I listened to the song "Autre Temps". What the **** is the appeal of this?

edit: listened to, "Écailles De Lune (Part I)". It's rare that a song manages to be both boring and saccharine, so truly the guy behind this deserves credit; it must take serious effort to create music this contrived.

He speaks the truth!


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For me the appeal is that Alcest sounds like the best interpretation of late-80s/early-90s shoegaze that has been released in the last 20 years.

Also, I like black metal kinda but not nearly as much as I like My Bloody Valentine or Ride and Alcest gives me that long-lost sound along with a nice little touch of black metal aesthetics.

If I were a black metalhead like yourself I might be offended by Alcest too but.. I'm not one of those.

I have to agree that Alcest is not necessarily the most uplifting band, and you have to be in a certain mood, or just a very contemplative person to really appreciate it.

I like them a lot, but I wouldn't listen to them all the time. It's great music to ask yourself questions about life, IMO.

I bought the re-release of Le Secret a while ago and was amazed as to how much clearer the production was.
It's probably my favourite release but I enjoy their other stuff too even if their influences (Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine) get a lot more play time from me. I've always thought there was a bit of a Sigur Ros vibe going on with later albums as well…

I think you have to like shoegaze a lot and you have to like black metal a lot (ok maybe just an honest appreciation for it). If either of those things sound intolerable to you, I'm sure the band will as well.

For me, however, I love both genres and I think if there was a sound I could envision that beautifully combines the two without sounding like a gimmick, Alcest creates it.

If people don't like Shoegaze then Alcest won't appeal at all and I get that but as Engine said they marry both aesthetics extremely well without being contrived. Seeing them in August. Can't frigging wait.

I dont like this stuff. The singers vocals are gay and it's just not agressive enough for me.

Yeah, man. GAY.

..and this is exactly why Metal fans are pigeonholed as ignorant, narrow minded, thoughtless buffoons.

They are definitely not troo kvlt metal........ thank ****.

and what exactly is wrong with tr00 kvlt?