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Alcest \u200e\u2013 \u00c9cailles De Lune<\/b><\/p>\n

Label: Prophecy Productions \u200e\u2013 PRO 106 LP
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: Germany
Released: Mar 2010
Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal<\/p>\n

The second album by the pioneers of post-black metal<\/p>\n

Three years after their genre-defining record \u201cSouvenirs D’un Autre Monde\u201d, Alcest return to the sound of black metal on their sophomore \u201c\u00c9cailles De Lune\u201d, but without forgetting any of their trademarks: calm passages, massive slabs of guitars, catchy melodies, and hook-lines going straight to the heart. \u201cThis 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,\u201d Neige tries to describe the album\u2019s atmosphere. \u201cIt appears terribly fascinating, full of secrets and scary at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memories live within us all. We dream of our loved ones, of our experiences, and we even dream of dreams and other worlds. When Neige, the mastermind behind ALCEST, is dreaming his dream, the end result is so much more than fitful sleep. He lets us partake of his \u201cSouvenirs d’un autre monde\u201d, of the innocence of childhood, a personal Elysium \u2013 and this Elysium is radiant, emerald green, luscious, and all the fresher the deeper you immerse yourself in it.
\u201c\u00c9cailles de Lune\u201d is different, though, as ALCEST are moulding ambivalences on this album. \u201cThis story isn\u2019t 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,\u201d Neige says about the album concept. \u201cThis 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 and scary at the same time.\u201d
Stylistically, Neige reverts to the sound of Black Metal that once shaped him: a picture of heart-rending, otherworldly screams, collages filled with passion and sadness, and the characteristic clean vocals. These mellow and ageless voices manage to weave a shroud of sorrow around the album. \u201c\u00c9cailles de Lune\u201d is like a dream, a manifesto of transience and human inferiority. For all the changes, Neige has kept all of his trademarks: calm passages, massive slabs of guitars, catchy melodies, and hook-lines going straight to the heart \u2013 all this once more delivers a convincing articulation of ALCEST\u2019s unique style.
Close your eyes and dream along. This time, melancholy shall propel and unite us. We immerse ourselves once more in fairyland. This time, it doesn\u2019t seem fresh but fallow. Its pallor and its shadows are unfathomable, and it reveals itself to us through our senses. It is always there when we quest for it.<\/p>\n

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