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The successor of ALCEST's highly acclaimed debut album "Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde" is entitled "Écailles De Lune". A masterpiece of Shoegaze (Dark) Metal / Post Rock and available in two versions, Regular Edition jewel case and a special Digibook Edition.
Ecailles De Lune (Digipack Edition) Reviews
Ecailles De Lune (Digipack Edition) Reviews
| 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful  Alcest - Écailles de Lune, By This review is from: Ecailles De Lune (Digipack Edition) (Audio CD) Alcest is the current musical venture of the blackwave mastermind, Neige. Known for his seamless blend of shoegaze and black metal, Neige is a pioneer in the field, and truly an expert at crafting heavy, crushing, beautiful music. Alcest's brilliant debut, Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde, played more with the shoegaze side of the blackwave genre, but Écailles de Lune finds Neige perfectly balancing these disparate influences while crafting a truly excellent record. Though you'll find some black metal inspired vocals on track 2 and 3, this is largely still a rock album, and Neige's incredible guitar playing is the perfect accompaniment to both his throaty screech and his unexpectedly beautiful singing voice. The instrumentation throughout the record is wisely placed and expertly played, and the production really shines on the opening and closing tracks, the first a progressive number boasting multiple components and a variety of incredible guitar tones. Truly, a record for any fan of... Read more 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful Surprisingly Good - No, Great, By fredw138 "fredw138" (Colorado) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Ecailles De Lune (Digipack Edition) (Audio CD) I was skeptical when I first discovered Alcest. Being informed that it was a major key black metal-esque album with shoegaze elements, I expected to hate it. I'm not a huge fan of the new indie/post-rock black metal style, and generally find it quite boring. However, with this album I was pleasantly surprised upon first listen, and blown away upon repeat listens.The highlights of the album are the first three tracks. All of them have a very triumphant feel to them in the more metal inspired parts, yet a dreamlike feel in the softer parts. In fact, during the quieter passages, Alcest reminds me of the occult-inspired Goth Rock band Fields of the Nephilim on their seminal "Elizium" album. The end result obtained are foggy visions of a vast meadow in spring. Not the normal feeling one expects from something people refer to as "black" metal. All in all, this is a beautiful album that I can listen to in almost any situation and feel inspired. The musicianship is... Read more 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful Dreamy and original metal, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Ecailles De Lune (Digipack Edition) (Audio CD) I took a chance on this unheard of band and I'm glad I did. The minute I started listening to it I knew it was going to be something special. Every track on this six track album is unique and diverse.Track 1, 'Ecailles de lune - Part 1', is a mid-tempo melancholic journey with layered harmonizing clean vocals. It very much reminded me of some of Ulver's older material which utilized clean vocals. Track 2, 'Ecailles de lune - Part 1', starts out deceptively dreamy and mellow, with a simple acoustic guitar passage set to the sound of ocean waves, but seconds later all hell breaks loose as the song transitions into a blistering snare-blast driven black metal song, with harsh vocals and very melodic and catchy guitar work. Good stuff. Track 3, my favorite track of the album, is titled 'Percées de lumière' and features such a catchy melody throughout the song that every time I listen to it the damn thing is stuck in my head for hours on end... Read more |
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