Damn. Been waiting for some Alcest for a long time. Do Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde, Oeiseux De Proie or Untouched next. Edit: it does help to know French so you understand the lyrics and they have their new album Spiritual Instinct coming out next month.
@bmfan5 жыл бұрын
So as a few have mentioned, this live version was chosen as Alcest's label at the time, Prophecy, is known for copyright striking, thus the live version which is able to get around the strike. Recently Alcest has switched labels, and the new label seems to no longer be striking for the new single they just released, Protection, so that may be worth checking in the near future. Shoegaze is a subgenre of rock which came about in the early 90s with bands like My Bloody Valentine. It was named as such by the British music press as the bands would constantly stare down at their guitar pedal boards, and the critics joked that they were gazing at their shoes, thus "shoegaze". The genre itself is known for very fuzzy, loud swirling guitars, with ethereal style vocals. It is not a metal genre of music, though recently it has been highly influential to many metal bands. Blackgaze being a mixing of black metal, and shoegaze. The lyrical basis of Alcest is based around an imaginary realm Neige, the main man behind the band, experienced in his childhood, which he called the Fairyland. Alcest is all about recapturing that feeling of childish innocence within that Fairyland.
@Raijin-RyuX245 жыл бұрын
bmfan Thanks for helping explain this. Trying to reply to every inaccurate comment was becoming a task. Haha Im a fan of this band. I’m very excited for the album release. Maybe next time they do this genre they can do Sylvaine or Suldusk.
@sopwithsnoopy87795 жыл бұрын
And before someone asks, this live one was chosen because any studio Alcest will be blocked by the label, and there isn't much live stuff out there to choose from.
@Raijin-RyuX245 жыл бұрын
sopwithsnoopy I disagree. They’ve done bands on Nuclear Blast before which is who Alcest is signed to.
@sopwithsnoopy87795 жыл бұрын
But their old label, Prophecy BC, would block/strike them. They just signed to Nuclear Blast
@Raijin-RyuX245 жыл бұрын
sopwithsnoopy Hmm, possibly the old label was doing that but I’ve seen reactions to their older music so it’s really no different than any other artist. And yes, I am aware their signing to Nuclear Blast is recent.
@gilvanmessem53355 жыл бұрын
@@Raijin-RyuX24 i can assure you that Prophecy BC are very rude with copyright things, they shot down my channel because i uploaded a vinyle video of Sol Invictus and Vàli
@jamesgardipee53274 жыл бұрын
Alcest is an essential band if you're looking for something outside of conventional metal music.
@vimalraj38764 жыл бұрын
Saw them in India last year. One of best live experience I've ever had. Neige has such a soulful voice.
@sopwithsnoopy87795 жыл бұрын
Alcest = best French metal band out there, in my opinion. Most of their songs are less 'metal' and more melancholy/beautiful than this one, but this is still a good song by them :)
@daimonsage_1o8185 жыл бұрын
yes, it was difficult choosing a song by them given that their label block reactions to anything not live.
@tarcisiojunior5115 жыл бұрын
Deathspell...
@user-kx5jj2do6b4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Hypno5e.
@sumantimsina58724 жыл бұрын
year of no light
@shoresofpatmos4 жыл бұрын
Blut aus nord
@sopwithsnoopy87795 жыл бұрын
9:30 Vin, any studio version would be blocked by the label. You & Sori definitely need to watch the official video for Alcest - Autre Temps on your own time though. Beautiful song and beautiful video.
@Raijin-RyuX245 жыл бұрын
sopwithsnoopy How do you know it would be blocked? Hmm?
@TheIngo44 жыл бұрын
A lot of people who do reaction videos for songs will pause here and there throughout to get around that. Yeah it can kind of ruin it but it's better than nothing. This live version is fantastic but the studio version is amazing.
@Chill-mm4pn4 жыл бұрын
Alcest, Harakiri For The Sky, Deafheaven. All dope Blackgaze bands.🤘
@hamishwallace732 жыл бұрын
THANK YOUUUU, would love to see more reactions of Alcest/anything with frontman Neige, love from australia
@davidviteris5 жыл бұрын
SAVATAGE - When the Crowds are Gone An essential classic metal band, with some incredible lyrics.
@andrewbrorherton68985 жыл бұрын
This band better be on the list.
@daimonsage_1o8185 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbrorherton6898 it is ha. worry not
@andrewbrorherton68985 жыл бұрын
@@daimonsage_1o818 Maybe they will save the best for last. This is the band I've waited for probably more than any other.
@daimonsage_1o8185 жыл бұрын
@@andrewbrorherton6898 well it's a classic song, for better or for worse. You'll love it or hate it
@FutileGrief5 жыл бұрын
Alcest is absolute magic. I'm convinced that through their music we're able to make contact with other dimensions
@mikew46964 жыл бұрын
Neige was also on that peste noire track that you guys reacted to as a vocalist with famine.
@SomeSong25 жыл бұрын
Vin's favorite prog band Opeth has a new album out Friday! 😂
@TheIngo44 жыл бұрын
Shoegaze is an awesome genre of music. They use a lot of effect pedals to create all sorts of walls of sounds and noises that can make some really beautiful stuff. So the guitarists would be often be staring down at their pedals or shoes if you will. Hence shoegaze
@eddipl50554 жыл бұрын
Finally somebody reacting to Alcest!!!!! Thank you
@riddhimanmedhi995 жыл бұрын
Wow never recommended Alcest coz I thought you guys would never do something not in English. Thanks a lot for doing Alcest. They are beautiful!
@indoom6664 жыл бұрын
Black gaze is great
@oskardietrich1323 жыл бұрын
Alcest is quite essentiel, they invented a genre and and they where very innovating in the black metal scene.
@charliesusterich87443 жыл бұрын
All hail alcest!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@attackofthetheeyecreatures34725 жыл бұрын
You two are awesome. And this song was actually better than I thought it'd be. Peace be with you.
@aceyxsladexfan4 жыл бұрын
This song is so amazing. In one month i'm gonna see them live for the second time. There's just an incredible atmophere at their shows
@DanUrbano4 жыл бұрын
Does this mean we will finally get a Peste Noire reaction? --> La mort joyeux, Spleen, Dueil Angoisseus. AND MAYBE, Amesoeurs.
@SimonH1094 жыл бұрын
Peste noire is incoming 🙃
@wayfaringspacepoet2 жыл бұрын
dunno if reacting to NSBM would be good optics for their channel
@Loendt4 жыл бұрын
Well, well... Finally! I suggest this song in the comment section, so, here we are.
@scottjohnson78035 жыл бұрын
Power Trip - Divine Apprehension Power Trip - Hornet’s Nest Power Trip - Crucifixation
@fabiopeixoto1571 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome song!
@Gloronthor4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Finally some Alcest!
@fireeaglefitnessmartialart9354 жыл бұрын
I love listening to vins childhood stories. The things he did, and then his moms reaction. Hilarious stories.
@justsomeguywholosthismusta84953 жыл бұрын
Shoegaze is basically Deftones. Nu Metal with space ambient feel(And, I know Chino doesn't like being coined in the Nu Metal sub genre but their sound has that feel otherwise). As for Alcest, They're Blackgaze but they don't have that traditional black metal ethos like Satanic lyrics, etc... In fact in some of their lyrics they talk about otherworldly Fairy Tale stuff(According to the vocalist) which kind of made me laugh and at the same time amazed me lol Anyways, happy u guys have now done them
@lokidecat5 жыл бұрын
Also keep in mind, Neige is a one-man-band, his albums are pretty much all-him. He tours with a live band for his music, but when you hear, say, Souveniers du autre monde (Memories from another world), studio version, it's him on all instruments. He's beyond talented, and a super great guy in person.
5 жыл бұрын
He's writing with Jean more since Kodama.
@khellendross35735 жыл бұрын
Alcest's label is known for blocking and copyright striking any songs, so bmfan was able to find this really good quality live video. Alcest is probably one of the biggest influencers in the post metal movement. Especially when it comes to post black metal. Really great band, and a band that paved the way for acts like Deafheaven. Alcest has now moved to a new label that doesn't block or strike, so new content going forward you should be able to react to studio versions. Generally speaking we in the XU don't like doing live performances unless its a rare instance where the live version is clearly above the studio version. But Alcest is to important to not do them for an essentials week.
@silverkyrie47145 жыл бұрын
Well I'm not certain I'd say they're one of the most essential and influential as far as post metal as a whole, hence Dana's upset at them winning that poll. But certainly probably the most essential as far post-black metal/blackgaze.
@khellendross35735 жыл бұрын
@@silverkyrie4714 hence why I said particularly post black metal. Post metal as a whole goes back alot further and is much more broad.
@v1j7k4 жыл бұрын
more Alcest damn it ;) next Eclosion
@gmorkins60065 жыл бұрын
Awesome guys, this is my favorite band, you should do Eclosion by them, one or their very best songs.
@UKEYsPOWER4 жыл бұрын
Alcest play on Black Metal(not true :), but more deep) side too, and they very good in this.
@PRATIK19003 жыл бұрын
damn those drums sound MASSIVE. such a great sound
@TheTrveMothlord5 жыл бұрын
Shoegazing refers to guitarists staring at their pedalboards full of delays and reverbs, haha. But also the melancholic vibe, sort of the wistful emotion in the music.
@VHToff0li5 жыл бұрын
Altar of Plagues - burnt year
@steveconley43514 жыл бұрын
Vital Remains forever underground
@ovleovle26255 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video, guys will be cool to have King Crimson reaction from you, as it's one of the most influential prog rock groups, and they really do have a lot of faces. i'd suggest Starless/21 Century Schizoid Man as the most fans beloved songs
@scottflatt98805 жыл бұрын
Yes, we need a roots of Prog week. Not just Prog Metal, prog teaches music appreciation. I was listening to Close to the Edge on the way home this morning, what a great album.
@baphometh48264 жыл бұрын
Some many time waiting for this!!!
@beneyeghted4 жыл бұрын
You need to react to Protection, their latest video from their upcoming album, "Spiritual Instinct".
@jamescook44355 жыл бұрын
Love this band. I would recommend "Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles" and the new one "Protection" is pretty special.
@IdFear6664 жыл бұрын
I agree with both songs. Both are masterpieces.
@zockor5 жыл бұрын
Epica - Kingdom of heaven
@StarsDie885 жыл бұрын
Shoegaze is just a hazier more experimental version of dream pop really. Deftones incorporates a little bit of gaze into their sound. Alcest is one of the first to put shoegaze and black metal together. Surprisingly the style really caught on around 2010 or so, and it resulted in the blackgaze band "Deafheaven" winning a Grammy for their 2013 album "Sunbather".
@connorbrown73475 жыл бұрын
Great vid as always, really enjoy your reactions. Are you guys planning on reacting to any of the new korn songs apart from the ones you've already done ? Keep up the great work 😁
@2000xlt4 жыл бұрын
Alcest-protection
@jakerolfe76894 жыл бұрын
"Al-say" is apparently how it's pronounced. Don't worry, I was calling them ''Al-sest'' for nearly 6 years before I found it I was saying it wrong. Also their latest release Protection is one of their best tunes in my opinion, worth checking out anyway.
@Rose-From-the-Dead5 жыл бұрын
Essential brutal death metal: Cryptopsy - Crown of Horns
@user-ys1zn4yq9q4 жыл бұрын
megadeth - post american world
@Spartanj424 жыл бұрын
This was actually a good choice, but generally speaking they're not doing a very good job with the essentials. Gotte check out some early Helloween, 90s Stratovarius, Blind Guardian, Virgin Steele, Manowar, early Dream Theater, early Symphony X, Summoning, Bathory, Fates Warning the list goes on and on, but whomever is giving you lists of "essentials" is doing a shitty job.
@domenicocampagna39485 жыл бұрын
HOLY SHIT FINALLY
@infinite75014 жыл бұрын
This band Is in the same environment as Agalloch the band you guys really liked. You definitely need to listen to the studio recordings of their work.
5 жыл бұрын
I'm personal friends with the band. If you go to my event/concert production channel, Forsaken Productions, there are clips of their 2012 presentation in my homeland Puerto Rico. Very nice and awesome guys...definite pioneers in the Blackgaze/Post-Black Metal movement 🖤🖤🖤
@damiankarras5 жыл бұрын
Summers Glory by Alcest is truly glorious.
@axeljavierdelacruz47744 жыл бұрын
Please please react to Les Discrets Aprés l'ombre or song for mountains
@juanpablocruz28874 жыл бұрын
Please, react to Empyrium or Katla, awesome bands.
@eddipl50554 жыл бұрын
I don’t like those new “terms” like “blackgaze” at the beginning of the movement the actual genera was post-black metal shoegaze
@Ana1985 жыл бұрын
The new song from Alcest is incredible "Protection" you should check it out
@TheDiogoox4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah Alcest!!!
@ymmm63465 жыл бұрын
wait, am i dreaming? alcest is my favorite band!
@jol91785 жыл бұрын
No, this is not pronounced "Alchest" but "Alsest".
@carlospro17195 жыл бұрын
A live version of Écailles de Lune Pt. 1 would be awesome, it's one of the best songs ever made
@andrewbrorherton68985 жыл бұрын
Savatage- Believe
@DefaultName-du3kr4 жыл бұрын
Finally some Alcest.
@garythompson89945 жыл бұрын
You kids should review "The Black Pharaoh Trilogy" by The Vision Bleak. They've released records through the same label (Prophecy) as Alcest...
@eddipl50554 жыл бұрын
Probably was because of copyright but for me the studio version is better.
@Raijin-RyuX245 жыл бұрын
This band is great. They have a new album releasing on Nuclear Blast. This song would have sounded better if you were at the concert, the audio of this live version didn’t do them any justice. For this genre, they are pretty essential.
@TheZoomootoo5 жыл бұрын
surprised that nothing from Kodama was chosen, that is the most essential alcest in my opinion :)
@khellendross35735 жыл бұрын
limited by what quality live recordings we (more specifically bmfan) could find.
@lawrenceeason80074 жыл бұрын
Trees aren't inanimate. They are alive
@davidmachado115 жыл бұрын
Moonspell - Full Moon Madness Moonspell - Night Eternal
@Brandon-yy7oj4 жыл бұрын
Summoning -Flammifer
@leemcintyre39435 жыл бұрын
Hey Vin! I'm looking for some good books to read. Stuff like Carl Jung, Ram Das, the Bible...Lay it on me please!!! BTW I just subscribed. Wishing you guys tons of success and happiness!
@The_Pony5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Village! 🥰
@markmurray22354 жыл бұрын
Try Autre Temp by Alcest... Studio version..... Simply majestic
@johnreichardt71744 жыл бұрын
considering their entire catalog. This song is a 4 out of 10.
@fabiopeixoto1571 Жыл бұрын
It's not Alchest but Alcest
@jproffitt21925 жыл бұрын
You guys should check out Left Hand Path by Entombed
@bmfan5 жыл бұрын
You may be surprised later this week.
@Codeslammer4 жыл бұрын
Siri’s impersonation of her “French” mehme(?) sounds like a Canadian and Boston accent mixed together lol
@lokidecat5 жыл бұрын
OMG.. Alcest.. never thought I'd see it. One of my favorite bands ever... Next up, listen to Agalloch "In The Shadow of our Pale Companion" from The Mantle
@@Raijin-RyuX24 thanks for that.. went and watched. +1
@plorex4 жыл бұрын
1:59 You're wrong about that Vin, Alcest is actually pronounced how you pronounced it first. the "chuh" is the same as in the English language, with ch.
@marcelopichler52334 жыл бұрын
REACT TO RATA BLANCA " LA LLAVE DE LA PUERTA SECRETA" OR "EL CIRCULO DEL FUEGO"
@eddipl50554 жыл бұрын
marcelo pichler mujer amante
@marcelopichler52334 жыл бұрын
Obviamente; temazo!!!!!
@RolandDeschain15 жыл бұрын
I have no idea how I discovered Alcest, but I've been a big fan for quite some time. I only wish Neige would get guest vocalists in for the albums since his singing voice is not great.
@pedroprado56285 жыл бұрын
angra - carolina iv
@brendo96725 жыл бұрын
Yeeees
@michaelhudson29125 жыл бұрын
pretty decent for indie rock
@LordeArtworks5 жыл бұрын
Please, react to Mary on a cross-Ghost
@kostasm6035 жыл бұрын
Septicflesh-the vampire from Nazareth please
@sunilshivanand20084 жыл бұрын
bloody hell atlast .. not being a patreon subscriber since i dont have a freaking bank account We get ALCEST \m/ I really do hope Sori gets to listen to ANATHEMA - Untouchables ( Part 1 and 2 ) .. another great band which was never featured on this channel. Get nyour tissues ready lol
@Frobbl9 ай бұрын
Don't get into blackgaze / Shoegaze Black metal. because once you get into this genre you will never be able to go back. I dare you guys though.
@b.bkrueger13945 жыл бұрын
C'est un excellent groupe Français et de toute façon personne ici ne comprend ce que j'écris. Longue vie au métal francophone et vous devriez vous tournez vers Kataklysm, mais je sais que ça n'arrivera pas... tabarnak!
@jol91785 жыл бұрын
Bah si je comprends!
@matson805 жыл бұрын
Do this one: Iced Earth - hold at all costs
@vivaelterror5 жыл бұрын
Faiseurs de mondes by Alcest
@Raul-vl7ly5 жыл бұрын
Essential according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary 1. extremely important or necessary. The Jackson Five are more essential than this.
@gabrielmekler47575 жыл бұрын
Did they do any new POS reactions? I cant see any because of my country restrictions.
@vicenteraira5 жыл бұрын
Yes, they did. I think 3 songs, if I am not mistaken.
@gabrielmekler47574 жыл бұрын
But I recall like 10 reactions. They almost did the new album complete. But now I only see 3 reactions.
@MyAndw5 жыл бұрын
If i were teaching listening to metal music class, one of the essential bands is cynic. Cynic - Kings of Those Who Know.
@BrotherDave805 жыл бұрын
DEMON HUNTER - THE NEGATIVE
@echidna53944 жыл бұрын
Mephorash - Sanguinem ---------Something you haven't try before
@Humanipathic5 жыл бұрын
ALICE IN CHAINS - GET BORN AGAIN
@alexandruiordache40335 жыл бұрын
Though i am grateful you covered this, the audio is unbearable, for headphone listening at least.
@TheHalsfire5 жыл бұрын
React to Angra - Carolina Vl and Millennium Sun
@DethronerX5 жыл бұрын
Guys if you are going to talk at the same time, at least separate your voices to left and right channels : D : D Good band, by the way. : D
@The_Pony5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the story with you and your mom, Vinjamin 😂😂😂 Oh thanks, Sori, for the subliminal shout out to the core alliance via the water bottle.