Summary from 15 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Alcest's catalog across 7 albums from 15 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Alcest album is Écailles De Lune (2010) with a 7.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde and Spiritual Instinct. The discography on Wavelength spans 2007 to 2024.
Écailles De Lune
“French artist Neige finally fits all his component parts-- arching atmospherics, celestial melodies, suffocating roars-- into one dynamic metal record.”
Les Chants de l'Aurore
“There is something incredibly satisfying about amalgamating genres into ridiculous, Frankensteinian combinations, and there is no portmanteau more appropriate, nor more divisive, than blackgaze. Mixing the distorted, incessant tremolos and harsh vocals of black metal with the ethereal, swirling sensibilities of shoegaze, blackgaze has been simultaneously embraced and maligned by various factions f”
Spiritual Instinct
“The tracks on Spiritual Instinct feel somewhat monotonous, comparatively, since Alcest rarely pull back the reins to accentuate the diversity of their (typically) expansive sound.”
Kodama
“The central theme of Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece Princess Mononoke, cited as one of the major influences behind the creation of French blackgaze pioneers Alcest's newest album, centres on the balance between nature and industrialization. Few films would be more fitting as the inspirational base for an Alcest album; ever since the band debuted with Souvenirs d'un autre monde in 2007 to widespread ”
Les Voyages De l'âme
“The French metal veteran blends shoegaze sentimentality with black-metal aesthetics on his latest LP, the most accomplished Alcest offering yet.”
Shelter (Deluxe Edition)
“The French outfit Alcest has been slowly turning away from the corrosive, ambient metal of their early work—a sound that’s influenced many, most notably Deafheaven—toward an unbroken dreamscape of cushiony shoegaze. Their fourth album, Shelter, produced by Birgir Jón Birgisson and featuring vocals from Slowdive’s Neil Halstead, marks that clean break.”
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