Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Lantlôs


spaceman dave's favourite albums of 2010: #10

Track: These Nights Were Ours
Artist: Lantlôs
Album: .neon
Genre: Black Metal/Shoegaze/Post-Rock
Similar Artists: Alcest, Amesoeurs, Les Discrets


Neige (Peste Noire, Alcest, Amesoeurs, etc) seems to be involved with nearly every post-something, shoegazey black metal band not fogging in from Olympia these days. Lantlôs is my favourite Neige-related band, seeing as how I don't consider Peste Noire to be that consistent.

Yes, it's another one of those post-whatever black metal albums (think Wolves in The Throne Room), but Lantlôs are certainly a cut above the rest. Vocals are--of course--excellently performed (courtesy of Neige), the drumming is spot on, and the guitars are layered to perfection. Not an album for black metal purists, but definitely worth a spin to anyone interested in the more atmospheric side of the genre.

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