Alcest is a one man band run by Stéphane Paut aka Neige , although there are touring members and one other full member of the band which is Winterhalter on drums. The original solo project was created by Neige in 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France as a black metal band, which has now evolved into more of a post-metal sound with his more recent, slower, music. This is Alcest's 3rd full length album the first being Souvenirs d'un autre monde in 2007, Écailles de Lune in 2010, and now Les Voyages de l'Âme released on January 6th, 2012. The album was released off of Prophecy Productions and consists of 8 tracks totaling roughly 50 minutes of music. The album title in english means The Journeys of the Soul, and most of the track titles along with the lyrics are all in French. I don't speak French so I thought I wouldn't like the album but his voice and instrumentals were so pure and symphonic and beautiful that it didn't even matter what the lyrics were, although I have read the english translation of the lyrics, and they are all very thought out poetic lyrics. So far the album only has one single and music video out and that is for the song 'Autre Temps'. Although the entire song is amazing, my favorite song is 'Beings Of Light' because of the beautiful eireeness of the song plus the awesome combination of black metal into the song. You can listen to the song HERE. My other favorite song on the album would be the song Faiseurs De Mondes which has more of a metal sound to it with amazing screams encorporated into the song which you can listen to HERE. My overall rating of the album is a
4.6 Out Of 5 Stars
because I felt that only an extremely talented musician could create a masterpiece like this. I want everyone to at least give either this album or even just a few songs a listen. If you like Alcest then I strongly encourage everyone of you to go pick up LVDL Here at Amazon.com, or at your local record store. His vocals are perfect as is his writing and music production. Make sure to go check out Alcest if you have not, but that is all I got for this one but un till the next review, comment, and
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