Genre(s):
Black Metal (early), Post-Metal/Shoegaze (later)
Lyrical Theme(s):
Winter, Darkness, Death (early), Nostalgia, Beauty, Spirituality (later)
Origin:
France Location: Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Occitanie (early), Paris, Île-de-France (later)
Formed In:
1999-present
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Neige Drums (1999-2009), Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (1999-present)
See also: Empyrium (live), ex-Amesoeurs, ex-Old Silver Key, ex-Phest, ex-Dor Daedeloth, Zero, ex-Glaciation, ex-Lantlôs, ex-Mortifera, ex-Peste Noire, ex-Forgotten Woods, ex-Celestia (live), ex-Pleasure of Mordor, ex-Valfunde, ex-Emma Ruth Rundle (live), ex-Les Discrets (live), ex-Sylvaine (live)
Winterhalter Drums (2009-present)
See also: Glaciation, Phobos, ex-Amesoeurs, ex-Bahrrecht, ex-Peste Noire, ex-Hexenauge (live), ex-Les Discrets
Former/Past Member(s):
Argoth Bass (2000-2001)
See also: ex-Dor Daedeloth, ex-Peste Noire
Aegnor Guitars (lead) (2000-2001)
See also: Peste Noire, ex-Dor Daedeloth, ex-Vouïvre, ex-Valfunde
Live musicians:
Current
Indria Bass (2010-present)
See also: Glaciation, Triste Sir, LMC, Somewhere City, ex-Brutal Rebirth, ex-Peste Noire
Zero Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2010-present)
See also: Zero, ex-Les Discrets (live)
Past
Fursy Teyssier Bass (2010)
See also: Empyrium (live), ex-Amesoeurs, ex-Phest, Les Discrets, ex-The Vision Bleak (live), ex-Pleasure of Mordor, ex-Sainpaul
Zoé Guitars (2013)
See also: Herrschaft, The CNK, Bodie (live), ex-The Outburst
Additional notes:
Solo project of Neige. As a child, Neige had dreams about a "Fairy Land", "a place with colours, forms and sounds that do not exist here." The music of Alcest is highly influenced by these dream experiences.
Starting out playing raw black metal with a line-up including La Sale Famine de Valfunde with whom Neige played in Peste Noire until being fired in 2009, Alcest soon evolved into metal with strong post-rock and shoegaze influences.
The band's name Alcest doesn't have any meaning; Neige just chose it for its noble ethereal sound and couldn't imagine any other name in its pronunciation ("Al-sest", IPA: [al'sɛst]) to fit better with this music.
Starting out playing raw black metal with a line-up including La Sale Famine de Valfunde with whom Neige played in Peste Noire until being fired in 2009, Alcest soon evolved into metal with strong post-rock and shoegaze influences.
The band's name Alcest doesn't have any meaning; Neige just chose it for its noble ethereal sound and couldn't imagine any other name in its pronunciation ("Al-sest", IPA: [al'sɛst]) to fit better with this music.
Discography:
Alcest - Tristesse Hivernale [demo] - 2001
Alcest - Le Secret [ep] - 2005
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde [full-length] - 2007
Alcest & Angmar - Aux Funérailles Du Monde... / Tristesse Hivernale [split] - 2007
Alcest & Les Discrets - Les Discrets / Alcest [split] - 2009
Alcest - Écailles De Lune [full-length] - 2010
Alcest - Le Secret [ep] - 2011
Alcest - Autre Temps [single] - 2011
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme [full-length] - 2012
Alcest - BBC Live Session [live] - 2012
Alcest - Opale [single] - 2013
Alcest - Shelter [full-length] - 2014
Alcest - Kodama [full-length] - 2016
Alcest - Protection [single] - 2019
Alcest - Sapphire [single] - 2019
Alcest - Spiritual Instinct [full-length] - 2019
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