ALCEST is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal project, and Neige began incorporating elements of shoegaze and post-metal into the project’s sound from 2005 onwards and is largely credited with pioneering the fusion genre known as blackgaze.

For the past 25 years, Japanese instrumental band MONO have explored themes such as the relationship between darkness and light; hope in the face of disaster; and the duality of birth and death. On their 12th full-length album “OATH” they ponder the time that makes up life, and how to make the most of that time.

KÆLAN MIKLA is an Icelandic post-punk band, formed in 2013 in Reykjavík. The trio consists of lead vocalist Laufey Soffía, bassist Margrét Rósa Dóru-Harrýsdóttir and keyboardist Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir. Their music has been described as post-punk, dark wave, cold wave and gothic.

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