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Alcest - Shelter



7.4 | 334 votes |
Release date: 17 January 2014
Style: Shoegaze

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Disc I
01. Wings
02. Opale
03. La Nuit Marche Avec Moi
04. Voix Sereines
05. L'Eveil Des Muses
06. Shelter
07. Away [feat. Neil Halstead]
08. Délivrance

Disc II [deluxe edition, box & hardcover book bonus]
01. Into The Waves [feat. Billie Lindahl]

Disc III [Complete Shelter -box bonus DVD]
+ Opale [video]

The Best Metalgaze Album Of 2014

Additional info
Recorded and mixed by Birgir Jón Birgisson and Alcest at Sundlaugin Studios.
Assisted by Elisabeth Carlsson and Antoine Nouel.
Mastered by Joe Laporta at Sterling Sound.

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15.07.2014 - 01:55
Rating: 8
Sword_Chant

Beautiful album, not very metal admittedly, a simple album but perfect just for what it is...
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09.11.2014 - 08:12
Rating: 6
Rsrdaman

Well, it's ok... Not liking the fact that they sold out with this release. Going from crafting a beautiful dichotomy of Black Metal and Shoegaze to just decent post rock music is a bit disappointing.
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11.11.2014 - 04:32
Rating: 6
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Catching up on 2014 releases, gave this a spin. not likely to get many more. just found it boring.
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12.03.2015 - 22:13
Rating: 8
Angry Chair

Changed my mind on this, i initially found it quite bland and dissapointing but after a fair few spins its really grown on me, great album.
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"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
- Denis Diderot
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02.07.2015 - 00:49
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

I saw these guys supporting Opeth last November, they encored with "Delivrance", which is an absolutely beautiful track-both on record and in a live setting. My dad ended up applauding the bassist and commenting how fluent the music sounded.

I've since given this album a few listens in full. Honestly, I've concluded that it seems to be a more seamless record than 'Les Voyages de L'Ame, just not by much. I guess my personal highlight is "Delivrance", though "Opale" is a great track too.
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22.07.2015 - 21:16
Rating: 7
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Shelter and Délivrance should have been the only tracks here.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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20.07.2020 - 20:27
Rating: 9
JayMo4

This is secretly one of the best Alcest albums, but I don't think it's going to get the love it deserves here on account of it being their most mellow. There are some absolutely beautiful moments on this record.
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13.09.2020 - 21:46
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Seems to be on par with their post-Écailles material but for some reason the rating drops by comparison universally. I guess people find it too mellow and dreamy without as much content to engage with, but the songwriting isn't drastically worse by any means. It's just slightly less animated.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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13.09.2020 - 22:01
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.09.2020 at 21:46

Seems to be on par with their post-Écailles material but for some reason the rating drops by comparison universally. I guess people find it too mellow and dreamy without as much content to engage with, but the songwriting isn't drastically worse by any means. It's just slightly less animated.

I haven't heard their latest yet but to me Kodama was a comeback album after two "okay" releases. Maybe cuz I heard more agression in the songwriting, specially on the drums.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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13.09.2020 - 22:07
Rating: 7
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by X-Ray Rod on 13.09.2020 at 22:01
I haven't heard their latest yet but to me Kodama was a comeback album after two "okay" releases. Maybe cuz I heard more agression in the songwriting, specially on the drums.

That's the only significant difference I can discern, just a slight edge towards a more straightforward approach with regards to pacing and atmosphere. But it's not like some grand departure between albums -- just a minor stylistic reconfiguration to set a different tone. Kodama still crawls and lulls compared to their back catalog.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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23.06.2021 - 07:00
Rating: 9
me<3mertl

Y'all pretending like Alcest sounded like Cannibal Corpse before this album. They were always a shoegaze band with very few atmospheric black elements, this isn't THAT much of a style change. Plus, it sounds amazing
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