Name: Écailles de Lune
Brand: Alcest

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PPCY106B.1

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-12-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

884388608160

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alcest

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Prophecy

Alcest is a French band created by Neige in early 2000. Originally a solo project, it soon evolved into a full-fledged band with the addition of *a1900153* on bass and *a863841* on lead guitar. While starting out as raw black metal, Alcest's sound quickly incorporated post-rock and shoegaze influences, exploring more intimate themes.

The band's name, chosen solely for its noble ethereal sound, holds no specific meaning. Neige couldn't imagine any other name that would better fit the pronunciation ("Al-sest") and essence of their music.

Similar Artists: Les Discrets, Lantlôs, Amesoeurs, Fen, Agalloch, Wolves In The Throne Room, Drudkh, Sólstafir, Woods Of Ypres,
Ulver,
Heretoir,
An Autumn for Crippled Children,
Blut Aus Nord,
Woods of Desolation,
ColdWorld,
Panopticon,
Lustre,
Summoning,
Empyrium,
Winterfylleth

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."

Écailles de Lune

Music US