I just discovered Alcest’s 2007 album, Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde, a few months ago and the album kills me every time. There has always been a somewhat informal link between metal and shoegaze. You have seen it with Justin Broaderick’s metamorphisis from Napalm Death and Godflesh into the warmer melodic depths of Jesu. French metal multi-instrumentalist Neige follows the same path with Alcest. You can call it post-metal if you want. Either way, it’s huge sounding and fans of Mogwai, Sigur Ros and My Bloody Valentine should take note as well. Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde is a six song, forty minute journey into epic guitar bliss. Absolutely gorgeous.
Souvenirs d’Un Autre Monde
