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.

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.

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.

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