Stream Alcest’s New Album Spiritual Instinct

The French band Alcest more or less pioneered the sound of atmospheric black metal, combining those misanthropic Scandinavian rumblings of the '90s with sweeping, triumphant shoegaze and creating something entirely new. In the process, Alcest helped lay the groundwork for bands like Deafheaven. (For more on Alcest's spot in the metal pantheon, check out this…

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