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Alcest - Premiere New Song


You can finally have another taste of Alcest's new album. The new track from the French duo's forthcoming album Shelter is called "Délivrance". If you have ten minutes, check out the new song below for the first time. The band says it is one of their favorite songs on Shelter. Enjoy!

Look for Shelter on January 17th (January 21st in North America) via Prophecy Productions with an appearance from Slowdive's Neil Halstead and production by Birgir Jón Birgisson (Sigur Rós). And don't forget to check out the other song the band released before, "Opale", here.




Tracklist:

01. Wings
02. Opale
03. La Nuit Marche Avec Moi
04. Voix Sereines
05. L'Eveil Des Muses
06. Shelter
07. Away
08. Délivrance

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Alcest
Posted: 03.01.2014 by HaaskAksaaH


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03.01.2014 - 13:08
Paulius

I think that's much better than the first song. if you no longer have anything to do with black metal, at least be melancholic.
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03.01.2014 - 13:40
!J.O.O.E.!
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03.01.2014 - 14:32
koob

Not bad but how boring...
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03.01.2014 - 14:52
Fallen Ghost
Craft Beer Geek
All the metal parts and influences are really gone, as Neige promised. I'm afraid this will sound boring in the length.
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03.01.2014 - 14:56
angelofbland

Kind of too common, too overheard, we've listened to this kind of things million times before i.e. from Anathema. Just a sad melody and that's it, no build up, no actual movement in the song.
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03.01.2014 - 16:05
BlueMobius
Account deleted
Wow, more of this dream sequence drudgery. Count me out.
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03.01.2014 - 16:23
God Alone

Ten minutes of total anesthesia. This is gonna be the snorefest of 2014.
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03.01.2014 - 17:47
Lokaeda
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Written by Guest on 03.01.2014 at 13:40




+1
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03.01.2014 - 18:45
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Damn, any hope of this being at least a bit enjoyable is now gone.
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03.01.2014 - 19:40
Diverge

Again, this isn't a huge surprise whatsoever.
Since I moderately enjoyed Alcest's last effort, I suspect I will enjoy this album as well.
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03.01.2014 - 19:58
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Not bad, but I prefer this:
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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03.01.2014 - 20:15
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
People have to understand that there isn't metal in Alcest anymore, as if that's a huge shock after the last few albums. I enjoyed it.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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03.01.2014 - 20:40
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Boxcar Willy on 03.01.2014 at 20:15
People have to understand that there isn't metal in Alcest anymore, as if that's a huge shock after the last few albums.

By the looks of this thread I don't think there's an issue with understanding Alcest is no longer a metal project. It's never been a fully metal project in any case, it's just a matter of really poor songwriting this time around. Neige is running out of ideas and is getting less and less ambitious with his music. Old Silver Key is a good example of this as well, even if that project more rooted in metal.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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03.01.2014 - 20:58
angelofbland

Written by Troy Killjoy on 03.01.2014 at 20:40

Written by Boxcar Willy on 03.01.2014 at 20:15
People have to understand that there isn't metal in Alcest anymore, as if that's a huge shock after the last few albums.

By the looks of this thread I don't think there's an issue with understanding Alcest is no longer a metal project. It's never been a fully metal project in any case, it's just a matter of really poor songwriting this time around. Neige is running out of ideas and is getting less and less ambitious with his music. Old Silver Key is a good example of this as well, even if that project more rooted in metal.


exactly
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03.01.2014 - 21:21
God Alone

Written by Boxcar Willy on 03.01.2014 at 20:15

People have to understand that there isn't metal in Alcest anymore, as if that's a huge shock after the last few albums. I enjoyed it.


I don't think people are all complaining about the shift of genre - which was indeed predictable and natural.
Glad to see that Neige is very content to make this music, but I just can't connect with this band anymore. It has become just another common indie-rock/shoegazing stereotype, and in 2014 that's certainly not a compliment, imho. Also, I'm getting a bit tired of those "aahh eehh oohh ethereal enchanting overwhelming dreamy BEAUUUTYYY!!".
I really can't see where's the big deal. Because if someone tells me that now there's the Icelandic atmosphere or Amiina... Well...
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04.01.2014 - 03:01
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
This sounds really good! Better than the last song they put out really. Im looking forward to whatever Alcest is planning for this one.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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04.01.2014 - 15:52
angelofbland

Hmm, I'd give a 6,5 out of 10. At least it's better than their previous track that reminded me of U2
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04.01.2014 - 19:48
Reaper_Redeemer

Well, consider that this is the songs with which Alcest are closing the album. So usually its something smooth. Of course cant judge if i ve not listened to the previous tracks of the album but just saying.
Yeah i agree that's not something special both this and the other track released...
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04.01.2014 - 20:53
Vombatus
Potorro
Snoozefest, but i guess it is alright for background music you ain't paying attention to. And still much better than the first song... now that was atrocious.
All that Alcest inspires me lately is some sort of little girl's dream with lots of fairies and rainbow ponies and magical clouds with some constant background high-pitch annoying voice going "aaaaaaah-ehhhhhhhhh-uhhhhhhh-ohhhhhh" forever. I can't dig that.
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05.01.2014 - 02:02
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Written by Vombatus on 04.01.2014 at 20:53
All that Alcest inspires me lately is some sort of little girl's dream with lots of fairies and rainbow ponies and magical clouds with some constant background high-pitch annoying voice going "aaaaaaah-ehhhhhhhhh-uhhhhhhh-ohhhhhh" forever. I can't dig that.


Holy crap, Alcest just went twilight on us! D:
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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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05.01.2014 - 13:49
God Alone

Written by Vombatus on 04.01.2014 at 20:53

All that Alcest inspires me lately is some sort of little girl's dream with lots of fairies and rainbow ponies and magical clouds with some constant background high-pitch annoying voice going "aaaaaaah-ehhhhhhhhh-uhhhhhhh-ohhhhhh" forever.


You forgot to mention the magical elves with leafy penes floating over The Great Ocean Of Molasses.
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05.01.2014 - 13:52
Saiyanity

Seems to me that at any given time Metalstorm always has a few bands that everyone loves to gang up on and hate, and it seems that at the moment Alcest is right at the top of that list.
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05.01.2014 - 22:20
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Saiyanity on 05.01.2014 at 13:52
Seems to me that at any given time Metalstorm always has a few bands that everyone loves to gang up on and hate, and it seems that at the moment Alcest is right at the top of that list.

Uh, I think people here are just tired of this sound by now. Some of his earlier albums were actually highly regarded by users and even some Staff/Elite members but what he's been doing recently is laughable.
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06.01.2014 - 10:28
Saiyanity

Written by Troy Killjoy on 05.01.2014 at 22:20

Written by Saiyanity on 05.01.2014 at 13:52
Seems to me that at any given time Metalstorm always has a few bands that everyone loves to gang up on and hate, and it seems that at the moment Alcest is right at the top of that list.

Uh, I think people here are just tired of this sound by now. Some of his earlier albums were actually highly regarded by users and even some Staff/Elite members but what he's been doing recently is laughable.

I totally get that, and I completely understand why people don't dig this. I've always just found it amusing watching the ebb and flow of hate on Metalstorm which always seems to be directed at a select few bands at a time before shifting elsewhere. Wasn't trying to say people are hating on it because that's the "cool" thing to do, which is what it probably came across as.
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09.01.2014 - 09:55
HaaskAksaaH

Highly open-minded generation of ''metalheads''!!.. congratulation!
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