Master_Yoda77
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Wow, I'm surprised you guys have even heard of Veil. I know the dude who does the vocals. He's from Peoria.
Black Metal.
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Kara-Shehr
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If it weren't for the drum machine and guitar tone I would be liking that song a lot more. Musically it's great I just don't like the production job. You can tell when a band tried REALLY hard to sound lo fi and nekro but it just ended up sounding contrived. Satanic Warmaster are sometimes guilty of this. That's why I don't like that particular guitar tone. Otherwise I enjoyed it especially the melodic and somber parts.
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Agreed. Because they are NOT shoegaze, period. They are doing post-rock.
Anyone who disagrees should go listen to Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and then tell me Alcest sounds anything remotely shoegaze.
ProphetofHatred
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Does every shoegaze band have to sound exactly the same as them?
That's like saying Violator isn't thrash metal because they don't sound like And Justice For All.
That's like saying Violator isn't thrash metal because they don't sound like And Justice For All.
Mort Divine
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Alcest is not post-rock...but whatever. They're shit regardless.
Loveless is not the be all end all of shoegaze (its grossly overrated fwiw), plenty of shoegaze doesn't draw that much from it honestly.
Slowdive really don't sound like MBV at all, but they're still shoegaze.
KafkaX
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Alcest is most definitely not post-rock. Nor are they jazz (predicting the next stupid post here).
Krow
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Someone enlighten us to what the fuck alcest is then? Surely some all knowing jackass that graces the board with his presence has the answer.
ProphetofHatred
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Yeah I am awaiting. What the flying fuck are they? I have only heard them labeled as post-rock, shoeegaze, and black metal. What am I missing?
Mort Divine
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Slint
Bark Psychosis
Lights Out Asia
God Is An Astronaut
The Samuel Jackson Five
Sigur Ros
This Will Destroy You
to name a few - i'm not huge into it, but I do like some
dwellerINTHEdark
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Why are we spending so much time discussing Alcest? I think Fen does a pretty good job mixing up shoegaze/post-rock/idontgiveafuck with black metal.
Kara-Shehr
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Has anyone actually heard the new Alcest by any chance? I listened to it once a couple of days ago and it didn't sit well with me. I'll probably give it another chance here sooner or later.
KafkaX
Mr. Self Destruct
Why are people still bringing up Alcest here?
Yes, im still bitter about my post-rock comment being exiled from the thread.
Yes, im still bitter about my post-rock comment being exiled from the thread.
Everyone's a little crazy about Alcest atm and that's definitely not a good sign.. Poor Alcest.
Funerary_Doom
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Alcest is boring. They have a few pretty songs here and there, but really just a fluff band imo...
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dwellerINTHEdark
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Alcest is simply straying farther from black metal with each subsequent release. That's not an issue for me as I've never been a huge fan.
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