Alcest is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, then became a trio, but members Aegnor and Argoth left the band following the 2001 release of their first demo, leaving Neige as the sole member. In 2009, drummer Winterhalter from Les Discrets joined Alcest, after eight years with Neige as its sole full-time member.

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Live Review: Alcest, Illyria, Bolt Gun

"Neige, aka Stephane Paut, was about as far from a showboating rock star as you can imagine, and all the more refreshing for it."

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Alcest, Germ, The Veil

"If the hour prior wasn't a lesson in epic, mind-bending metal, then the closing number surely left jaws agape and ears buzzing."

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French Metal Duo Alcest To Return To Australia This April

They'll be bringing 'Kodama' for you

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Album Review: Alcest - 'Shelter'

The album that perhaps marks Alcest's abandonment of metal.

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Alcest

KYS talks to Neige, the musical mastermind behind experimental French black metallers Alcest. As anyone who has listened to Alcest’s music knows, black metal is just the starting point for their sound, which envelopes shoegaze, ambient and post-metal. The band recently performed their first Australian headlining tour, selling out several dates, quite a feat for a former studio project that has only been performing live in the last 18 months. Here Neige discusses how he gets his distinctive guitar sound, the band’s future direction and his motivations behind writing Alcest’s personal music.