Album Rating: 3.5
Alcest is FAR closer to shoegaze/post rock than metal on all releases imo
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I respect that opinion, I mean Souvenirs and Shelter aren't really metal at all and almost half the songs on here and Ecailles aren't that aggressive. I can't say I really go to this band when I need a metal fix.
|
| |
Album Rating: 3.5
sure, these guys are in the lighter side of the blackgaze spectrum but that's irrelevant
@boney i think you might actually enjoy the mantle by agalloch, it has more of a genuine metal feel than this but i don't think it's too harsh for you or anything
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
True. The Mantle is also one of the best albums ever made.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah that album looks quite interesting Art, plus it looks like it has more of a genuinely dark feel instead of BLOOD FIRE MUTILATION SATAN GUTS DEATH
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Boney there are way more sides to metal than that, you've got a long way to go my friend but the journey is a great one. Check The Mantle soon for sure, that'll set you on a good path.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
Oh yeah I understand there's more to metal than that, I know I sound ignorant and that's because I am, it's just hard to get away from that image, which I admittedly find stupid and repulsive.
TBH I should like the idea of metal more than I do because I like fantasy and medieval stuff and obviously that's associated with a lot of metal.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I understand, and metal is great for that kind of imagery. This band, Agalloch, Opeth, early Ulver, Maudlin of the Well, and Dream Theater are all great bands for some out there lyrics relating to those themes, and others.
|
| |
Album Rating: 5.0
I usually tend to think of Alcest as a shoe gazing band first and foremost. But yea who cares, whatever the fuck they are I love to death.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I'm a metal fan myself and that trve brütal satan bullshit is laughable at best imo.
|
| |
Album Rating: 3.5
'BLOOD FIRE MUTILATION SATAN GUTS DEATH'
that was surely sarcasm/hyperbole right
|
| |
Album Rating: 3.5
thats all the more reason to check out stuff like this and the mantle
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
Agreed on The Mantle being one of the best albums ever.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
Mongi I definitely hear that shoegaze influence, that's what had me interested in this in the first place, but this does sound a bit more metal than shoegaze to me since these aren't "pop" songs which (if I understand correctly) shoegaze fundamentally is. But I'm also a noob to shoegaze so what do I know.
Yeah Balls that was hyperbole/trying to push people's buttons a bit.
Let's all remember that I like country so my taste is as questionable as any metal fan's ;-]
Though there was once a time I hated the idea of country too, tastes can change.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
"Yeah Balls"
Same bro
|
| |
Album Rating: 5.0
Boney, these guys won't steer you wrong (mostly) if you want a light metal fix now and then. I prefer Ashes Against the Grain to the Mantle, but they are both recc'd for the same reason.
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Ashes Against the Grain is world class metal, but The Mantle is one of my favorites ever so I prefer that one
Be sure to check out Alcest's Écailles de Lune, too!
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
I was just about to ask what was the best Alcest album to try next, cool. I'll try to remember to check Écailles de Lune and The Mantle soon.
|
| |
Album Rating: 5.0
Ecailles is a godsend
|
| |
Album Rating: 4.5
I'll listen to that now as well, this was the first Alcest album for me too
|
| |
|
|
