Alcest – Écailles De Lune Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 106 LPFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Country: GermanyReleased: Mar 2010Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal The second album by the pioneers of post-black metal Three years after their genre-defining record “Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde”, Alcest return to the sound of black metal on their sophomore “Écailles De Lune”, but without forgetting any of their trademarks: calm passages, massive slabs of guitars, catchy melodies, and hook-lines going straight to the heart. “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,” Neige tries to describe…
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Anenerbe Music Club – The Night Porter
Anenerbe Music Club – The Night PorterLabel: Collapsar Publishing – mpec-01-2014Format: CDr, Album, Limited Edition, NumberedCountry: RussiaReleased: Apr 28, 2014Style: Synth-pop, Post-Punk, Industrial, Shoegaze, Drone This is the first release of Collapsar Publishing (Moscow, Russian Federation), dedicated to anniversary of Anenerbe Music Club. Pro CDr, jewelcase, 100 handnumbered copies.
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Les Discrets – Ariettes Oubliées
Les Discrets – Ariettes Oubliées Sello: Prophecy ProductionsFormato: CD, Album País: GermanyFecha: 10 Feb 2012Estilo: Post Rock, Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Shoegaze An elegiac and sublime album of enraptured beauty On their second album, “Ariettes Oubliées…”, Les Discrets appear significantly matured in many aspects. Teyssier’s artistic vision is clearer than ever, and his vocal performance shows a big progression in comparison to past recordings. Winterhalter contributes arguably the best and most diverse drum performance of his carreer, and the sensitive, poetic lyrics of Audrey Hadorn add a further dimension to the album. The album’s tenor is more severe, yet the bittersweet melancholy and almost painful yearning – both characteristic of…
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Black Autumn – Rivers Of Dead Leaves
Black Autumn – Rivers Of Dead LeavesLabel: Antichristian Front RecordsFormat: CD, AlbumCountry: SpainReleased: Dec 2008Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal Germany’s Black Autumn is a one-member project of M. Krall. According to Metal-Archives, the band has been in existence since 1993 and there have been a slew of releases post-2003, all of which have evaded me. This includes the debut album released last year, Ecstasy, Nightmare, Doom. Rivers Of Dead Leaves was the first taste of Black Autumn that I had and the first thing that struck me was its eclectic make-up. In essence, this album is all about abstract, sluggish, melancholic riffs that usher you into an utterly bleak and depressive…
