This Saturday,
Alcest make their live debut in Ireland as headliners of the third annual
Dublin Doom Day in Eden Quay’s The Pint. First off, they’re a questionable band
to play the fest considering they are by no means doom, if you’re not familiar;
they’re frankly the finest purveyors of shoegaze inflected black metal. There
are plenty of bands doing it now but no one as good as Alcest.
What isn’t
questionable though is how good Alcest are, whether they’re headlining Doom Day
or their own show. Last year’s Ecailles de Lune was a top five album on this
very blog’s end of year list, and rightfully so. The band, led by main man
Neige, has already completed work on the follow-up, Les voyages de l’âme, with
plans to release it within the next twelve months, and you can check out a live
clip of a new song below.
Also, on the
bill this Saturday are the mighty Isole and Atlantean Kodex, alongside Ireland’s
own Mael Mordha and many others, with Spain’s Autumnal likely to be a
unexpected highlight for most punters, if their 2007 record and only album thus
far, Grey Universe is anything to go by. Check out the rest of the line-up HERE;
be sure to get your head in the door early. Also check out the warm-up show
headlined by Hell the night prior.
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