hey ryan how about you update on your musical band findings thanks to this terrific thread you made.

btw someone mentioned some sideproject of alcest's and i dont know it or even if ryan would like it but i like alcest. one of the few good metal groups i listen to!

btw someone mentioned some sideproject of alcest's and i dont know it or even if ryan would like it but i like alcest. one of the few good metal groups i listen to!

Well Alcest is already a side project. Neige is mostly in Peste Noire (which is his worst band imo). His other band is Amesoeurs.

Yeah, Amesoeurs is a side-project of Neige's apart from Alcest but I'd say they are quite dissimilar. Besides the first 2 EPs I wouldn't even call Alcest metal, and if its the sound of Souvenirs that you dig most I would recommend staying far away from Amesoeurs! It's a lot more TRADITIONAL black metal than Alcest's fusion of shoegaze and black metal-styled percussion.

you should get the Slint record called Spiderland

it's a really good one

coincidentally i downloaded one alcest and one peste noire album today.

what the uploader of the album stated re: peste noir

I don't expect anyone to download the last one. Maybe one or two of you. It's straight up black metal involving a couple of people from the bands above. Raw and filthy, but technically adept and with a certain element of beauty and emotion. In the words of the band's leader, Valfunde, "searching for a divine ray of light in a cesspool, under feces and refuse, such is Peste Noire's musical mission." A struggle to find illumination "between scatology and eschatology." It's a fucking masterpiece, in my opinion. One of my favorite records.

what a fucking quote!!! i haven't listened to it yet though.

how intense!

also, coxswain recommended the black angels, who rule. i happen to love psychedelic rock but here's the thing: all psych rock bands are fucking dumb. they are all the same and have bad lyrics and the same retarded style and the black angels are no exception. but they're still great. if you are into that kind of thing.

dude i was just talking about black metal, give me a break already

i've actually never listened to black metal until today. i am in fact expanding my horizons headphonics. even mixing it up.

hefner
ballboy
the magnetic fields

what stuff do you like idk even what you like but these are some of my favourite bands so check them out.

oxbow.

i dont even honestly remember if they were similar but i remember being into both at the same time.

swans.

everyone get swans.

it does not matter what you like.

everyone

get

swans.

Man I love this alcest stuff, atmospheric/shoegaze metal influenced music is my fave. Anyone have any other similar bands?

Try Wolves in the Throne Room. They've nailed a good "atmospheric" black metal sound pretty well I think, especially on their latest album Two Hunters. I will warn you that unlike Alcest's last album there are traditional black metal vox on this. They are are not too high and in-your-face in the mix though like other bands. The band's work as a whole sounds quite polished and refined too, none of that shitty kvlt lo-fi black metal production work to be heard.

Man I love this alcest stuff, atmospheric/shoegaze metal influenced music is my fave. Anyone have any other similar bands?

There isn't really another band like Alcest but you might like Jesu.

Wolves in the Throne Room are actually black metal, Alcest isn't. So unless Afura likes some black metal he won't dig WTR. I preferred Diadem of the 12 Stars to be honest.

About Peste Noire, I liked one of their albums but I can't remember the name. It sound rather weird and at first you think "jeez, what the hell are they playing" but it gets better. I wasn't that impressed with them though. Black metal is a genre that only has a few good bands even though it's huge. Most bands are just clones of others and miss the whole point. It's kinda sad to be honest. Other black metal bands to check out: Drudkh, Forgotten Tomb, Kauan, Lunar Aurora, Raventale, Shining, Wyrd and there's a few more.

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