AUDIO: Alcest – Délivrance

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Date: August 9th-12th, 2012 Venue: Catton Hall, Derby Website: www.bloodstock.uk.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/bloodstock Twitter: www.twitter.com/bloodstockfest Rating: Bloodstock doesn’t sound like the place where any normal person would like to spend their weekend, but for the more Read More

As French trailblazers Alcest released their latest album, ‘Spiritual Instinct’, it was a reminder of how a band who are often cited as pioneers can still keep moving on alongside the current musical landscape, especially when their combination of black metal and shoegaze is much more commonplace than it was when they first started out. Read More