Souvenirs d'un autre monde

Occupation

• Stéphane " Neige" shall adapt: all instruments, vocals
• Audrey Sylvain: Guest singing in Sur L' Autre Rive Depending T'Attendrai

Souvenirs d' un autre monde (French for "Memories of another world " ) is the first album of post-metal and shoegazing band Alcest. The album was released in August 2007 with Prophecy Productions.

Formation

The album was completely " tilt " recorded by band founder Stéphane shall adapt, where he grossed an all instruments and also took over the vocals. Only when the song Sur L' Autre Rive Depending T'Attendrai Audrey Sylvain was heard as a guest singer. The album was released in August 2007 with Prophecy Productions. In this album it was the first since Pauts exit from the Peste Noire Black Metal project in 2005.

Title list

Style of music and texts

Brian Way of Allmusic heard on the album sonic parallels to Black Metal out. The distorted guitars would evoke memories of My Bloody Valentine and Jesus. The guitars have a majäestetischen sound, while the drums use has been reduced to a minimum. The repetitive passages in the songs have a hypnotic effect. The lyrics are consistently in French. Although the album was strongly focused on the sound of the electric guitar, but it 'll completely without solos. According metal.de to have the band from Black Metal, which had still been listening to Le Secret, moved away. In addition to the very dominant electric guitar sounds and the occasional use of kkustischn guitars, arpeggios, picking, double bass and blast beats is characteristic. metal.de compared the play of drums with those of Amesoeurs while Pauts singing was compared to that of Coldplay's Chris Martin. Shall adapt sword also strongly influenced by dream pop and Slowcore affected. According to Lars Strutz of Powermetal.de the album sounded dreamy despite black metal riffs. This will cause mainly by the gentle clean vocals and the most slow drumming. In addition, slow song passages were interspersed, would remember the Opeth. The album was " consistent [r ] rest in black metal storm ". Prophecy Productions himself described the music as a mixture of Slowdive, Yann Tiersen and Burzum, which shall adapt 've left his black metal roots behind. According to Gunnar Sauermann from Metal Hammer was Pauts album " a continuation of the hypnotic- dark monotony of his mini-CD LE SECRET (2005 ), whose musical role model is to look at Burzum [ ...] [ T] he principles used in Burzum for the sinister effect [ return Alcest ] the exact opposite order. " The album would be reminiscent of his Leitigkeit to the later works of Motorpsycho.

Reviews

Brian Way of Allmusic was impressed that the listener would take you on a journey through the sound of the album. The listener feel this feelings like longing, nostalgia, Triumph and blissful peace, even without understanding the text. Way awarded four stars out of five. Also metal.de praised these points, but noted finally that, although it was by Prophecy Productions advertised to provide a novelty on the album there was nothing to hear what not Cocteau Twins, Mojave 3, and Sophia had already played well. metal.de awarded eight out of ten. Lars Strutz of Powermetal.de liked the album, but noted: " The one is sure to delight this combination, the other is only puzzled scratching his head. Since there is a lack of guttural singing or really hard Dauergeböller, one can not speak of a symbiosis as OPETH, but of continuous rest in black metal thunder. " Gunnar Sauermann also rated the album was largely positive, but criticized the song, although it euphonious, but in the long run to be colorless. In addition, " loses the constant whispering, currently in force. It lacks a contrast with the darkness. "