tristesse Hivernale'', and the only release with Neige as sole performer. The lyrics to the track "Élévation" come from the eponymous poem by Charles Baudelaire's from his 1857 volume of poetry ''Les Fleurs du mal''. The album was re-recorded and re-released in 2011, with the involvement of new member Winterhalter. Track listing Reissue track listing Critical reception Although the original release received little to no attention from critics, the 2011 re-recorded version of the EP received positive reviews. It received a rating of 4 out of 5 from Allmusic, with the reviewer stating "it remains a very special record, as it lays out in total the first aural manifesto that all the work of Alcest to date was based upon, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Secret (EP)
''Le Secret'' ( French for "The Secret") is an EP by French band Alcest, released in May 2005 through Drakkar Productions. It is Alcest's first release with creator Neige as sole member, as former members Aegnor and Argoth both left after the 2001 demo ''Tristesse Hivernale'', and the only release with Neige as sole performer. The lyrics to the track "Élévation" come from the eponymous poem by Charles Baudelaire's from his 1857 volume of poetry ''Les Fleurs du mal''. The album was re-recorded and re-released in 2011, with the involvement of new member Winterhalter. Track listing Reissue track listing Critical reception Although the original release received little to no attention from critics, the 2011 re-recorded version of the EP received positive reviews. It received a rating of 4 out of 5 from Allmusic, with the reviewer stating "it remains a very special record, as it lays out in total the first aural manifesto that all the work of Alcest to date was based upon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristesse Hivernale
''Tristesse hivernale'' (English: "Wintry Sadness") is a demo and release debut of French band Alcest, released in 2001 on Drakkar Productions. It is their only release with guitarist Aegnor and bass guitarist Argoth, both from Peste Noire (in which Aegnor later changed his alias to Famine), as the band's creator, Neige, would continue Alcest as a one-man project after the release. It remains the band's only release as a trio. Unlike the following albums which would be influenced by shoegazing and post-metal, ''Tristesse hivernale'' is oriented towards traditional black metal with a raw sound and harsh vocals. It was later re-released by Northern Silence Productions in August 2007 as a split release with another French black metal band, Angmar, under the name ''Aux funérailles du monde... / Tristesse hivernale''. Track listing Personnel * Neige – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums * Aegnor – lead guitar * Argoth – bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
