Kodama (木霊, Japanese for Tree Spirit) is the fifth studio album by French blackgaze act Alcest, released on 30 September 2016 by Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album about “the confrontation of the natural world and the human world”, inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke. Musically the album is a return to the band's earlier blackgaze style, due to Neige’s feeling that he “needed to go for something more punchy, darker, and more personal too.” It’s their last release under Prophecy Productions. Line-up Neige — vocals, guitars, keyboards, composition, lyrics… read more
Kodama (木霊, Japanese for Tree Spirit) is the fifth studio album by French blackgaze act Alcest, released on 30 September 2016 by Prophecy Productions… read more
Kodama (木霊, Japanese for Tree Spirit) is the fifth studio album by French blackgaze act Alcest, released on 30 September 2016 by Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album about “the co… read more
Alcest (/al.sɛst/) is a French blackgaze act formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Occitanie in 2000 by multi-instrumentalist Neige (Stéphane Paut). It was originally conceived as a solo project, though it would eventually take on the form of a full band as Aegnor (now known as La Sale Famine de Valfunde) and Argoth, with whom Neige played in Peste Noire, joined the fray and released a four-track demo entitled Tristesse hivernale in 2001. This demo was a more straightforward black metal affair, much different from what would happen next. After that released, Alcest returned to a one-member fo… read more
Alcest (/al.sɛst/) is a French blackgaze act formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Occitanie in 2000 by multi-instrumentalist Neige (Stéphane Paut). It was originally conceived as a solo project, tho… read more
Alcest (/al.sɛst/) is a French blackgaze act formed in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Occitanie in 2000 by multi-instrumentalist Neige (Stéphane Paut). It was originally conceived as a solo project, though it would eventually take on the form of a … read more