Alcest

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Real Live Certified

Critic Consensus

Alcest is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 53 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Alcest is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching.

ON TOUR

Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia (October 21); Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece (October 23); WE, Thessaloníki, Greece (October 24); IF performance Hall Beşiktaş, İstanbul , Turkey (October 26); Quantic Club, Bucharest, Romania (October 28); La Maison Bleue, Strasbourg, France (November 1); Dynamo Saal, Zürich, Switzerland (November 2); Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France (November 9); Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany (November 13); Im Wizemann, Stuttgart, Germany (November 14); Backstage Werk, München, Germany (November 15); Alcatraz, Milano, Italy (November 16); Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, Slovenia (November 18); Simm City Festsaal Zentrum Simmering, Wien, Austria (November 19); Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary (November 20); Roxy, Praha, Czech Republic (November 21); Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany (November 23); Proxima, Warszawa, Poland (November 24); Loftas, Vilnius, Lithuania (November 25); Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany (December 3); Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands (December 4)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Les Chants de l'Aurore (21 June 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Bagnols-sur-Ceze, Gard, Occitanie, France (2000 - present)

Bio

Alcest is a French blackgaze band formed in Bagnols Sur Ceze, Languedoc-Roussillon in 2000 by multi-instrumentalist Neige (Amesoeurs, Mortifera, Lantlos, Peste Noire and more).

Has Performed With

Mono

Critic Concert Reviews

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

October 25, 2023

Before DEAFHEAVEN, there was ALCEST. Pioneers of the ‘blackgaze’ movement (which is the hybrid of black metal and shoegaze, for the uninitiated), the French band have been producing sweeping soundscapes for post-metal enjoyers to immerse themselves in for over two decades.

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

October 3, 2023

Lille VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

November 10, 2022

Tonight is a special night. It’s Halloween weekend in London and the legendary goth metal act CRADLE OF FILTH are wrapping up their hugely successful Dark Horses and Forces European Tour with their Monstrous Sabbat show.

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musicOMH (UK)

March 4, 2020

Prior to their appearance on stage tonight, the music drifting from the PA sets the mood perfectly. A choir of heavenly voices drift from the speakers, transforming the room into something like a church with beer on tap.

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

February 15, 2020

Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

January 4, 2020

Ten bands, playing across three venues, over two days. There was every indication ahead of time that Beyond The Past would exceed the scale of most anniversary events.

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

November 12, 2019

As the nights draw in and the temperatures plummet, Damnation Festival is the saviour to our festival season dreams.

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Past critic reviews published in

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), Reflections of Darkness (Germany), Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), The Music (Australia), Ambient Light (New Zealand) and more