ALCEST

Release Year: 2012
Artist Origin: FRA
Style: melancholic post black metal / shoegaze

none other band from French [post] black metal scene have pushed the envelope as far as Alcest duo, keeping growing on highly creative level while crystallizing their mesmerizing approach on each consecutive release - third full-length recording, titled as Journeys of The Soul, swirls with sophisticated tempting harmonies, full of subtle sonic layers, spreading forth and around, eventually approaching a total bliss; Neige and Winterhalter blossom in their own aesthetic blackgaze space, not stepping aside from melancholic, atmospheric and spiritual vision, where fragile vocal motifs intertwine with cinematic guitar textures, while dynamic transitions unveil ever-new, dreamlike sonic horizons, and it pays off over and above