ALCEST Sign Album Contract With Nuclear Blast Records; Work Underway On Sixth Album
April 10th, 2019
 Jean “Winterhalter” Deflandre and Stéphane “Neige” Paut |
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Paris, France-based post-black metal / shoegaze duo Alcest have signed an album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, revealing this development on April 10th, 2019.
Alcest commented: “We are happy to start a new chapter of our journey by signing a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. We are in the studio at the moment, working on our sixth album and feel really excited about releasing this record with the help of our new partners. We will also start playing live again from May this year, so keep an eye on the dates!”
Nuclear Blast’s head of A&R, Andy Siry, added: “Alcest have always been a band that never followed anyone’s footsteps and forged a completely new music genre by following the sound of their most hidden dreams. Therefore we are more than happy to join them along their path, support them on a worldwide level, and see where their next album will guide us to. Bienvenue à Donzdorf, Neige et Winterhalter!”
Alcest’s line-up is as follows;
Stéphane “Neige” Paut (vocals, guitars, bass, and synths)
Jean “Winterhalter” Deflandre (drums)
As stated, Alcest are currently at Drudenhaus Studio in Nantes, France putting the final touches to the recordings of their forthcoming sixth full-length studio album, slated for issue later in 2019.
Fifth studio record Kodama was released in September 2016 via Prophecy Productions.
Promotional photograph by William Lacalmontie.
