Écailles De Lune
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 the album's atmosphere. "It appears terribly fascinating, full of secrets and scary at the same time." Buy at our shop here: worldwide: en.spkr.media US/Canada: us.spkr.media
French artist Neige finally fits all his component parts-- arching atmospherics, celestial melodies, suffocating roars-- into one dynamic metal record.
A review of Alcest's 2010 release Écailles de Lune which will be released in Europe on the 29th of March and in North America on the 4th of May.
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Alcest - Écailles De Lune review: Écailles de Lune sees Alcest improve in all the right ways.