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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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…
